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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clay Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Van Der Meer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrow comes to the cage accompanied by Straylight Run - Hands In The Sky. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Clay Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethan Van Der Meer!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Meer doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrow circles away.
No luck for Morrow with that takedown attempt.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch up.
Van Der Meer has managed to clinch.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Van Der Meer lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the head.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Meer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Meer lands a knee to the head.
Morrow lands a takedown into guard.
Van Der Meer keeping moving, preventing Morrow from controlling successfully.
Morrow wants to stand and escape but instead Van Der Meer has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Meer postures up.
Morrow had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Van Der Meer defends it easily.
Morrow scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Morrow misses with a few strikes there.
Ethan Van Der Meer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Meer.
Van Der Meer is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Morrow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Van Der Meer is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch but Morrow moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Der Meer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Der Meer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Der Meer drives through and clinches with Morrow against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Der Meer.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the head.
It looks like Clay Morrow has been cut.
Morrow is breathing heavily.
Van Der Meer lands a knee to the body.
Van Der Meer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Der Meer looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Morrow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Der Meer looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morrow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Der Meer just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clay Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Der Meer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Der Meer connects with a knee to the head.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Morrow tries for a takedown. No joy.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Van Der Meer crunches a lovely knee into Morrow's ribcage.
Morrow tries to pull guard but Van Der Meer holds him up against the cage and eventually Morrow drops back down to his feet.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Van Der Meer.
Van Der Meer connects with a knee to the head.
Van Der Meer looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the body.
Van Der Meer lands a nice knee to the body.
Morrow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Der Meer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Der Meer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Van Der Meer trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Meer missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
Van Der Meer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrow's efforts to push away.
Van Der Meer looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Van Der Meer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow pulls guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrow has his feet on Van Der Meer's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Van Der Meer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morrow passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Van Der Meer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clay Morrow's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morrow!
Van Der Meer tries to clinch but Morrow moves out of range.
Van Der Meer moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
Morrow drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morrow decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Van Der Meer, up you get!
Morrow lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Der Meer's head.
Clay Morrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Der Meer tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morrow.
Morrow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Morrow misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrow tries to keep at a distance but Van Der Meer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Der Meer obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Der Meer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Meer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee to the head.
Morrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Der Meer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morrow is defending well for now.
Van Der Meer missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Meer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow is working for takedown but Van Der Meer is calmly controlling the position for now.
Van Der Meer is pressed up against the cage. Morrow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Van Der Meer down to the mat. Van Der Meer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clay Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Der Meer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morrow to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morrow stands up and waves to Van Der Meer to follow him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch up.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Der Meer moves away.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch up.
Van Der Meer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morrow misses with a low kick.
Morrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Der Meer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Meer tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morrow throws a body punch but Van Der Meer moves out of range.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch there but Morrow circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Meer is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Morrow throws a series of strikes that have Van Der Meer backpedaling.
Van Der Meer wants to clinch up but Morrow keeps it at a distance.
Van Der Meer is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Morrow throws a hook but Van Der Meer avoids it easily.
Van Der Meer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Der Meer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ethan Van Der Meer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Der Meer is looking to clinch.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch there but Morrow circles away.
Morrow scores with a shot to the body.
Morrow takes a swing at Van Der Meer's ribcage but misses.
Van Der Meer moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
Van Der Meer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrow digs a good hook to Van Der Meer's body.
Morrow has managed to clinch.
Van Der Meer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee to the head.
Morrow tries to pull guard but Van Der Meer won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Meer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrow drops down looking for an ankle pick but Van Der Meer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Morrow connects with a crisp jab.
Van Der Meer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morrow to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morrow wants to control from the top but Van Der Meer keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morrow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morrow stands up from Van Der Meer's guard - Morrow perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clay Morrow dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clay Morrow's cut.
That's time! Morrow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Der Meer clinches.
Morrow tries to break the clinch but Van Der Meer is controlling the position.
Morrow tries to pull guard but Van Der Meer holds him up against the cage and eventually Morrow drops back down to his feet.
Van Der Meer lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrow won't want to take too many of those.
Morrow tries to score a body lock takedown but Van Der Meer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Meer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Der Meer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Der Meer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Der Meer landing knees to the body.
Van Der Meer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Van Der Meer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Der Meer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Meer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow avoiding damage as Van Der Meer throws knees to the body.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morrow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clay Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Der Meer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Der Meer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow tries to pull guard but Van Der Meer holds him up against the cage and eventually Morrow drops back down to his feet.
Van Der Meer trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Meer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Der Meer smiles and moves away.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
Van Der Meer misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Van Der Meer trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Meer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morrow is trying to drag Van Der Meer to the mat but Van Der Meer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Van Der Meer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morrow tries for a takedown but Van Der Meer manages to get underhooks.
Van Der Meer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Der Meer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrow pulls guard successfully.
Morrow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrow is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Der Meer is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Meer trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morrow's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Der Meer is fighting to break Morrow's control of his arms but Morrow is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morrow looking to control.
Morrow is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four 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.
Van Der Meer wanted to stand there but Morrow had control of the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Van Der Meer tries to clinch but Morrow moves away
and Morrow counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Morrow tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Van Der Meer.
Morrow looks to land a strike but Van Der Meer avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ethan Van Der Meer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Der Meer 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ethan Van Der Meer!
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