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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vincent Morrison has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leon Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rivers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rivers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rivers has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Morrison clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Rivers missing with strikes.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Morrison covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Morrison wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivers is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Morrison defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Morrison controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Rivers softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers has Morrison flattened out and is raining down punches.
It looks like Vincent Morrison has been cut.
Morrison looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Rivers lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Rivers is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Morrison up.
Rivers lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Rivers scores with punches to the body.
Morrison prevents Rivers from getting a body triangle.
Rivers throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Rivers has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morrison's body.
Rivers punishes Morrison with strikes from the back mount.
Morrison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rivers on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers tightening his grip on Morrison, looking for the choke.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Rivers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Morrison.
Morrison is rocked!
Rivers is loading up with his shots from the back and Morrison is in big trouble! Morrison taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Leon Rivers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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