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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Tapperoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Wild Boy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antonio Morrison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Tapperoni! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Good standup being displayed there by Morrison as he connects with a hook. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morrison, as that shot connected.
Tapperoni shoots in looking for a takedown but Morrison manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tapperoni's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Morrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tapperoni's hands. Morrison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Morrison scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Morrison connects with a jab. Tapperoni shoots for a takedown but Morrison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Tapperoni shoots in looking for a takedown. Morrison tries to sprawl out of it but Tapperoni 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. Antonio Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Tapperoni. A decent looking cross lands there for Morrison. A jab from Morrison finds it's way through Tapperoni's defenses. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrison. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Morrison throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tapperoni's head. Morrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tapperoni on the side of the head. Tapperoni shoots in but no luck this time. Tony Tapperoni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tapperoni. Tapperoni fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Morrison lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Tapperoni fails with a takedown attempt. Nice body punch from Morrison. Morrison throws a nice head kick!
Tapperoni has a takedown stuffed. Morrison slaps away a takedown attempt from Tapperoni, before circling back to the center of the mat. Tapperoni looks gassed! Morrison stuffs the takedown. Tapperoni is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morrison. Morrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Tapperoni throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morrison's waist but Morrison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tapperoni off to one side. Tapperoni drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Morrison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tapperoni.
Tapperoni is rocked! Tapperoni walks into a left hand. Tapperoni is still on wobbly legs! Can Morrison finish him? Morrison feints with a jab and clips Tapperoni right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Tapperoni is sent crashing into the canvas and Morrison leaps in for the kill! Tapperoni tries to get to his feet but Morrison is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Tapperoni is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Morrison! An out of breath Antonio Morrison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
89% |
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