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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Borin Chim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borin Chim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Morris!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morris throws a body kick that misses.
Borin Chim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morris lands with an uppercut that bounces Chim off the cage and back into range.
Morris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chim feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chim thuds his shin into the meat of Morris's side.
Chim throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chim moves into the clinch.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim is struggling to control the position.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Chim missing with knees to the body.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Chim is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Chim misses with a knee strike.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chim.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chim - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim effectively controlling the action here.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
Chim misses with a knee to the head.
Chim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morris tries to circle away but Chim has him pinned against the cage.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris looking to stall.
Morris can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim trying to land knees to the body.
Chim effectively controlling the action here.
Chim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chim keeps control of Morris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borin Chim dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morris motions for Chim to come forward. Morris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chim.
Morris steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chim. That one must have hurt.
Morris throws a leg kick
and Chim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Chim lands a nice looking body kick.
Chim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chim has Morris up against the cage in a clinch.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris is trying to break free.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim trying to land knees to the body.
Chim has Morris pushed against the cage.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Morris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chim is trying to maintain a safe position but Morris gets an underhook and turns Chim into the cage.
Chim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morris up against the cage.
Morris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim connects with a knee to the head.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chim tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Morris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morris can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borin Chim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chim misses with a knee to the head.
Chim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim missing with knees to the body.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Chim crunches a lovely knee into Morris's ribcage.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chim.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morris can't break the clinch.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Chim misses with a knee strike.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chim trying to land knees to the body.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borin Chim dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Chim lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chim scoring well with a low kick there.
Morris walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morris 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.
Morris controlling from the top position.
Morris gets to his feet - Chim follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Chim avoids it really well and circles away.
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris misses with a double jab.
Earl Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morris takes a swing at Chim's ribcage but misses.
Chim rushes Morris and presses him up against the cage.
Chim is pushing Morris up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Morris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Chim misses with a knee strike.
Chim misses with a knee to the head.
Chim missing with knees to the body.
Chim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Earl Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris is trying to break the clinch but Chim has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
Chim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Chim misses with a knee strike.
Morris avoiding damage as Chim throws knees to the body.
Morris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chim has him pressed against the cage.
Chim looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Chim will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morris up against the cage.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Morris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chim blocking some punches.
Morris wants to break free but Chim has control.
Chim trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chim tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Chim misses with a knee to the head.
Chim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Borin Chim.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chim, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Borin Chim!
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hype
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