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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 261 p4p, 268 weight class) and Gustav Harakka (ranked 41 p4p, 42 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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26 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Harakka!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harakka lands a nice shot that snaps Morrison's head back.
Morrison lands with a straight right. Harakka didn't see that one coming.
Harakka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Harakka is looking to chop away at Morrison's legs.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison swings for the body but Harakka moves out of range.
Harakka throws a low kick, looking for Morrison's leg but Morrison calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Harakka finds it's way through Morrison's defenses.
Harakka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Morrison.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harakka.
Harakka drops his hands momentarily and Morrison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harakka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrison on the side of the head.
Harakka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harakka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morrison takes one to the chin there.
Morrison jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harakka has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Harakka.
Morrison swings for the body but Harakka moves out of range.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harakka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harakka throws out the jab.
Harakka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Harakka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
It looks like Morrison has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Harakka misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Harakka slips under a jab from Morrison.
Morrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Harakka misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Morrison throws the left hand but Harakka avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Harakka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harakka was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harakka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison cracks Harakka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison throws a body punch but Harakka moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Harakka.
An inside leg kick from Harakka misses.
Jab by Morrison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Morrison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morrison.
Morrison sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harakka lands with a nice body punch.
Morrison moves out of range of the leg kick from Harakka.
Morrison takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gustav Harakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison lands with a right hand.
Harakka thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morrison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harakka throws a leg kick but Morrison moved away.
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
Harakka loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Harakka throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A cross from Morrison lands.
Harakka misses the body punch
and Morrison counters with a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Harakka.
Harakka throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Harakka.
Harakka swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harakka.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harakka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harakka misses with a looping right.
Morrison tries to counter with a takedown but Harakka is quick to defend against it.
Harakka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harakka misses with a low kick.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Harakka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harakka throws a big shot that misses.
Harakka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harakka slips a jab from Morrison.
Harakka scores with the left hand. Morrison knows he should have avoided that one.
Gustav Harakka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Harakka as he avoids it easily.
Morrison checks a low kick from Harakka.
The fighters circling - Harakka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
Harakka looks for the body kick but Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison is looking to counter punch.
Harakka swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Harakka throws an off balance right hand
and Morrison counters with a left to the body.
Harakka defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Harakka is just out of range.
Harakka is looking to score with low kicks.
Harakka throws a body kick that misses.
Harakka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harakka feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morrisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Harakka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison slips under a jab from Harakka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Frank Morrison will probably get the nod.
That's time! Morrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Harakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harakka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Harakka follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harakka.
Morrison drives through with a takedown into Harakka's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Harakka looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison is working Harakka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison distracts Harakka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morrison works over Harakka with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harakka keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morrison postures up.
Morrison throwing strikes but missing.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Morrison has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harakka looking to control.
Morrison with a nice head shot there.
Harakka is controlling Morrison's posture.
Morrison landing some decent shots from guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Harakka keeps moving.
Harakka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harakka lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Morrison is trying to keep Harakka in close.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to sweep but instead, Harakka has passed into half guard.
Harakka perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison wants to control the action here but instead Harakka manages to pass to full mount!
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Harakka maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harakka manages to capitalize on a mistake by Morrison to take his back!
Morrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Frank Morrison will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Harakka scoring well with a low kick there.
Gustav Harakka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harakka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harakka misses with a kick to the body
and Morrison counters with a nice body shot.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morrison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Harakka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Frank Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Harakka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Harakka lands a body shot.
Harakka tries a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Harakka scores with the left hand. Morrison knows he should have avoided that one.
Harakka moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison cracks a nice hook into Harakka's ribs.
Harakka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harakka.
Morrison slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harakka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morrison dives in and grabs Harakka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harakka pushes down on Morrison's head and hops out.
Nice shot lands for Harakka.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Harakka looks to land a body kick but Morrison moved away.
Harakka's corner calls for a 1-2. Harakka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Harakka is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Harakka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harakka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morrison shoots in and gets a takedown into Harakka's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison trying to control but Harakka is working from the bottom.
Harakka is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harakka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Harakka keeps moving.
Harakka looking to control.
Harakka has Morrison pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Morrison scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harakka seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Morrison scoring with some ground and pound.
Harakka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harakka has momentary wrist control but Morrison slips an elbow through the middle.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Harakka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Harakka being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrison holds on and takes a little breather.
Frank Morrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Morrison.
Well Morrison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
Our winner, Frank Morrison, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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