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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Night has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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204 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Night!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Night tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Night tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Night sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrison dives in and grabs Night's left leg, looking for a takedown. Night pushes down on Morrison's head and hops out.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Travis Night has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Morrison.
Night wants to clinch.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Night.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morrison in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Night is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Night is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Night parries the strikes from Morrison easily there. Morrison is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Night to escape.
Morrison throws a strike aimed at the side of Night's head but Night avoids it well.
Morrison working the strikes but Night uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Night wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Night tries to kick Morrison off but Morrison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Morrison controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Night throws a right and a left that both miss.
Night throws a head kick that misses
and Morrison counters with an inside leg kick.
Night throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Night, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Night against the cage but Night circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Night throws a leg kick that misses.
Morrison looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Night controlling the position for now.
Night is trying to stand back up but Morrison is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Night is looking to improve his position.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Night won't allow it.
Morrison wants to advance to full mount but Night doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Night looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Night is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Night works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Night tries to clinch but Morrison is having none of it.
Night tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Night wants to clinch
and Morrison counters with a shoot takedown. Night fights it but they end up in guard.
Night is breathing heavily.
Night being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Night is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Morrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Night just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Night closes the distance but Morrison moves to the side
and Morrison counters with a single leg into guard. Night didn't expect that.
Night controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Night looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morrison puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morrison thows a huge punch but Night dodges it nicely.
Morrison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Night is trying to stand up here but Morrison is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Night trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Night's head.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Night does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrison lands a nice short elbow.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Night is having none of it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Night clinches but Morrison breaks the clinch
and Morrison counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Night!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Morrison with a couple of short strikes.
Morrison landing shots from mount.
Morrison landing shots from mount.
Night is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison working the ground and pound effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Night really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Night is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morrison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morrison sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
BOOM! Morrison connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morrison scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Night?
Morrison connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Night's face.
Night is rocked!
Night taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Morrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morrison wants to clinch but Night slips to the side
and Night counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Night.
Morrison prevents a takedown attempt there.
Night drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morrison pulls his leg out and moves away.
Night tries to clinch but Morrison moves away
and Morrison counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Night keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morrison working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Night blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Night wants to stand back up but Morrison manages to pass into side control.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Night keeps working.
Night is pushing Morrison's head away, looking to escape. Morrison manages to hold on to the position though.
Night is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Night takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Night tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morrison changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Night looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Scott Morrison has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morrison lands some shots froms side control.
Night is trying to escape the position but Morrison is controlling the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Morrison.
Morrison throws an elbow but Night slips to the side and avoids it well.
Morrison working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Night takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Night takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Morrison scoring with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control for a moment but Night uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Night is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morrison can do anything to dispel that myth.
Morrison is looking to get back to full guard here but Night has managed to pass to side control instead.
Night blocks Morrison's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Night trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Night tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison tries to hold on but Night postures up.
Travis Night has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Night goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Morrison is on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morrison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Morrison!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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