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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Harnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Psychosocial by Slipknot. Harnett has chosen on the busses film tune as his entrance music. Liam Harnett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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225 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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212 cm
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227 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Riley Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Harnett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harnett shoots in for a takedown but Morgan shows good takedown defense.
Harnett shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Harnett was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Harnett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harnett has hold of Morgan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morgan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Harnett is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harnett looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harnett.
Harnett can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
Harnett throwing strikes but Morgan uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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 regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harnett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harnett trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Harnett is stalling in the full guard.
Harnett wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Despite being in the dominant position, Liam Harnett just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harnett shoots in looking for a takedown. Morgan tries to sprawl out of it but Harnett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morgan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan lands a big uppercut and Harnett crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harnett looks OK.
Harnett is rocked!
Harnett looks gassed!
Morgan wants to stand but Harnett has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Harnett regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harnett trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Harnett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morgan manages to get himself to full guard.
Morgan is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Harnett throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riley Morgan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morgan throws a good cross that connects.
Morgan lands a big shot that drops Harnett! Can he finish him?
Harnett is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Morgan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morgan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harnett, up you get!
Horrible takedown by Harnett or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgan which made him look bad.
Harnett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Harnett seems to have recovered his senses.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a jab.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riley Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Harnett has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harnett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morgan prevents the takedown attempt.
Riley Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Harnett.
Morgan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harnett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Morgan is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan connects with a jab.
Harnett misses with a body kick.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harnett looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Harnett persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Harnett moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
Harnett fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harnett successfully pulls guard.
Morgan wants to get up but he can't break Harnett's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Harnett keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Harnett keeping full guard, as Morgan tries to pass.
Morgan prevents Harnett from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harnett working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Morgan has passed into half guard!
Harnett is breathing heavily.
Harnett is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Morgan pulls his head out easily.
Harnett manages to get to full guard.
Harnett preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harnett is striking but Morgan is not phased and passes to half guard.
Morgan prevents Harnett from standing back up.
Harnett tries to roll over but Morgan keeps him under control.
Harnett is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morgan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Harnett punching from the bottom.
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.
Harnett makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Harnett.
Harnett has his feet on Morgan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Harnett shoots in looking for a takedown. Morgan tries to sprawl out of it but Harnett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morgan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harnett takes one to the chin there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harnett drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.
Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Harnett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harnett manages to break the clinch.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harnett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riley Morgan dominated that second 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!
Morgan looks to land a combination. Harnett sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt
and Harnett counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Harnett forces his way into half guard.
Harnett escapes and gets back to his feet.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harnett counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harnett stands up and beckons Morgan to join him on the feet.
Harnett scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harnett keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Harnett seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harnett frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harnett scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morgan?
Morgan is squirming around, avoiding Harnett's attempts to control the action.
Harnett working Morgan over with strikes here.
Harnett controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harnett looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harnett controlling from mount.
Harnett has hold of Morgan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morgan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harnett misses with a head shot.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harnett looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Liam Harnett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harnett throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Harnett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harnett looking to control and managing it successfully.
Despite being in the dominant position, Liam Harnett just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Harnett counters with a shoot takedown. Morgan fights it but they end up in guard.
Harnett preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harnett chips away with some ground and pound.
Liam Harnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harnett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Harnett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riley 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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FIGHT
RATING
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