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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 260 p4p, 335 weight class) and Oswaldo Fadda Jr (ranked 33 p4p, 42 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme blaring out of the sound system. Fadda Jr has chosen KORDHELL - VUK VUK as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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 46 - 25 - 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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oswaldo Fadda Jr!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Morrison.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fadda Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot to the body from Fadda Jr misses
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison jabs Fadda Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Fadda Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fadda Jr looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fadda Jr moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Fadda Jr misses with an uppercut.
Fadda Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've been hearing reports that Morrison has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fadda Jr misses with a left hand
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison scores with a nice right hand.
A cross from Fadda Jr lands.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fadda Jr.
A little jabbing left from Fadda Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fadda Jr sprawls well. Fadda Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fadda Jr looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Morrison working the head and body with strikes.
Fadda Jr is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fadda Jr manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison's best efforts.
Morrison winds up and cracks Fadda Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fadda Jr manages to get to full guard.
Fadda Jr keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Fadda Jr has momentary wrist control but Morrison slips an elbow through the middle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fadda Jr is on top in guard.
Morrison controls Fadda Jr momentarily but Fadda Jr frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fadda Jr is one step ahead there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrison holds on and takes a little breather.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fadda Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Fadda Jr puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morrison is looking to control Fadda Jr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison wants to improve his position but Fadda Jr is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Fadda Jr trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Fadda Jr is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morrison defends it well.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Fadda Jr performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fadda Jr wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Fadda Jr frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fadda Jr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Fadda Jr's attempts to control the action.
Morrison tries to lock up and control but Fadda Jr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fadda Jr thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fadda Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
No luck for Morrison with that takedown attempt.
Fadda Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrison shoots for a takedown but Fadda Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
It seemed like Fadda Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fadda Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Morrison misses its target.
Morrison misses with a left hand
and Fadda Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fadda Jr shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fadda Jr was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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!
Fadda Jr trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Fadda Jr tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fadda Jr wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fadda Jr controls the position.
Morrison is looking to regain half guard here but Fadda Jr keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fadda Jr wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Fadda Jr tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morrison's legs.
Morrison is trying to control Fadda Jr's posture but Fadda Jr avoids it.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Morrison tries to control but Fadda Jr manages to take his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr scores with punches from the back.
Fadda Jr missing with strikes from the back.
Morrison trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fadda Jr is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morrison rolls, trying to escape but Fadda Jr keeps control of the position.
Fadda Jr is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Fadda Jr trying to control.
Morrison rolls, trying to escape but Fadda Jr keeps control of the position.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
I really don't envy Morrison right now.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morrison wants to control his opponent's hands but Fadda Jr gets his hands free.
Morrison avoids the strikes from Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr is riding his opponent, not letting Morrison buck him off.
Fadda Jr is persistently looking for the submission but Morrison is defending it well.
Morrison is really stuck here.
Fadda Jr has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morrison's body.
Morrison is in bad spot here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr gets his hands free as Morrison looks to control.
Fadda Jr looking for the choke from the back.
Morrison defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison prevents Fadda Jr from getting a body triangle.
Fadda Jr throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison tries to escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fadda Jr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Fadda Jr.
Morrison takes one on the button.
Morrison takes a swing at Fadda Jr's ribcage but misses.
Morrison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Fadda Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Morrison works over Fadda Jr's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Fadda Jr.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Fadda Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fadda Jr.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fadda Jr ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Fadda Jr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrison on the side of the head.
Morrison connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fadda Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Fadda Jr sizes up Morrison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Fadda Jr releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Fadda Jr misses.
Morrison misses with a combination
enabling Fadda Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Fadda Jr digs a good hook to Morrison's body.
Fadda Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fadda Jr's half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fadda Jr slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fadda Jr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fadda Jr is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Fadda Jr tries to strike from the bottom.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Fadda Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison postures up.
Morrison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fadda Jr's head.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a big right hand that misses.
Fadda Jr wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison postures up and lands a big shot to Fadda Jr's brow.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Fadda Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fadda Jr punching from the bottom - just letting Morrison know he's still in a fight.
Fadda Jr escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Good exchange - Morrison coming out on top.
Fadda Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fadda Jr pinned against the cage. Fadda Jr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice shot by Morrison.
Fadda Jr takes one on the button.
Morrison misses with a hook. Fadda Jr ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morrison 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
A relieved looking Frank Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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