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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grigori Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grigori Rasputin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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161 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grigori Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Micheal Morton!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morton throws a series of punches but Rasputin avoids them all with ease.
Rasputin shoots in but Morton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rasputin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morton.
Micheal Morton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rasputin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Morton!
Rasputin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rasputin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Morton defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rasputin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morton is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Morton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rasputin.
Morton is not a happy chappy� he wants out of there.
Morton is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rasputin is working for a guillotine from mount but Morton frees his head quite easily.
Morton is trying to escape the mount but Rasputin keeps good control and instead manages to take Morton's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morton covering up well under a series of strikes from Rasputin.
Rasputin working for a choke but Morton is defending well.
Morton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rasputin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rasputin is breathing heavily.
Morton wants to get back to his feet.
Rasputin is looking to control Morton but Morton is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morton preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Rasputin.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin is looking for a rear naked choke here but Morton reverses the position brilliantly into Rasputin's guard!
Rasputin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morton stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Morton throws a right hand that Rasputin ducks under and follows up with a left that Rasputin also avoids with ease.
Morton misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by Rasputin or perhaps it was just good defense by Morton which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grigori Rasputin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rasputin doesn't manage to clinch there - Morton circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rasputin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morton swivels and escapes.
Morton swinging wilding here.
Morton misses with a series of wild punches.
Rasputin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morton.
A clash of legs there as Rasputin blocks the low kick.
Morton misses with an uppercut. Rasputin saw that one coming.
Morton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rasputin blocks a head kick by Morton.
Rasputin shoots in and bounces Morton off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Rasputin stops Morton from standing up.
Rasputin forces his way into half guard.
Rasputin trying to pass the guard but Morton defending well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morton tries to kick Rasputin off but Rasputin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rasputin works his way into side control.
Morton is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rasputin asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morton tries to bum rush Rasputin with a series of wild strikes but Rasputin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rasputin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morton tries to avoid it but Rasputin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morton to the ground. Morton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morton throws a right and a left that Rasputin avoids nicely.
Morton swinging wilding here.
Morton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Morton catches Rasputin right on the button with a cross.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Morton! Rasputin is backing up but he can't get away as Morton lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Rasputin and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Micheal Morton!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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