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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Soares (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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193 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shannon Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Soares!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soares shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morgan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Morgan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Soares wants to stand but Morgan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Morgan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Soares has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Morgan is proving hard to escape from.
Soares decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Soares closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morgan's guard.
Morgan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Soares can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
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!
Soares stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Soares should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morgan did well to prevent Soares getting side control.
Soares escapes and gets back to his feet.
Soares shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Soares was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Soares stands up.
Soares clinches up against the cage.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soares drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morgan is trying to control Soares's posture but Soares avoids it.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Soares drags him back down.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan can't do much from the bottom here.
Morgan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Soares is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Soares fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Soares throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Soares decides to stand back up.
Soares has closed the distance and engaged Morgan in a clinch.
Soares blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Soares putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morgan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Soares lands a body punch.
Soares gets control of Morgan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Soares will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Soares trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Soares.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Soares manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Soares.
Soares looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Morgan is avoiding damage well.
Soares has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Soares stands up and beckons Morgan to his feet.
Soares closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Soares postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Morgan to stand up.
Soares closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morgan to the mat! Morgan manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soares stands up from Morgan's guard - Soares perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soares moves into the clinch successfully.
Morgan trying to stall but Soares improves his position.
Soares is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Soares manages to pull guard.
Morgan stops Soares from standing up.
Soares kicks Morgan off and gets to his feet.
Soares closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soares decides to stand and escape the position.
Soares feints and as Morgan raises his hands in defense, Soares changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Soares dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morgan looks to clinch
and Soares counters with a series of strikes. Morgan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Soares gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Soares digs a right hand into Morgan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morgan's gas tank.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soares dives in and scores a takedown into Morgan's guard.
Soares avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Soares decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morgan, up you get!
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soares is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morgan's half guard.
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!
Soares stands up and beckons Morgan to join him on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soares 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares stands up from Morgan's guard - Soares perhaps looking for a knockout.
Soares bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Soares decides to stand up, so the ref orders Morgan to his feet.
Soares closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morgan to the mat! Morgan manages to get full guard.
Soares stands up from guard. Let's bang!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Soares has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soares trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan trying to control the position but instead, Soares has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morgan into the cage.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shannon Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soares closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morgan did well to prevent Soares getting side control.
Victor Soares has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morgan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Soares is working away from the top position though.
Soares gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Morgan looks to clinch
and Soares counters with a two punch combo.
Soares moves into the clinch successfully.
Soares tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morgan looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soares has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soares paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shannon Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soares has managed to clinch.
Morgan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Soares gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Soares drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soares pushes Morgan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Soares throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Morgan was covering up waiting for the punch and Soares finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soares throws a big right hand that misses.
Soares gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
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!
Soares shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morgan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Morgan tries to bench press Soares off him but Soares keeps the position.
Morgan can't do much from the bottom here.
Soares has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Morgan!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soares can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Soares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Soares clinches up against the cage.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Soares swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Soares rushes Morgan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soares as Morgan tries to tie him up.
Soares tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soares decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Soares thows a huge punch but Morgan dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Soares is working away from the top position though.
Morgan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Soares pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares escapes and gets back to his feet.
Soares fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Morgan to the ground. Soares is now in Morgan's guard.
Soares throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Soares doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Soares manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Morgan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Soares defends it easily.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Soares gets to his feet - Morgan follows without any prompting.
Soares gets the takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soares creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Morgan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Soares decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Morgan enables Soares to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Morgan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Soares stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Soares pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Soares shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Morgan's guard.
Morgan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Soares stands up from Morgan's guard - Soares perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soares darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.
Soares lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soares drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.
Soares unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Soares trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soares as Morgan tries to tie him up.
Soares pulls Morgan into guard.
Soares is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Morgan dives into side control.
Soares is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soares throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Soares scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Soares pulls his head out easily.
Soares stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morgan to get to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soares closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Soares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Soares 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Soares!
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hype
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FIGHT
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