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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustaw Morcinek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papy Abedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustaw Morcinek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Papy Abedi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abedi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abedi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Abedi tries a low kick but Morcinek avoids it.
Abedi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Abedi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Abedi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morcinek is able to avoid easily.
Abedi lands a high kick!
It looks like Gustaw Morcinek has been cut.
Abedi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morcinek fails with the takedown
and Abedi counters with a nice leg kick.
Abedi misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morcinek has a takedown stuffed.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abedi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morcinek has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morcinek and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Abedi misses with an uppercut
and Morcinek counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morcinek.
Morcinek preventing the sweep.
Abedi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morcinek defends well.
Morcinek trying to control the position from guard on top but Abedi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morcinek postures up.
Morcinek has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Abedi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Morcinek kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Abedi throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Morcinek stands up over Abedi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morcinek won't allow Abedi to sweep him here.
Abedi trying to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Abedi is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morcinek is looking to stand up but Abedi isn't so interested in that idea.
Abedi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abedi trying to control the position from guard on top but Morcinek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Abedi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morcinek keeping moving, preventing Abedi from controlling successfully.
Abedi looking to pass the guard.
Morcinek working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Abedi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abedi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Abedi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Abedi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Abedi trying to control but Morcinek is working from the bottom.
Abedi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Abedi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Abedi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abedi throwing strikes from guard but Morcinek blocks nicely.
Abedi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papy Abedi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gustaw Morcinek'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.
Morcinek looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Papy Abedi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abedi keeping hold of Morcinek's head, controlling as best he can.
Morcinek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Abedi is looking to control Morcinek's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Abedi avoid being mounted?
Abedi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Abedi missing with punches from the bottom.
Morcinek prevents Abedi from improving his position.
Abedi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morcinek pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abedi wants to improve his position but Morcinek is controlling well.
Abedi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Abedi won't allow Morcinek to pass to mount.
Abedi tries to get to full guard but Morcinek has control of the leg.
Abedi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morcinek winds up and cracks Abedi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Abedi trying to control from the bottom.
Abedi landing strikes from the bottom.
Abedi tries to get to full guard but Morcinek has control of the leg.
Morcinek trying to control the action but Abedi is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek trying to control the pace.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Abedi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morcinek pulls his head out easily.
Abedi strikes from the bottom but Morcinek uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Abedi wants to control but Morcinek postures up.
Morcinek scores with punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abedi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Morcinek's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Morcinek lands a decent elbow from side control.
Abedi is not content to let Morcinek control the position.
Abedi wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek trying to control the position but Abedi is working away.
Morcinek controls the position.
Abedi wants to control but Morcinek postures up.
Morcinek staying calm.
Morcinek is looking to take a break and control but Abedi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morcinek creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abedi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Abedi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morcinek pulls his head out easily.
Abedi is looking to control Morcinek's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Abedi avoid being mounted?
Abedi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Morcinek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Abedi's head.
Abedi punching from the bottom.
Morcinek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abedi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Abedi striking off his back but it's not causing Morcinek any problems.
Abedi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morcinek trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustaw Morcinek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gustaw Morcinek'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!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morcinek.
Abedi tries for a takedown but Morcinek sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morcinek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Abedi as he jumps to the side.
Abedi throws a chopping leg kick but Morcinek manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Abedi throws a chopping leg kick but Morcinek manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Morcinek fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustaw Morcinek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abedi misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abedi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Abedi misses.
Morcinek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Abedi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Abedi thumps Morcinek with a low kick.
Abedi misses with a kick to the body.
Abedi throws a leg kick but Morcinek moved away.
Papy Abedi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abedi swinging wildly here.
Abedi misses with a body shot
and Morcinek counters with a single leg into guard. Abedi didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abedi trying to keep a closed guard but Morcinek is proving a slippery customer.
Abedi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Morcinek taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abedi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Abedi throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Abedi punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek avoids a series of strikes thrown by Abedi.
Abedi throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morcinek because Abedi loaded up on that one.
Morcinek suckers Abedi into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Morcinek is now in Abedi's guard!
Morcinek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morcinek controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morcinek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abedi keeping moving, preventing Morcinek from controlling successfully.
Abedi trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Abedi working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abedi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morcinek!
Abedi throwing strikes here but Morcinek is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morcinek is squirming around, avoiding Abedi's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morcinek trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papy Abedi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abedi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papy Abedi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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