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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van damm's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Life Goes On. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tong Van damm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van damm sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Morgan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Van damm trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Van damm distracts Morgan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Van damm is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Van damm throws a big elbow that misses.
Van damm postures up in Morgan's guard and throws a big left but Morgan blocks it.
Van damm is in close to Morgan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Van damm has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van damm wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Van damm throws a big elbow that misses.
Van damm wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Van damm stands and throws Morgan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van damm is working Morgan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Van damm looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Morgan is avoiding damage well.
Van damm lands a nice forearm strike.
Morgan is trying to control Van damm's posture but Van damm avoids it.
Van damm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Van damm in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Van damm throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan parries the strikes from Van damm easily there. Van damm is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morgan to escape.
Van damm taking a breather here.
Van damm has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Morgan!
Van damm thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Van damm looking to ground and pound but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Morgan is in a horrible position here. Van damm smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Van damm throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van damm jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morgan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Van damm misses with the ground and pound.
Van damm wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morgan keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Van damm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tong Van damm dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van damm throws a leg kick that misses.
Van damm misses with a leg kick.
Morgan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan gets tackled into the cage by Van damm. Van damm maintains the clinch.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van damm lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morgan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morgan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A bone on bone clash there as Van damm blocks the leg kick.
Morgan moves out of range as Van damm throws a body kick.
Morgan jabs Van damm to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Van damm counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Morgan!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van damm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Van damm is chipping away with strikes.
Van damm taking a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van damm working the body and head with strikes.
Van damm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Van damm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Van damm throws a strike aimed at the side of Morgan's head but Morgan avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is not content to let Van damm control the position.
Van damm sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Morgan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Morgan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Van damm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van damm advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morgan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Van damm thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Van damm is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Morgan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van damm is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Morgan to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Morgan shrugs it off.
Van damm throws some wild stikes that Morgan manages to avoid easily.
Van damm is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Morgan is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Morgan flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Van damm anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Morgan and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Van damm slips an arm under Morgan chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Van damm has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Van damm is squeezing on Morgan like an anaconda would it's prey. Morgan fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tong Van damm!
Tong Van damm 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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