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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Makaveli Da Don (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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190 cm
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207 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Makaveli Da Don!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a right hand that Da Don ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Don also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Da Don avoids it well.
Morgan throws a one two combo.
Morgan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Da Don decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
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!
Da Don is taking a breather. Morgan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Da Don lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Da Don controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Don escapes and gets back to his feet.
Morgan lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Makaveli Da Don has been cut.
Matt Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan looks gassed!
Da Don shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morgan but Morgan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Don slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Morgan. No joy for Da Don on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makaveli Da Don. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan throws a head kick that Da Don semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Don avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Don shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morgan as he jumps to the side.
Morgan scores with a jab to the head.
Morgan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Da Don on the side of the head.
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to bum rush Da Don with a series of wild strikes but Da Don uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Morgan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Da Don shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morgan defends it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Da Don circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Makaveli Da Don's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Da Don avoids nicely.
Da Don takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Da Don moves out of range easily.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Don moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Don takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morgan throws out a leg kick but Da Don moves out of range and Morgan only half commits.
Da Don showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Da Don shoots in looking for a takedown but Morgan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Da Don's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Da Don fails with a takedown attempt.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Don shoots and misses
and Morgan counters with a head kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makaveli Da Don. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Don slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Da Don fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Makaveli Da Don is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Don looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Da Don persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Don is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morgan.
Da Don tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morgan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Da Don somewhat.
Danga de danga de dang - Morgan scores with a four punch combination!
Morgan swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan digs a good body shot into Da Don's ribs.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan throws a combination. Da Don tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morgan throws a one two combo.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Makaveli Da Don'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. This is the final round!
Da Don takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Da Don shoots in and gets a takedown into Morgan's guard.
Da Don works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Da Don distracts Morgan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Da Don is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Da Don gets to his feet. Morgan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a high kick!
Da Don shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
Da Don takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Da Don.
Da Don fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makaveli Da Don. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a nice head kick!
Morgan tries to land a leg kick but Da Don saw it coming and moves away.
Da Don gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Da Don dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Matt Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Da Don avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Da Don avoids nicely.
Morgan stuffs the takedown.
Da Don fails to land the takedown.
Da Don blocks a head kick by Morgan.
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.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Da Don circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Da Don looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Da Don persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Da Don takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Da Don moves out of range.
Da Don looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Morgan!
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 Makaveli Da Don.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Morgan!
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RATING
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