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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Theron Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolls Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Thieves by Ministry. 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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157 lbs
22 - 8 - 0 |
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155 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Theron Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rolls Royce!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Royce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrison scores with a jab. Royce acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
No luck for Royce with that takedown attempt.
Royce wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morrison.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Royce gets a takedown into half guard.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Royce has passed into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is not content to let Royce control the position.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrison tries to improve position but can't.
Morrison managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Royce.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royce trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Morrison kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Royce is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ground and pound from Royce seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Royce is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison is trying to control Royce's posture but Royce avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison parries the strikes from Royce easily there. Royce is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morrison to escape.
Royce just content to control the position.
Royce in side control, throwing shots but Morrison defends.
Royce creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison parries the strikes from Royce easily there. Royce is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morrison to escape.
The strikes coming from Royce are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolls Royce dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Royce shoots in looking for a takedown. Morrison tries to sprawl out of it but Royce keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morrison manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morrison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Royce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morrison lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morrison is trying to maintain a safe position but Royce gets an underhook and turns Morrison into the cage.
Morrison lands a hook that snaps the head of Royce backwards.
Morrison lands an uppercut.
Morrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Royce blocks a body shot from Morrison.
Royce wants a takedown.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison tries a body shot but Royce blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
Royce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royce looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Theron Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolls Royce.
Royce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Royce in his tracks.
Nice sprawl there from Morrison as Royce shoots in.
Royce looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morrison is fending him off so far but Royce persists. Nope, Morrison circles away and we're back to standing.
Royce tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws out a leg kick but Royce moves out of range and Morrison only half commits.
Royce shoots in for a double leg but Morrison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Morrison lands the left hand.
Morrison tried to score with a low kick but Royce checks it.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Royce.
Morrison slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce walks into a straight right hand from Morrison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison scores with a body shot.
Royce takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Theron Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Royce misses with a takedown attempt - Morrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Royce knows he should have avoided that one.
Royce is rocked!
Morrison drops Royce with a big left hand! Royce is injured, injured bad! Morrison jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Theron Morrison!
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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
37% |
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