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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Andrei Arlovski has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrei Arlovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arlovski looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Arlovski misses with a body kick.
Arlovski dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Arlovski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arlovski circles away quickly and effectively.
Arlovski lunges at Morgan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morgan's hand.
Arlovski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arlovski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arlovski scores with a three punch combo!
Arlovski takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Arlovski scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Arlovski avoids it well.
Arlovski throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Arlovski swinging wildly here.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Arlovski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arlovski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morgan counters with a nice uppercut.
Arlovski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arlovski looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Arlovski misses with a combination
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Arlovski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Arlovski misses with a double jab.
Arlovski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morgan counters with a low kick, right behind Arlovski 's knee.
Morgan takes a swing at Arlovski's ribcage but misses.
Arlovski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan takes a swing at Arlovski's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Arlovski.
Arlovski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Arlovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arlovski misses the shot to the body.
Morgan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Arlovski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morgan throws a hook but Arlovski avoids it easily.
Arlovski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morgan doesn't seem bothered though.
Arlovski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morgan backs up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Arlovski.
Andrei Arlovski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlovski misses with a hook to the body
and Morgan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice body punch from Arlovski.
Morgan looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.
Arlovski lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arlovski with a jab.
Arlovski lands a lovely overhand right.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Arlovski.
Arlovski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arlovski throws a good cross that connects.
Arlovski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arlovski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan cracks the inside of Arlovski's front leg.
Arlovski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Arlovski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Arlovski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Arlovski.
Arlovski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Arlovski misses with a wild combination.
Arlovski lands with a nice body punch.
Arlovski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Arlovski misses with a wild combination.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Arlovski.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arlovski. That did some damage!
Arlovski throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Arlovski scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Arlovski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Arlovski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice combination there by Arlovski.
Arlovski avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Arlovski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Andrei Arlovski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arlovski throws a jab but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Arlovski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morgan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arlovski thows a body shot but no joy.
Arlovski scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski misses with a hook to the body
and Morgan counters with a series of strikes. Arlovski will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arlovski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Arlovski misses the shot to the body.
Andrei Arlovski is winning the standup battle so far.
Arlovski swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Arlovski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan lands with an overhand left.
Arlovski fails to land with a series of punches.
Arlovski throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arlovski tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two 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.
Arlovski throws a jab but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Arlovski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Arlovski works Morgan's body with a nice hook.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Arlovski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arlovski.
Arlovski is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Arlovski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arlovski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Arlovski backing up. Arlovski nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
Arlovski misses with a body shot
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arlovski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arlovski misses with a double jab
and Morgan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Arlovski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Arlovski misses with a few strikes there.
Arlovski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arlovski punishes Morgan's body with a nice straight punch.
Arlovski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab by Arlovski.
Morgan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Arlovski.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Arlovski misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Arlovski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morgan doesn't seem bothered though.
Arlovski avoids the body shot from Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arlovski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arlovski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Arlovski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arlovski.
Arlovski lands a right hook to the body.
Morgan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Arlovski fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arlovski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arlovski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arlovski thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Arlovski dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
No joy there for Arlovski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski misses with an uppercut.
Arlovski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Arlovski throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Arlovski.
Arlovski connects with a crisp jab.
Arlovski cracks Morgan with a good jab.
Arlovski lands a right hook to the body.
Arlovski throws a combination that misses
and Morgan counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arlovski moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Arlovski misses with a combination
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Morgan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Arlovski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arlovski.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Arlovski misses with a few strikes there.
Arlovski falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Arlovski scores with a three punch combo!
A punch lands to the side of Morgan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Arlovski misses with a combination
and Arlovski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arlovski connects with a body shot.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arlovski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Arlovski misses with a combination
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Arlovski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arlovski misses with a double jab
and Morgan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arlovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arlovski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Arlovski throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arlovski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morgan's head.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Arlovski avoids nicely.
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.
Arlovski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arlovski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arlovski.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Arlovski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arlovski tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arlovski lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Arlovski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dexter Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arlovski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Arlovski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Arlovski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Arlovski!
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