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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morton comes to the cage accompanied by Rock N Roll-Led Zeppelin. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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180 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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181 cm
24
218 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Morton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, KJ Dempsey! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dempsey scores with the left hand. Morton knows he should have avoided that one. Morton thows a body shot but no joy. Dempsey with a poor takedown and Morton counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dempsey's guard now. Dempsey manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Morton is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dempsey lands a nice shot to the head. Dempsey thowing shots but they're missing. Dempsey with good strikes from the mount here! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Morton can't escape the position.
Dempsey punching from mount but Morton doing a good job of avoiding damage. Dempsey landing punches. Morton working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dempsey raining down shots from the mount! Morton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dempsey throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morton because Dempsey loaded up on that one. Dempsey thowing shots but they're missing. Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morton is rocked! Morton tries to reverse the position but Dempsey maintains control. Dempsey thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Morton tries to hold on but Dempsey postures up. Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Morton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dempsey looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Morton covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KJ Dempsey!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
96% |
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