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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Doc Morbid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morbid comes to the cage accompanied by Duran Duran - Wild Boys. Doc Morbid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 cm
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149 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
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170 cm
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Doc Morbid! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roy Rage! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morbid fakes the leg kick and cracks Rage in the body. Rage shoots in for a takedown but Morbid shows good takedown defense. Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center. Morbid tries to clinch but Rage moves out of range. Rage shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morbid napping and manages to drive through into side control! Rage postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Morbid takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Rage working away. Morbid tries to improve position but can't. Rage lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Morbid down.
Rage grinds an elbow into Morbid's temple. Rage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Morbid controls the position for a moment. Rage throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Morbid works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rage seems to be looking for submissions.
Rage with the ground and pound but Morbid uses the opportunity to regain guard. Rage postures up in Morbid's guard and throws a big left but Morbid blocks it. Rage passes into half guard under a barage of strikes. Rage trying to pass the guard but Morbid defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Morbid is looking to improve his position.
Rage sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morbid defending well though. Rage not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Morbid thows a body kick. Rage tries to catch it but that hurt him. Morbid leaves Rage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Rage closes the distance and clinches up with Morbid, looking for a takedown. Rage pushes Morbid against the cage but Morbid circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Doc Morbid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Rage. Rage tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morbid swivels and escapes. Morbid gets a clinch. Morbid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morbid avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Morbid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Morbid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rage looks gassed! Morbid connects with a knee to the head.
Rage tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morbid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rage is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morbid pulls him back up using the underhooks. Rage tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morbid landing knees to the head.
The referee calls for Morbid to work.
Morbid connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morbid.
Morbid slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Morbid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rage is defending well for now. Rage has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morbid is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rage avoiding damage as Morbid throws knees to the body.
Rage tries to score a body lock takedown but Morbid shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Morbid leaning against his opponent.
Rage has Morbid pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morbid manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Morbid stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms. Knees to the body from Morbid.
Rage changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morbid fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morbid. Rage shrugs it off though. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Morbid dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morbid wants to clinch. Rage fails with a takedown attempt. Morbid pushes Rage away with a front kick. Morbid doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
Morbid delivers a nice body kick. Morbid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Morbid is looking to clinch. Morbid throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rage's head. Rage is breathing heavily. Rage will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Doc Morbid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Rage. The fight stays on the outside here - Morbid looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Morbid drives through and clinches with Rage against the cage.
Morbid is stalling here.
Rage is trying to drag Morbid to the mat but Morbid just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms. Rage takes a knee to the side of the body. Morbid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Rage letting Morbid take a breather here. Rage fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morbid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rage wants a takedown but no success here.
Stalling in the clinch from Morbid.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Morbid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morbid misses with a knee strike.
Morbid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rage's face.
A knee to the head by Morbid.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rage avoids it. Rage tries to score a body lock takedown but Morbid shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Knees in the clinch landing for Morbid.
Morbid dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Morbid connects with a knee to the head.
Morbid tries to land knees in the clinch but Rage avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rage is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Morbid gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Morbid is struggling to control the position. The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morbid for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure. Rage is trying to drag Morbid to the mat but Morbid just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. A battle for position here, against the cage. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Doc Morbid. Rage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Roy Rage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Morbid forces Rage back against the cage and clinches. Morbid prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rage looking for a takedown. Morbid throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Morbid working Rage over with knees to the body. Morbid connects with a knee to the head.
Morbid stalling against the cage.
Knees to the body from Morbid.
Rage is working for takedown but Morbid is calmly controlling the position for now. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morbid. Morbid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rage's face.
Rage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morbid scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morbid. Rage looking for a takedown. Stalling in the clinch from Morbid.
Morbid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Morbid dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morbid manages to avoid it. Morbid fails in his attempt to clinch. Horrible takedown by Rage or perhaps it was just good defense by Morbid which made him look bad. Morbid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rage circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rage. Morbid lands a high kick!
Rage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rage fails with the takedown. Doc Morbid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Rage. Morbid scoring well with a low kick there.
Morbid doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
Morbid goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rage shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morbid manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Rage throws a strike but Morbid rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Morbid looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Rage bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morbid's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rage throwing strikes from guard but Morbid blocks nicely. Rage trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Rage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morbid swivels though and keeps the full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Rage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morbid works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Rage advances to half guard. Rage with the ground and pound but Morbid uses the opportunity to regain guard. Morbid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rage postures up.
Rage throwing strikes from guard but Morbid blocks nicely. Rage passes easily into side control. Nice work. Rage throws a strike aimed at the side of Morbid's head but Morbid avoids it well. Roy Rage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Morbid dodges the ground and pound from Rage. Morbid gets back to half guard. Rage frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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. Rage sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Morbid sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though. Morbid avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rage. Morbid is looking for a sweep. Rage is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Morbid is trying to stand back up but Rage is controlling him
Rage thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morbid's head. Morbid manages to escape and get back to his feet!
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Doc Morbid. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morbid, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26 Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26 Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doc Morbid!
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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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