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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Kallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kallio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Meshuggah - obZen. James Morgan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Kallio!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Morgan catches Kallio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
James Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan pushes Kallio away with a front kick.
Kallio changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Kallio manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Kallio's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Kallio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
James Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrik Kallio.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Kallio down.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morgan but Morgan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kallio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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!
Kallio shoots for a double leg takedown but Morgan sprawls well. He's pushed Kallio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morgan delivers a nice body kick.
Kallio looks gassed!
Morgan has managed to clinch.
Morgan breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Morgan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kallio doesn't seem phased though.
Morgan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kallio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Kallio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kallio has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morgan.
Morgan thuds his shin into the meat of Kallio's side.
Kallio walks into a jab.
Morgan gets tackled into the ropes by Kallio. Kallio maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kallio's sensitive parts.
A jab from Morgan finds it's way through Kallio's defenses.
Kallio is trying desperately to land a takedown but Morgan is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kallio.
Kallio shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Morgan is trying to defend but Kallio finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Morgan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morgan tries to get out of the position.
Kallio trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to hold on to Kallio's head to control him but Kallio postures up.
Morgan moves into full guard.
Morgan wants to stand but Kallio is controlling the position.
Morgan pulls Kallio in close to prevent any damage.
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.
Kallio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morgan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kallio.
Kallio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kallio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kallio is trying to control. Morgan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kallio wants to pass to mount but Morgan is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kallio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Morgan is staying active underneath Kallio, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kallio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morgan swivels and escapes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Morgan - that will leave a mark!
Kallio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kallio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morgan.
Morgan throws out a powerful jab.
James Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kallio closes the distance and pushes Morgan back into the ropes.
Kallio has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Morgan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kallio or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Morgan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Morgan cracks Kallio with an open hand slap.
A shot to the liver by Morgan. Beautiful body shot.
Morgan throws a front kick that sends Kallio stumbling back into the ropes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Morgan - that will leave a mark!
Morgan thuds his shin into the meat of Kallio's side.
Morgan is looking to slow Kallio down with leg kicks.
Morgan thumps Kallio with a low kick.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kallio's sensitive parts.
Henrik Kallio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kallio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kallio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morgan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Morgan lands a front kick.
Kallio is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Kallio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
Morgan lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kallio drops his hands momentarily and Morgan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morgan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A shot to the liver by Morgan. Beautiful body shot.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Kallio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kallio tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Kallio off balance momentarily.
A left lands for Morgan.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
No luck for Kallio with that takedown attempt.
Morgan punishes Kallio's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kallio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morgan forces Kallio back against the ropes and clinches.
Morgan working Kallio over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Morgan.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kallio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morgan pinned against the ropes. Morgan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
James Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrik Kallio.
Morgan throws a shot to the body.
Kallio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morgan.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morgan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morgan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kallio if he has to take too many more of those.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morgan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morgan works Kallio's body with a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Kallio down.
Morgan instigates a clinch.
Kallio takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pushes Kallio back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Kallio's ribcage. Kallio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan scores with a sloppy right hand. Kallio should have avoided that one.
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Morgan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kallio under the eye.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morgan.
Kallio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
Morgan thuds his shin into the meat of Kallio's side.
Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kallio takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morgan lands a really nice looking cross but Kallio seems unphased.
Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
James Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Kallio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a decent looking hook.
Kallio moves forwards but Morgan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Kallio's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kallio has time to react.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice sprawl there from Morgan as Kallio shoots in.
Morgan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morgan scores with a nice right hand.
Morgan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morgan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Morgan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan tries to circle away but Kallio has him pinned against the ropes.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan lands a front kick.
Morgan punishes Kallio's body with a nice straight punch.
Kallio fails with a takedown attempt.
Kallio gets tackled into the ropes by Morgan. Morgan maintains the clinch.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Kallio shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morgan scores with a leg kick.
Morgan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Kallio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kallio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan clinches up against the ropes.
Morgan cracks Kallio with a nice body shot.
Kallio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kallio can do to turn this around?
Morgan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kallio.
James Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrik Kallio.
A jab from Morgan finds it's way through Kallio's defenses.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Kallio's body.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan scores with a nice strike.
Morgan throws a leg kick which misses Kallio's front leg but catches the back leg as Kallio tries to avoid it.
Morgan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Morgan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Morgan jabs at Kallio's body.
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!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kallio crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morgan - the referee stops the clock and Kallio gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morgan. Kallio manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Morgan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morgan connects with the punch.
Morgan scores with a jab. Kallio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan jabs Kallio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morgan lands a nice looking body kick.
Morgan scores with a push kick.
Morgan scores with a spinning back kick!
Morgan lands a front kick.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kallio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Morgan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morgan connects with a high kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morgan.
Kallio forces Morgan back against the ropes and clinches.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
Morgan fakes the leg kick and cracks Kallio in the body.
Kallio takes the fight into the clinch.
Kallio wants a takedown.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kallio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Kallio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morgan lands a right hand.
Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan lands with a nice body kick.
Morgan digs a good hook to Kallio's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan scores with a leg kick.
Kallio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice cross by Morgan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Kallio down.
Kallio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Kallio's body. Kallio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morgan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgan. That snapped Kallio's head back.
Kallio drives through and clinches with Morgan against the ropes.
James Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morgan tries a body shot but Kallio blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Kallio in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henrik Kallio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Kallio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Morgan!
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