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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Morgan (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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ADCC Champion
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egardo misses with a hook
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Fernando Egardo has been cut.
Egardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
Morgan tries to bum rush Egardo with a series of wild strikes but Egardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egardo. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fernando Egardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Egardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Egardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Egardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Egardo misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Morgan.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egardo moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Egardo has managed to clinch.
Egardo misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Egardo - that landed with a thud.
Egardo lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Egardo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Egardo lands a damaging elbow.
Egardo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Egardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan tries to circle away but Egardo has him pinned against the cage.
Egardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Egardo lands a left hand.
Egardo lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egardo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egardo lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Egardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Egardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Egardo misses with the head strike.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Egardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morgan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Egardo misses with an elbow strike.
Egardo lands a nice elbow.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hand to the body from Egardo.
Egardo working aggressively here.
Morgan successfully pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Egardo gets to his feet. Morgan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Egardo lands the left hand.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Egardo moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Morgan.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egardo slips under a jab from Morgan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Egardo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morgan thinking.
Egardo throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Egardo's cut.
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.
Egardo lands with an overhand left.
Egardo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Egardo pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Egardo has the dominant position.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egardo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Egardo scores with a shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Egardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Egardo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egardo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Egardo works on Morgan's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Egardo holds him up against the cage and eventually Morgan drops back down to his feet.
Egardo working aggressively here.
Morgan jumps guard but Egardo stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Egardo trying to land knees to the body.
Egardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan avoiding damage as Egardo throws knees to the body.
Egardo keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Egardo lands an elbow inside.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo throws a head punch that misses.
Fernando Egardo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egardo.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Egardo has him pressed against the cage.
Fernando Egardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Morgan.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo working aggressively here.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Egardo lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Egardo is controlling him.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan wants to break free but Egardo has control.
Egardo working aggressively here.
Egardo lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Nice body punch from Egardo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A right-left combo lands from Morgan.
Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Egardo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Egardo.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Egardo, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Egardo fails to land.
Egardo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Egardo has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Egardo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Egardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Egardo working aggressively here.
Morgan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Egardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Egardo fails to land.
Egardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morgan takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Egardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Egardo lands with a short shot to the head.
Morgan jumps guard but Egardo stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Egardo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan blocks the elbow strike.
Egardo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Egardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Egardo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Egardo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Egardo's shoulder, as Egardo tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morgan.
Egardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Egardo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morgan's hands.
Egardo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morgan scores with a hook.
Egardo connects with a body shot that sends Morgan's belly button to the back.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan throws a right hand that Egardo ducks under and follows up with a left that Egardo also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egardo tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Egardo does it's job there.
Dan Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Egardo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Egardo clinches up against the cage.
Egardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Egardo throws an elbow but it misses.
Egardo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Egardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Egardo misses with the head strike.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Egardo to keep the fight standing.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Egardo fails to land.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dan Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Egardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Egardo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Egardo is controlling him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan jumps guard but Egardo stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morgan tries to break free but Egardo pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Egardo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Egardo lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Egardo gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Egardo on the inside.
Egardo lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Egardo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Egardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Egardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Morgan breaks the clinch.
Egardo takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Egardo is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Morgan.
Egardo looks to land a left hand but Morgan moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Egardo.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Egardo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Egardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Egardo misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Egardo.
Morgan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fernando Egardo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Egardo cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Egardo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Egardo, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Egardo!
Fernando Egardo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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