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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Tablita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan's entrance music is No Easy Way Out. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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141 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
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134 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Tablita!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tablita misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a stiff right hand.
Good exchange - Tablita coming out on top.
Tablita misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tablita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan stalks Tablita and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tablita's face. Tablita staggers backwards, shaken.
Morgan works over Tablita's head and body with a nice combination.
The fighters circling - Tablita throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tablita misses with a left hand
and Morgan counters with a head kick that drops Tablita - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Tablita is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Morgan thows a huge punch but Tablita dodges it nicely.
Tablita is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan with the ground and pound but Tablita uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morgan postures up in Tablita's guard and throws a big left but Tablita blocks it.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan trying to control but Tablita is working from the bottom.
Morgan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tablita works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tablita seems to have recovered his senses.
Morgan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws an elbow but Tablita slips to the side and avoids it well.
Tablita is pushing Morgan's head away, looking to escape. Morgan manages to hold on to the position though.
Morgan is looking to take a break and control but Tablita is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tablita defending against the ground and pound.
Morgan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The strikes coming from Morgan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Morgan is trying to ground and pound but Tablita uses the momentary lack of control by Morgan to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morgan is working for a kimura but Tablita is defending it quite comfortably.
Morgan seems to be working for a kimura but Tablita defends the submission attempt.
Morgan is pressing down on Tablita's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tablita is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tablita is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morgan throwing shots but Tablita is blocking nicely.
Morgan 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.
Morgan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tablita has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morgan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morgan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tablita blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morgan is taking a breather. Tablita 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.
Morgan is keen to just control but Tablita is a slippery customer.
Tablita avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morgan.
Tablita wants to get back to his feet.
Tablita gets full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Morgan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Tablita was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A left lands for Morgan.
Gabriel Tablita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tablita tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tablita looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tablita missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Tablita does no damage.
Henry Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Tablita throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Tablita cracks Morgan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tablita digs a good body shot into Morgan's ribs.
Gabriel Tablita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tablita.
A nice combination there by Tablita.
It looks like Henry Morgan has been cut.
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!
Morgan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morgan lands with a kick to the temple. Tablita shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tablita looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tablita throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tablita looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tablita looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tablita throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tablita tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Tablita lands with a shot to the body.
Tablita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tablita misses with a two punch combination.
Tablita is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Morgan slips a straight right by Tablita.
Tablita misses with a lunging right hand
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tablita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgan. That snapped Tablita's head back.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morgan misses the jab.
Tablita misses with a wild body shot.
Tablita attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tablita attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tablita misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tablita misses the jab.
Tablita on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tablita shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morgan eats them both and turns towards Tablita to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Morgan is rocked!
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Tablita.
Oh Morgan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tablita misses with a looping left.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tablita.
Morgan moves out of range of the strikes.
Tablita throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
Tablita is breathing heavily.
Tablita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tablita misses with an uppercut.
Morgan slips under a jab from Tablita.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tablita throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tablita throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan thows a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Tablita.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Tablita.
Tablita throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Morgan staying out of range there.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Tablita misses.
Tablita throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
Tablita throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Tablita moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Morgan throws a hook but Tablita blocks it.
A jab from Tablita misses.
Morgan seems to have got his legs back now.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tablita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Tablita off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tablita avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan fails with a takedown attempt.
Tablita just misses with a punch to the body.
Gabriel Tablita is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan stuns Tablita with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tablita throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tablita looks to land a left hand but Morgan moved out of range nicely.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tablita enables Morgan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tablita manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tablita working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.
Morgan works over Tablita with some ground and pound from guard.
Morgan throws a strike but Tablita rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morgan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tablita's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tablita works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tablita preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tablita has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gabriel Tablita will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Henry Morgan's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Morgan defending well as Tablita loads up on a big left hand.
Tablita throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Tablita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tablita swinging wildly here.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Morgan slips a jab from Tablita.
Tablita lands a jab to the nose.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big right from Tablita misses.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tablita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Tablita throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tablita throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
Tablita slips a straight right by Morgan.
Tablita looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan scores with the left hand. Tablita knows he should have avoided that one.
Morgan is looking to slow Tablita down with leg kicks.
Tablita throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morgan counters with a big head kick but Tablita shrugs it off.
Morgan slips under a jab.
Morgan shoots in but Tablita avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A jab from Tablita misses.
Tablita steps in with a hook that catches Morgan right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tablita follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Morgan looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Tablita!
Our winner, Gabriel Tablita, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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