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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craven Morehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morehead has chosen The Mystery of Chess Boxing as his entrance music. Craven Morehead will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craven Morehead!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morehead throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morehead feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Morehead from controlling successfully.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morehead wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Morehead loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morehead is one step ahead there.
Morehead has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morehead wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Morehead pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brown is keeping the position for now.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Morehead from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morehead tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Craven Morehead has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morehead moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Morehead tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morehead tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morehead lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Morehead.
Brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brown feints and as Morehead raises his hands in defense, Brown changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morehead manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Morehead controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morehead cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morehead on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Morehead's attempts to control the action.
Morehead landing strikes from the mount and Brown is in trouble!
Brown wants to control but Morehead is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morehead gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Morehead. Morehead gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails to land the takedown.
Morehead moves out of range of the strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morehead.
Morehead closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brown cracks Morehead with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brown showed some decent athleticism there.
Morehead makes his way to full guard, as Brown worked for a kimura.
Brown won't allow Morehead to sweep him here.
Brown throwing strikes but missing.
Morehead lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brown!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morehead wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morehead working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Morehead trying to control but Brown is having none of it.
Morehead prevents Brown from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morehead cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morehead landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morehead cracks Brown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craven Morehead dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morehead displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Brown stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Brown wants it to stay on the feet.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Morehead.
Morehead has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.
Morehead tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Morehead prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morehead's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morehead wants to clinch.
Morehead gets a takedown into half guard.
Brown is not content to let Morehead control the position.
Morehead drops an elbow to the side of Brown's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morehead is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Morehead working Brown over with strikes here.
Morehead fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morehead trying to control but Brown is having none of it.
Morehead wants to take Brown's back here but Brown is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morehead landing punches.
Morehead can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Brown is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Morehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Morehead's attempts to control the action.
Morehead controlling the position easily from mount.
Morehead is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Brown has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Brown!
Brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Morehead is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Morehead has escaped and now he's on top!
Brown keeping moving, preventing Morehead from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morehead manages to get himself to full guard.
Craven Morehead has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brown advances position into side control!
Morehead can't do much from the bottom here.
Morehead is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Brown looking for a submission but Morehead manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Morehead lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brown!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morehead scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morehead connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morehead in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morehead tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns Brown that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morehead has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brown's face.
Morehead working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morehead landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brown is rocked!
Brown is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craven Morehead showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Morehead moves into the clinch.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Morehead tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Morehead escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown misses with a hook.
Morehead chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A left lands for Morehead.
Morehead misses with the combination.
A big right from Brown misses.
Morehead tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Morehead dives in and grabs Brown's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes down on Morehead's head and hops out.
Morehead lands a two punch combo.
Brown is rocked!
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morehead tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Morehead.
Brown throws a jab when Morehead was well out of range.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morehead sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Brown rushes Morehead and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morehead.
Brown wants a takedown.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brown is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morehead escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morehead gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morehead makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Morehead.
Brown is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Morehead's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Morehead breaks from the clinch.
Morehead shoots in and bounces Brown off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Morehead slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morehead wants to take a breather but Brown manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Morehead.
Morehead postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morehead has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morehead trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morehead scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Brown can't keep his opponent in guard - Morehead advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morehead looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morehead works his foot free and advances to mount.
Morehead landing strikes from the mount and Brown is in trouble!
Morehead landing shots from mount.
Morehead is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brown can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tyson Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to try and get back to his feet.
Morehead scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morehead postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morehead wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
Morehead controlling from the full mount.
Craven Morehead is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morehead landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morehead lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Craven Morehead comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morehead has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craven Morehead!
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