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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrow lands a jab to Stone's midsection.
Morrow throws out a leg kick but Stone moves out of range and Morrow only half commits.
Stone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morrow.
Stone 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.
Morrow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Morrow's shoulder, as Morrow tries to avoid the shot.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Morrow looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morrow lands a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrow gets a clinch.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
Morrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Morrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stones head.
Stone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrow.
Morrow tries a body shot but Stone blocks it.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jax Morrow has been cut.
Morrow is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
Morrow letting Stone take a breather here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morrow as Stone tries to tie him up.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch but Stone keeps him there for the moment.
Morrow wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.
Stone working Morrow over with knees to the body.
Morrow pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
Morrow wants to stall.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrow avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow stalling in the clinch.
Morrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morrow tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrow won't want to take too many of those.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morrow tries to break free but Stone pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrow looks to land a right hand but Stone moved out of range.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Stone.
Morrow effectively controlling the action here.
Morrow wants to break free but Stone has control.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Morrow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Morrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrow's efforts to push away.
Morrow is struggling to control the position.
Morrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrow misses with a punch to the body.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morrow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stone leaning against his opponent.
Stone blocking some punches.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stone.
The referee calls for Morrow to work.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrow's face.
Morrow misses with a knee to the head.
Morrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrow is trying to force a seperation but Stone has the dominant position.
Morrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Morrow pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Morrow's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morrow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone works Morrow's body with a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Morrow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stone slips a jab from Morrow.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morrow checks a leg kick.
Stone scores with a head kick.
Stone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morrow misses with a lunging right hand
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morrow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrow throws a looping overhand right but Stone ducks down to avoid it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morrow here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Morrow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stone.
Morrow looks to land a combination. Stone sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stone has time to react.
Stone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stone.
Morrow avoids the body shot from Stone.
Morrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stone lunges at Morrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morrow's hand.
Stone moves to clinch but Morrow breaks away
and Morrow counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Stone!
Stone is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stone is trying to stand.
Morrow seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Morrow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrow trying to pass the guard but Stone defending well.
Morrow wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow wants to pass the guard but Stone is defending well.
Morrow prevents Stone from improving his position.
Morrow tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stone knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrow moves nicely into side control.
Morrow stands up and beckons Stone to his feet.
Morrow cracks Stone with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone connects with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Morrow.
Morrow jabs Stone right on the nose. Stone blinks but takes it well.
Morrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrow misses with an uppercut. Stone saw that one coming.
Jax Morrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Stone blocks a head kick by Morrow.
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrow finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
Morrow throws the kick towards the body but Stone avoids it.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrow moves away.
Stone just misses with a punch to the body.
Stone clinches up with Morrow and pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Morrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Stone is trying to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
A short right from Morrow.
Morrow pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stone stalling in the clinch.
Stone tries to stall but Morrow uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stone taking a breather.
Morrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jax Morrow's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A slow jab from Morrow misses its intended target.
Morrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Morrow misses.
Morrow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morrow feints a jab promting Stone to slip. Morrow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stone slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stone swings for the body but Morrow moves out of range.
Stone defending well as Morrow loads up on a big left hand.
Morrow digs a good hook to Stone's body.
Morrow misses with a straight right.
Morrow throws a big shot that misses.
Morrow tries to work over Stone's front leg with a kick but Stone checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stone's head.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Morrow does no damage.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Morrow misses its intended target.
Stone moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
Morrow misses with a wild body shot.
Stone has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morrow on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrow finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
Morrow throws an off balance right hand
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Stone looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrow is just out of range.
Morrow misses with a leg kick
and Stone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone throws a sloppy body shot
and Morrow counters with a straight right hand.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stone checks a low kick from Morrow.
Morrow moves out of range as Stone strikes.
A jab from Morrow misses.
Stone pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morrow is out of range and Stone settles back down.
Morrow connects with the punch.
Morrow misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow walks into a left hand.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Morrow saw that one coming.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrow.
Stone tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morrow.
Morrow taking a breather.
Morrow tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Stone.
Stone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Morrow misses.
Stone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrow throws out the jab.
Stone throws a sloppy head kick and Morrow moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Morrow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Morrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow throws a series of punches but Stone moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrow misses with a combination
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Morrow's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Stone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stone checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morrow thows a leg kick but Stone checks it
and Stone counters with a left to the body.
A head kick by Morrow misses
and Stone counters with a two punch combo.
Stone thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stone.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Morrow ducks down to avoid it.
Stone ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morrow.
Morrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stone.
Morrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stone is trying to stall.
Morrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jax Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrow throws a jab when Stone was well out of range.
Stone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Morrow does no damage.
Morrow rushes Stone and presses him up against the cage.
Morrow misses with a knee strike.
Jax Morrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Stone has Morrow pressed against the cage, preventing Morrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morrow working aggressively here.
Stone slowing the pace effectively.
Morrow tries to break free but Stone pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Stone lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
Stone connects with a body shot.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Morrow defending well as Stone loads up on a big left hand.
Morrow throws a low kick, looking for Stone's leg but Stone calmly moves out of range.
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Morrow. Those never looked like landing.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Morrow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Morrow's head back.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Morrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone avoiding damage as Morrow throws knees to the body.
Morrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morrow stalling.
Morrow lands a right hand.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Morrow lands an uppercut.
Stone keeps control of Morrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morrow misses with some punches.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Stone blocks an elbow strike from Morrow.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow slows down the pace here.
Stone trying to stall but Morrow improves his position.
Morrow is trying to break free.
Morrow gets through Stone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrow managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Morrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Stone has double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Morrow.
A short left from Morrow.
Morrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrow lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Morrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Stone has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow had his way with Ben Stone in that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Morrow's cut.
That's time! Morrow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Morrow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stone.
Morrow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Stone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Morrow misses.
Good exchange - Morrow coming out on top.
Stone misses with a hook. Morrow ducked under it nicely.
Morrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stone's head.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone lands a nice shot to the body.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
Morrow misses with an uppercut. Stone saw that one coming.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morrow throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.
Morrow scores with a head kick. Stone tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jab from Morrow.
Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can Morrow finish him?
Morrow misses with a looping right.
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Stone tries to score with a low kick but Morrow moves his leg out of the way.
Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
Morrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ben Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrow.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Stone finds it's way through Morrow's defenses.
Stone connects with a leg kick. Morrow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morrow misses with a two punch combination.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrow pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stone misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Stone there.
Morrow misses with an uppercut
and Morrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrow misses with a double jab
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Morrow.
Morrow throws a right and a left that Stone avoids nicely.
Jax Morrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone slips under a jab from Morrow.
Stone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow misses the jab.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
Stone moves forwards but Morrow connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morrow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big right from Morrow misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to clinch there but Morrow circles away.
Morrow throws a shot from downtown. Stone moves away and avoids it.
Morrow misses with a hook.
Morrow throws a shot from downtown. Stone moves away and avoids it.
Morrow misses with a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Morrow.
Stone scores with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Morrow.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
A low kick from Morrow is predictable there
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jax Morrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morrow has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Jax Morrow wins by unanimous decision!
Jax Morrow 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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