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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Morris McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hater Hurter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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169 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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170 cm
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160 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Morris McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hater Hurter!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
McDonald is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hurter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
McDonald drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hurter pulls his leg out and moves away.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hurter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morris McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald thows a body shot but no joy.
Hurter tries to close the distance and clinch but McDonald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hurter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hurter looks to clinch
and McDonald counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hurter trying to control from the bottom.
McDonald lands with a punch from half guard.
McDonald is nestled in close to Hurter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but Hurter defending well.
McDonald is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hurter doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time McDonald.
McDonald is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald seems to be working for a kimura but Hurter defends the submission attempt.
McDonald throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McDonald is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McDonald lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hurter blocking the ground and pound attempt from McDonald.
Nice strikes from McDonald there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McDonald sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hurter defending well though.
McDonald uses his free foot to push down on Hurter's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hurter.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McDonald scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hurter looks gassed!
The referee warns Hurter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McDonald raining down hammerfists from mount.
It looks like Hater Hurter has been cut.
McDonald unloading with bombs!
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!
McDonald with the ground and pound from mount.
McDonald connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald breaks from Hurter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McDonald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McDonald cracks Hurter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! McDonald connects with a massive shot to the dome!
McDonald lands a nice shot to the head.
McDonald postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hurter looks a forlorn figure.
McDonald pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McDonald is landing with some decent strikes but Hurter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by McDonald.
McDonald in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McDonald lands a nice shot to the head.
McDonald landing strikes, looking to finish!
McDonald is landing with some decent strikes but Hurter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hurter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McDonald. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McDonald lands a big elbow.
Hurter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McDonald raining down shots from the mount!
McDonald scoring with strikes but Hurter is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDonald with a couple of short strikes.
Hurter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McDonald cracks Hurter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Morris McDonald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hater Hurter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McDonald has taken the fight to the clinch.
McDonald is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hurter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
McDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hurter is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McDonald fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hurter.
Hurter moves to clinch but McDonald breaks away
and McDonald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McDonald gets control of Hurter's arms and successfully pulls guard. McDonald will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
McDonald not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McDonald is on top in guard.
Hurter is breathing heavily.
McDonald pushing down on Hurter's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
McDonald drops an elbow to the side of Hurter's head.
McDonald throwing shots but Hurter is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hurter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hurter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McDonald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McDonald working over Hurter with some ground and pound. Hurter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
McDonald scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
McDonald winds up and cracks Hurter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from McDonald there.
Nice strikes from McDonald there.
McDonald lands strikes from half guard.
McDonald lands strikes from half guard.
McDonald works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McDonald cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McDonald cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
McDonald has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McDonald postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hurter looks a forlorn figure.
McDonald dominating with strikes here.
McDonald landing punches.
McDonald scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald raining down hammerfists from mount.
McDonald putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McDonald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McDonald landing shots from mount.
McDonald looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morris McDonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McDonald scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McDonald landing shots from mount.
McDonald has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hurter's face.
Hurter working to try and regain half guard.
McDonald lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDonald cracks Hurter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
McDonald breaks from Hurter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McDonald has hold of Hurter's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hurter manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
McDonald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McDonald landing strikes, looking to finish!
McDonald is landing with some decent strikes but Hurter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hurter is bucking up trying to escape but McDonald cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDonald lands a big elbow.
Hurter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Morris McDonald dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hater Hurter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McDonald sizes up Hurter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hurter defending well as McDonald loads up on a big left hand.
McDonald clinches up with Hurter and pushes him back against the cage.
McDonald has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hurter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
McDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hurter tries to bum rush McDonald with a series of wild strikes but McDonald uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hurter throws a series of punches but McDonald avoids them all with ease.
McDonald lands a slapping body shot.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonald connects with a crisp jab.
McDonald thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurter tries to close the distance and clinch up but McDonald swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McDonald fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from McDonald.
McDonald moves out of range as Hurter strikes.
McDonald instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McDonald lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hurter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McDonald lands with a punch from half guard.
McDonald lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
McDonald looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hurter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McDonald is working for a submission of some sort.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McDonald lands a nice short elbow.
Morris McDonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
McDonald has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McDonald shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McDonald showed some decent athleticism there.
Hater Hurter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDonald with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris McDonald has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hurter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morris McDonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McDonald 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morris McDonald!
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energy
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hype
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