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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Simon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Psi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morgan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sherry Monocle. The crowd seem to be enjoying Psi's choice of entrance music: The Final Countdown - Europe. This should be fireworks!
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134 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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150 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good elbows
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abraham Psi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Psi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Psi misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Abraham Psi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Psi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan slips a jab from Psi.
The fighters circle momentarily. Psi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Psi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Psi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Psi tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan checks a low kick from Psi.
Psi avoids a kick to the body.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Psi.
Morgan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Psi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Psi misses.
Psi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Psi throws a right hand that misses
and Morgan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Psi.
Psi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Psi tries to clinch up
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Morgan scores with a sloppy right hand. Psi should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Psi throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Psi misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a thumping low kick.
Psi dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut!
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Psi.
Morgan sizes up Psi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Psi moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Psi misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Psi lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Psi throws an elbow but misses.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Psi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Psi can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.
Psi prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Psi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Psi working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi lands with a right to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Psi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Psi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Psi just misses with a punch to the body.
Psi forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Psi blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Psi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan being controlled against the cage.
Psi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abraham Psi dominated that round.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Psi misses with a lunging right hand
and Morgan counters with a thumping low kick.
Morgan lands a head kick. Psi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Psi looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That kick from Morgan tenderised Psi's leg. Psi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Psi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Psi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Psi throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a low kick, right behind Psi 's knee.
Psi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morgan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Psi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Psi misses with a left hand
and Morgan counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Psi misses.
Psi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Psi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morgan can pounce on him.
Psi lands a leg kick that knocks Morgan off balance momentarily.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Psi moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Psi blocks the leg kick.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Psi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Psi moves into range and connects with a jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Psi in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Psi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Simon Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Psi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morgan cracks Psi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morgan.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Psi misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan is looking to wear down Psi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Psi forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Psi taking a breather.
Psi trying to stall but Morgan improves his position.
Psi taking a breather.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Psi controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan works on Psi's body with a couple of short punches.
Psi cracks Morgan with a nice body shot.
Psi just leaning against Morgan, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abraham Psi.
Nice jab there from Morgan.
Morgan connects with a high kick.
Psi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Psi.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgan. That snapped Psi's head back.
Morgan lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Psi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Psi throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Psi punishes Morgan's body with a nice straight punch.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psi misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morgan.
A punch combination from Psi misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Morgan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Psi off balance momentarily.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan lands a jab.
Morgan lands with a right hand.
Psi misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Psi. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Psi scores with a nice strike.
Psi throws a poor cross that misses
and Morgan counters with a big head kick but Psi shrugs it off.
Psi throws a right hand that misses
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Psi tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Psi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morgan.
Psi closes the distance and pushes Morgan back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Morgan - that landed with a thud.
Psi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morgan avoiding damage as Psi throws knees to the body.
Psi has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Psi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morgan tries to work over Psi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Psi has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Psi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Psi has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Psi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Psi is controlling him.
Morgan tries a body shot but Psi blocks it.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Psi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Psi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Psi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morgan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Psi throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Psi looking to slow down the pace here.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Psi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Psi scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
Psi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Psi. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan slips under a jab.
Psi misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Psi missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Psi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan throws a head kick but Psi moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psi tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Psi takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
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 Simon Morgan.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Morgan!
Post fight, Simon Morgan stared into the camera and said 'I wanna motorboat Nick Shields' ass.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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