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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes to the cage accompanied by Let The Bodies Hit The Floor. Patterson has chosen "I'm Too Sexy" as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jack Morris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Patterson's chin.
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256 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
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266 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Big right hand |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pete Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson takes the fight into the clinch.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morris decides to pull guard.
Morris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patterson manages to get himself to full guard.
Morris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patterson is keeping the position for now.
Patterson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patterson is keeping the position for now.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but Patterson has wrist control.
Morris drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Patterson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morris has Patterson in his guard.
Patterson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Patterson scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Patterson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Patterson won't allow Morris to sweep him here.
Patterson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morris controls Patterson momentarily but Patterson frees himself.
Patterson won't allow Morris to sweep him here.
Patterson looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Patterson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Patterson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Patterson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morris's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to free his leg and advance position but Morris is retaining full guard.
Patterson advances position into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Patterson slips a nice elbow through Morris's hands, connecting with Morris's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patterson throwing shots but Morris is blocking nicely.
Patterson is keen to just control but Morris is a slippery customer.
Morris gets full guard.
Morris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morris is working hard here to advance position.
Morris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patterson manages to get himself to full guard.
Patterson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris controlling the position for now.
Morris wants to get back to full guard.
Morris looking for submissions off his back.
Morris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Patterson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Patterson thows a huge punch but Morris dodges it nicely.
Morris looking for submissions off his back.
Patterson tries to stand and escape but Morris is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Patterson wants to control from the top but Morris keeps moving.
Patterson postures up.
Morris keeping full guard, as Patterson tries to pass.
Patterson works over Morris with some ground and pound from guard.
Patterson landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris pulls Patterson in close to prevent any damage.
Patterson stands and steps away. Morris gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Patterson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morris throws a head kick but Patterson moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patterson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Morris tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris moves to clinch but Patterson breaks away
and Patterson counters with a low kick, right behind Morris 's knee.
Patterson gets caught flat footed, as Morris shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Patterson looking for a sweep. Not yet Patterson, not yet.
Patterson pushes Morris off and scrambles back to his feet.
Patterson throws a series of punches but Morris moves out of range.
Patterson misses with a low kick.
Morris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Patterson pinned against the cage. Patterson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Patterson throws a leg kick but Morris checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson wants to clinch up but Morris keeps it at a distance.
Patterson tries a head kick but it misses.
Patterson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morris.
Patterson tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris digs a good body shot into Patterson's ribs.
Patterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Patterson in his tracks.
Patterson shoots in looking for a takedown but Morris manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Patterson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Morris tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris stuns Patterson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Patterson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson slaps away a takedown attempt from Morris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Patterson wants to clinch.
Morris cracks Patterson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morris thows a body shot but no joy.
Patterson scores with a jab.
Morris just misses with a punch to the body.
Patterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson dives in and grabs Morris's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morris pushes down on Patterson's head and hops out.
Jack Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Patterson.
Patterson tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris throws a head kick but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson closes the distance and clinches up with Morris, looking for a takedown. Patterson pushes Morris against the cage but Morris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pete Patterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Morris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Morris throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.
Patterson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morris. That one must have hurt.
Morris misses with a hook.
Morris throws a big shot that misses.
Morris is looking to wear down Patterson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morris scores with a body shot.
Morris moves into range and clinches up with Patterson.
Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris throws a head kick that misses.
Patterson tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Patterson's head backwards.
Patterson shoots for a double leg takedown but Morris sprawls well. He's pushed Patterson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patterson moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris scores with a jab to the body.
Morris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Morris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Patterson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Morris rushes Patterson and presses him up against the cage.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patterson's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Patterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris wants the takedown. Patterson is fighting it off but Morris persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Patterson's guard against the cage.
Morris slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Morris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Patterson avoids it really well and circles away.
Morris checks a leg kick.
Patterson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Patterson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Patterson somewhat.
Morris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patterson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morris's waist but Morris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Patterson off to one side.
Morris lands a nice looking kick to the body. Patterson takes a step back to recover.
Patterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson shoots for a double leg takedown but Morris sprawls well. He's pushed Patterson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jack Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Patterson.
Patterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morris connects with a leg kick. Patterson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patterson circles away quickly and effectively.
Patterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pete Patterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patterson.
Morris tries to clinch there but Patterson circles away.
Morris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patterson moves away.
Morris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morris works the jab nicely.
Patterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morris misses with a body shot.
Morris lands with a shot to the body.
Patterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morris here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by Patterson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Patterson as Morris shoots in.
Morris misses the body punch
and Patterson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patterson is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Patterson wants to control but Morris is keeping him busy.
Pete Patterson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Still in half guard, Patterson seems content to control.
Morris is pressing down on Patterson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morris is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Patterson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morris wants to hit a switch here but Patterson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morris there!
Morris wants to hold on but Patterson pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Morris is surviving well by controlling Patterson's body position as best he can.
Morris is in a horrible position here. Patterson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Patterson prevents Morris from getting the reversal.
Patterson with the ground and pound from mount.
Morris is working to get back to half guard.
Morris sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Patterson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Morris.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is not content to let Patterson control the position.
Morris wants to get back to full guard.
Patterson winds up and cracks Morris with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morris wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris is trying to maintain the position but Patterson is very close to passing his half guard.
Morris is looking for a sweep. Patterson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patterson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morris keeps working.
Patterson lands with a punch from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pete Patterson.
I think Patterson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pete Patterson!
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FIGHT
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