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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Worthy's entrance music is Drop the world. A fine choice. Daniel Moreira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marlon Worthy's chin.
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marlon Worthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Worthy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moreira manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Moreira. That snapped Worthy's head back.
Worthy cracks Moreira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Moreira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Worthy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Worthy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Moreira ducks under a wild hook from Worthy.
Nice uppercut lands for Moreira. That snapped Worthy's head back.
Moreira gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
An elbow from Moreira crashes against the mat.
Worthy is not content to let Moreira control the position.
Moreira advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira looking to control but Worthy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Worthy is in all sorts of trouble here.
Moreira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Moreira misses with a head shot.
Worthy is squirming around, avoiding Moreira's attempts to control the action.
Worthy blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Worthy because Moreira loaded up on that one.
Moreira scoring with strikes but Worthy is staying in there.
Worthy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Worthy is working to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Moreira there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Moreira controlling the position easily from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthy is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moreira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Worthy?
Moreira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Worthy is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Moreira throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreira tries to control but Worthy wriggling away.
Moreira controlling from the full mount.
Moreira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Worthy is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Moreira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Moreira lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Moreira.
Moreira is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Worthy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Moreira slows the pace down.
Moreira throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira is working Worthy over with some ground and pound from side control.
Worthy struggling a bit here.
Moreira tries to score with some ground and pound. Worthy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Check out the look on Moreira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Moreira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moreira is looking to take a break and control but Worthy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy is being controlled here.
Worthy holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Moreira tries to advance to mount but can't.
Moreira in side control, throwing shots but Worthy defends.
Worthy is trying to get back to his feet.
Moreira taking a break here but Worthy is having none of it and regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worthy looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreira trying to control the action but Worthy is working from the bottom.
Moreira passes to side control.
Moreira tries for a kimura but Worthy is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreira is looking to take a break and control but Worthy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Moreira taking a break here but Worthy is having none of it and regains half guard.
Moreira prevents Worthy from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Moreira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Moreira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Worthy circles away quickly and effectively.
Moreira moves out of range of the strikes.
Worthy swings for the body but Moreira moves out of range.
Moreira misses with a looping right.
Moreira defending well as Worthy loads up on a big left hand.
Daniel Moreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moreira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Moreira scores with a hook to the body. Worthy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moreira ducks under a wild hook from Worthy.
Worthy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moreira has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Worthy misses with a wild body shot.
Moreira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Worthy to score with a decent uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Moreira.
A left lands for Worthy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy closes the distance and clinches.
Moreira has Worthy pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Moreira pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Worthy tumbling to the mat - Moreira dives into Worthy's guard.
Moreira prevents Worthy from getting back to his feet.
Moreira stays in close to Worthy's body and controls the position.
Moreira wants to control from the top but Worthy keeps moving.
Worthy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Daniel Moreira is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Daniel Moreira wasn't active enough on the ground.
Moreira misses with a body shot
and Worthy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marlon Worthy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moreira lands a body shot.
Moreira takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Moreira misses.
Daniel Moreira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moreira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Worthy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Worthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreira misses with a body shot.
Moreira throws a lazy uppercut
and Worthy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Worthy looks to land a right hand but Moreira moved out of range.
Worthy misses the shot to the body.
Moreira throws a right hand that Worthy ducks under and follows up with a left that Worthy also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worthy moves away.
Worthy misses with a body kick.
Worthy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moreira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moreira's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Moreira duly obliges.
Moreira thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Moreira misses.
Worthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moreira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Worthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Moreira.
Marlon Worthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Worthy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moreira fails to land the takedown.
Moreira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Worthy doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreira takes one on the button.
Worthy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Worthy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moreira scores with the left hand. Worthy knows he should have avoided that one.
Worthy avoids the body shot from Moreira.
Moreira throws a series of punches but Worthy moves out of range.
Worthy misses with a body shot
and Moreira counters with a nice double leg into side control. Worthy won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moreira controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worthy is trying to strike from the bottom but Moreira has passed into full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Moreira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Moreira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Moreira!
A relieved looking Daniel Moreira thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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