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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wai Man Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wai Man Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Virgil Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Li throws an ugly left hook that misses
so Morgan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Li is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morgan defends well.
Li is trying to keep Morgan in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Li is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morgan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Li lands strikes from half guard.
Morgan is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan keeping hold of Li's head, controlling as best he can.
Morgan is staying active underneath Li, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Li is just content to waste time from the top position. Morgan takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Morgan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Li pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morgan is keeping the position for now.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Li controlling him for the moment.
Morgan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgan throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Li escapes and throws Morgan's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morgan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Li works to advance to full mount. Morgan defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Li lands a heavy elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Li is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morgan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morgan wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Li throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Morgan!
Morgan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Li is not going to allow Morgan to sit and survive in this position.
Morgan is trapped and Li is scoring with shots to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to stick to Morgan's back but Morgan is turning into Li. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Li's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morgan.
Li lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morgan!
Li lands with some strikes.
Li moves to the back position.
Li tries to keep control of the position but Morgan is staying busy.
Li controls the action.
Morgan tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morgan is squirming around, avoiding Li's attempts to control the action.
Li sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morgan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Morgan is trying to escape the mount.
Li lands a couple of good shots and Morgan has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Morgan tries to escape but Li has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li has Morgan flattened out and is raining down punches.
Morgan tries to escape the position.
Li lands shots from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wai Man Li dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Li moves away.
Li lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morgan.
Li misses with a straight right.
A punch lands to the side of Li 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Li scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Li's head.
Li moves out of range of the body kick.
Morgan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Li quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li missing with punches from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Morgan there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wai Man Li overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Li trying to keep a closed guard but Morgan is proving a slippery customer.
Li had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morgan defends it easily.
Li tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morgan slips nicely into half guard.
Li is looking to improve his position.
Li is working hard here to advance position.
Morgan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Li's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morgan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Li tries to roll over but Morgan keeps him under control.
Morgan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morgan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Li with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Li wants to control but Morgan is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morgan connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Li is trying to maintain the position but Morgan is very close to passing his half guard.
Li tries to get to full guard but Morgan has control of the leg.
Morgan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morgan is looking to take a break and control but Li is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morgan drops an elbow to the side of Li's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to work for an arm triangle but Li is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Li is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morgan connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Li misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Li tries to get to full guard but Morgan has control of the leg.
Morgan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morgan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morgan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Li's head.
Morgan seems to be working for a kimura but Li defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Morgan.
Morgan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Li does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morgan is working away from the top position though.
Li taking some punishment here, with Morgan in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Morgan.
Li is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Li is holding on to half guard well.
Morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Li defending well though.
Morgan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Li defending well though.
Morgan is trying to control the action in half guard but Li is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morgan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgil Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Li avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Li throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Morgan thumps Li with a low kick.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Morgan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good work by Li as he checks the leg kick.
Li swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li feints and as Morgan raises his hands in defense, Li changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morgan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Li doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Li manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Li from controlling successfully.
Morgan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Li defends well.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Morgan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Li controlling him for the moment.
Li passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Li landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morgan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Li.
Li working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li scoring with punches from side control.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morgan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morgan wants to control but Li postures up.
Li is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morgan tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Li's best efforts.
Li wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.
Li tries to pass to full mount but Morgan defends it.
Morgan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Li trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Li.
Li keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to roll over but Li keeps him under control.
Li is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Li is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morgan is just riding it out for now. Li eventually gives up the hold.
Morgan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morgan.
Morgan looking for a guillotine here but Li defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan is adopting a defensive guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Virgil Morgan.
Well Morgan 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Virgil Morgan!
Virgil Morgan got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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