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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Caplab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caplab comes to the cage accompanied by Krystian Pudzianowski. On his way into the cage it seems that Marcin Caplab has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Marcin Caplab seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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174 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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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
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcin Caplab!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dustin Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caplab swinging wilding here.
Caplab gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morgan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Caplab utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morgan throws a strike but Caplab rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morgan pushes Caplab off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caplab wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morgan checks a leg kick.
Caplab throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morgan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Morgan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Caplab wants to stand and escape but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a couple of short punches.
Morgan looks gassed!
Morgan connects with a couple of short punches.
Morgan is looking to work some ground and pound but Caplab has wrist control.
Caplab wants to stand but Morgan is controlling the position.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Caplab avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morgan throws a big right hand that misses.
Morgan forces his way into half guard.
Caplab makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Caplab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morgan postures up in Caplab's guard and throws a big left but Caplab blocks it.
Caplab looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgan lands a couple of elbows.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Caplab thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Morgan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Caplab is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Caplab fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Caplab.
Caplab swinging wilding here.
A punch combination from Caplab misses.
Caplab tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caplab throws a chopping leg kick but Morgan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Marcin Caplab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Caplab. That one must have hurt.
Morgan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morgan showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is nestled in close to Caplab, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Caplab knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgan on the ground.
Caplab keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Caplab throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Morgan thows a huge punch but Caplab dodges it nicely.
Morgan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morgan throwing shots but Caplab is blocking nicely.
Morgan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morgan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Caplab wants to clinch.
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.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Caplab.
The fighters circling - Caplab throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caplab is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Caplab fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caplab is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Caplab fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgan checks it well.
Caplab doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Caplab fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caplab wants to clinch.
Caplab fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caplab tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caplab tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caplab tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caplab misses with a wild combination.
Morgan gets the takedown into side control.
Caplab on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morgan is working Caplab over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morgan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Morgan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan scoring with punches from side control.
Morgan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Morgan tries to score with some ground and pound. Caplab controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morgan lands some shots froms side control.
Morgan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Caplab sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Morgan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Caplab to see if he's OK.
Morgan throws a strike aimed at the side of Caplab's head but Caplab avoids it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan throwing strikes but Caplab manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Caplab wants to stand but Morgan is controlling his arm.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Caplab moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Caplab connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morgan. Morgan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Caplab is looking to clinch.
Caplab tries to clinch up.
Caplab tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Caplab wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caplab throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Caplab throws a low kick but it's checked well by Morgan.
Caplab throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Caplab!
Caplab is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morgan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Caplab looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Morgan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morgan blocks Caplab's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Morgan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Caplab is working to get back to half guard.
Morgan landing strikes from the mount.
Morgan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Caplab looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Caplab blocking the ground and pound.
Dustin Morgan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morgan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Caplab because Morgan loaded up on that one.
Morgan scoring with strikes but Caplab is staying in there.
Morgan looking to ground and pound but Caplab is blocking nicely.
You get the feeling that Caplab really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Caplab blocking the ground and pound.
Caplab blocking the ground and pound.
Morgan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throwing strikes here but Caplab is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morgan thowing shots but they're missing.
Morgan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Caplab is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Marcin Caplab has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan misses with a head shot.
Morgan looking to ground and pound but Caplab is blocking nicely.
Morgan landing shots from mount.
Caplab is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morgan dominating with strikes here.
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.
Morgan lands a big shot there that rocks Caplab but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Morgan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Morgan.
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Morgan lands a big elbow.
Caplab in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morgan with a couple of short strikes.
Morgan landing punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morgan 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Morgan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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