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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (ranked 48 p4p, 74 weight class) and Frank Morrison (ranked 7 p4p, 14 weight class). Morrison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Alonzo Longabaugh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Longabaugh uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Longabaugh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Morrison has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Longabaugh misses the target.
Longabaugh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Longabaugh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been told by Longabaugh's head coaches at New York Public Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Longabaugh slips under a jab from Morrison.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Longabaugh's shoulder, as Longabaugh tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Longabaugh misses the target.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison throws a hook but Longabaugh avoids it easily.
A jab from Longabaugh misses.
Longabaugh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison throws a hook but Longabaugh avoids it easily.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morrison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morrison cracks Longabaugh with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses with a body shot.
Morrison throws a sloppy body shot
and Longabaugh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Longabaugh.
Morrison throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Longabaugh tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morrison is in Longabaugh's guard.
Morrison postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Longabaugh has Morrison pulled in close to control his posture.
Longabaugh keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Longabaugh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Longabaugh wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Longabaugh pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Longabaugh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Longabaugh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a shot to the body.
Longabaugh slips under a jab.
Morrison stuns Longabaugh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morrison takes one on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
Longabaugh throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison throws a right hand that misses
enabling Longabaugh to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.
Longabaugh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh clobbers Morrison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Longabaugh manages to avoid it.
Longabaugh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Longabaugh momentarily.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Longabaugh throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Longabaugh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Morrison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Longabaugh circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice cross by Longabaugh.
Longabaugh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Longabaugh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Longabaugh.
A big right from Morrison misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Longabaugh throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison moves out of range as Longabaugh strikes.
Longabaugh walks into a left hand.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Longabaugh is looking to counter punch.
Morrison needs to keep his hands up - Longabaugh had a free shot at his head there.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Longabaugh.
Morrison slips a jab from Longabaugh.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Longabaugh is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Longabaugh slips a jab from Morrison.
Morrison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Longabaugh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrison with a jab.
Longabaugh scores with a jab.
Morrison connects with a single shot there.
Longabaugh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Frank Morrison will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Morrison throws a hook to the side of Longabaugh's head but Longabaugh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Longabaugh swings widly with a right hand
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
Morrison throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Frank Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Longabaugh throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Longabaugh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison lands an overhand right.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck for Morrison with that takedown attempt.
Longabaugh appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longabaugh misses with a looping left.
Longabaugh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Longabaugh is looking to counter punch.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Longabaugh on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab, jab by Longabaugh - just one landing.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Longabaugh was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Longabaugh swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Longabaugh throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison moves out of range as Longabaugh strikes.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison is trying hard to land a takedown here. Longabaugh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Longabaugh looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Longabaugh jabs at Morrison's body.
Morrison misses with an uppercut
and Longabaugh counters with a left to the body.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Longabaugh misses.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison cracks Longabaugh with a good jab.
Longabaugh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Longabaugh looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Longabaugh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Longabaugh throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison moves out of range as Longabaugh strikes.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Longabaugh misses the jab.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Longabaugh missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Longabaugh.
Longabaugh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Longabaugh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Longabaugh throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morrison swings for the body but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Morrison looks for a takedown but Longabaugh sprawls well.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Morrison.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison lands a nice hook to Longabaugh's body. Longabaugh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Longabaugh misses the shot to the body.
Morrison misses with a hook.
It looked like Longabaugh wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Longabaugh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morrison throws a sloppy body shot
and Longabaugh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Longabaugh misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Longabaugh throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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 scores with a nice right hand.
Morrison swings widly with a right hand
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Longabaugh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Longabaugh avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Morrison misses the jab.
Longabaugh throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Longabaugh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Longabaugh.
Nice takedown defense from Longabaugh. No joy for Morrison on that attempt.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Longabaugh slips the punch.
Morrison moves out of range as Longabaugh strikes.
Longabaugh misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Morrison.
Longabaugh looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Longabaugh misses the jab.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Longabaugh moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Morrison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Longabaugh misses with a hook.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Longabaugh misses with a straight left.
Longabaugh connects with a crisp jab.
Longabaugh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Longabaugh misses.
Morrison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Longabaugh enables Morrison to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Longabaugh manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Longabaugh pushes Morrison off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longabaugh moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Longabaugh moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Longabaugh lands a jab to the nose.
Morrison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Longabaugh moves into full guard.
Morrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Longabaugh wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morrison trying to control but Longabaugh is working from the bottom.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
Longabaugh has momentary wrist control but Morrison slips an elbow through the middle.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Longabaugh looking for a sweep. Not yet Longabaugh, not yet.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Longabaugh working a defensive guard here.
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Longabaugh's head.
Morrison cracks Longabaugh with a solid left hand.
Longabaugh wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Morrison trying to control but Longabaugh is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Longabaugh connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morrison throws a predictable looking body shot
and Longabaugh makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Longabaugh moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Longabaugh.
Morrison uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Longabaugh slips a jab from Morrison.
Longabaugh throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morrison!
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Longabaugh.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morrison! But no joy.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Longabaugh on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Longabaugh jabs Morrison to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Longabaugh misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Longabaugh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Morrison slips under a jab from Longabaugh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Longabaugh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longabaugh throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Longabaugh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Longabaugh. That snapped Morrison's head back.
Morrison takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Longabaugh lands a body shot.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Longabaugh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Longabaugh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Longabaugh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morrison throws the left hand but Longabaugh avoids the punch easily.
Longabaugh swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Longabaugh misses with a left hand
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morrison throws a hook but Longabaugh blocks it.
Morrison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
Longabaugh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Longabaugh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Longabaugh avoids them all with ease.
Longabaugh misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Longabaugh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Longabaugh swings widly with a right hand
and Morrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Longabaugh moved out of range.
Morrison throws a jab when Longabaugh was well out of range.
Longabaugh throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Longabaugh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Morrison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison taking a breather here.
Morrison wants to control but Longabaugh is keeping him busy.
Longabaugh sneaks back into half guard.
Longabaugh is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Longabaugh avoid being mounted?
Longabaugh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrison.
Morrison scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Longabaugh is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Longabaugh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrison.
Longabaugh is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Longabaugh trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Longabaugh tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Morrison winds up and cracks Longabaugh with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrison throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Morrison scores with a jab. Longabaugh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheers as Morrison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Longabaugh doesn't seem phased though.
Longabaugh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Longabaugh is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Longabaugh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Longabaugh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison shoots in and bounces Longabaugh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Longabaugh pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison cracks Longabaugh with a solid left hand.
Morrison postures up in Longabaugh's guard and throws a big left but Longabaugh blocks it.
Morrison cracks Longabaugh with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Longabaugh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Longabaugh keeps moving.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Longabaugh controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Morrison lands a jab-cross combination.
Longabaugh slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Longabaugh as Morrison shoots in.
Longabaugh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Longabaugh misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Longabaugh misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Longabaugh is just out of range.
A lazy left from Longabaugh finds it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Morrison misses with an uppercut
and Longabaugh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison swings widly with a right hand
and Longabaugh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Longabaugh misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with a takedown into side control.
Morrison trying to control the action but Longabaugh is working from the bottom.
Morrison grinds an elbow into Longabaugh's temple.
Morrison scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ground and pound from Morrison seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrison lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Longabaugh takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Longabaugh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morrison's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Frank Morrison has got the better of the ground game so far.
Longabaugh is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Longabaugh is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison lands with a punch from half guard.
Morrison working Longabaugh over with strikes.
Longabaugh keeping hold of Morrison's head, controlling as best he can.
Longabaugh has hold of Morrison's hands but Morrison slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Morrison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Longabaugh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Longabaugh keeps working.
Morrison lands with a punch from half guard.
Morrison is keen to just control but Longabaugh is a slippery customer.
Longabaugh is trying to get back to full guard.
Longabaugh has hold of Morrison's hands but Morrison slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Longabaugh is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Longabaugh wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison thows a huge punch but Longabaugh dodges it nicely.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Longabaugh misses the jab.
Longabaugh blocks a jab.
Longabaugh is looking to counter punch.
Longabaugh throws a lazy right hand but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Longabaugh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Longabaugh throws a body shot but no joy.
Longabaugh bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morrison's head.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Longabaugh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Nice uppercut lands for Morrison. That snapped Longabaugh's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Longabaugh momentarily.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Longabaugh.
Morrison swings away with a body shot that misses
and Longabaugh counters with a left and a right that stings Morrison.
Morrison throws a lazy right hand but Longabaugh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Longabaugh misses with a hook.
Morrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Longabaugh.
Morrison lands a jab to the head.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Longabaugh throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Longabaugh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Longabaugh scrambles back to his feet.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Longabaugh's body.
Longabaugh jabs Morrison right on the nose. Morrison blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Longabaugh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Morrison.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 48:49
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Frank Morrison!
Frank Morrison is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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