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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mando Morin (ranked 2235 p4p, 2518 weight class) and Boo Boo (ranked 264 p4p, 290 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mando Morin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boo Boo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boo clinches with his opponent.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
Morin trying to stall but Boo improves his position.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Boo's ribcage.
Boo effectively controlling the action here.
Boo misses with some punches.
Morin stalling.
Morin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Boo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morin's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boo.
Boo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morins head.
Boo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Boo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Boo is keeping busy.
Boo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Boo is blocking nicely.
Boo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morin or not.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Boo struggles to land a body shot inside as Morin controls his hands.
Boo is stalling here.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boo avoiding damage.
Boo scores with a hook to the body.
Boo tries to work over Morin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boo trying to stall but Morin improves his position.
Morin blocks a body shot from Boo.
Boo misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Boo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Boo looks winded!
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Boo taking a breather.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo stalling against the cage.
Morin working Boo over with knees to the body.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boo tries a body shot but Morin blocks it.
Boo misses with the head strike.
Morin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boo managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morin up against the cage.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Boo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boo throws a shot from downtown. Morin moves away and avoids it.
Morin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Boo.
Boo throws a right hand that misses
enabling Morin to counter with a crisp jab.
Boo throws a hook but Morin avoids it easily.
Morin jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Boo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boo.
Morin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Boo throws a right and a left that Morin avoids nicely.
Morin ducks under a wild hook from Boo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morin connects with a body shot.
Boo Boo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boo missing with a left hand there. Morin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boo throws out the jab.
Morin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Boo.
Morin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boo misses with a body shot.
Boo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morin.
Boo misses with a left hand
and Morin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morin.
Boo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boo is breathing heavily.
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boo effectively controlling the action here.
Morin blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Boo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morin stalling in the clinch.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boo can't find room to land a body shot as Morin controls the action.
Morin blocks a body shot from Boo.
Boo working aggressively here.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Mando Morin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boo has a couple of punches blocked by Morin.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Boo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boo misses with a punch to the body.
Boo throws a punch but it's blocked by Morin.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin is trying to maintain a safe position but Boo gets an underhook and turns Morin into the cage.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Boo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Boo misses.
Morin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boo can do to turn this around?
A big right from Boo misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Morin misses the target.
Boo connects with a body shot.
Morin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boo misses with a body shot.
Boo just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morin staying out of range there.
Morin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boo closes the distance and clinches.
Boo stalling.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin blocking some punches.
Boo pushes Morin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boo lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Boo.
Boo gets through Morin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boo just leaning against Morin, taking a breather.
Boo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Boo.
Boo misses with a punch to the body.
Boo lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morin up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Boo - that landed with a thud.
Boo lands with a left to the head.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin working Boo over with knees to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Boo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Boo.
Boo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boo lands a hook that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boo gets through Morin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morin takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Boo.
Boo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short uppercut from Boo.
Boo working hard to break the clinch.
Boo lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boo tries to work over Morin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morin tries to stall but Boo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo Boo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Boo as the two fighters clinch.
Boo pushes Morin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boo leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Boo.
Boo scores with a hook to the body.
Boo is working Morin over against the cage.
Mando Morin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boo scores with a shot to the side of Morin's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boo Boo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mando Morin!
Mando Morin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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