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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wu Tang - America. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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164 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.
Mendez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Mendez tries a head kick but it misses.
Mendez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrison.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
We've been told by Mendez's head coaches at The Boom Boom Room that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mendez throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrison counters with a low kick, right behind Mendez 's knee.
Mendez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Mendez misses.
Mendez misses the jab.
We've been informed that Morrison has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Mendez throws a right hand that misses
and Morrison counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mendez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Mendez misses with a double jab
and Morrison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mendez misses with a hook
and Morrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mendez's knee momentarily.
Morrison slips under a jab from Mendez.
Morrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mendez lands a nice shot that snaps Morrison's head back.
Morrison defending well as Mendez loads up on a big left hand.
Mendez throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Morrison moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Mendez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morrison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morrison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mendez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Mendez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Morrison to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mendez throws out the jab.
Morrison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mendez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morrison scrambles back to his feet.
Mendez throws a right hand that misses
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendez throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mendez misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with a good low kick that Mendez was not able to check.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
A jab from Mendez finds it's way through Morrison's defenses.
Mendez throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Mendez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morrison's head backwards.
Mendez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrison.
Morrison is rocked!
Mendez misses with a looping right.
Morrison is still on wobbly legs! Can Mendez finish him?
Morrison moves away from the strike by Mendez.
Morrison seems to have recovered his senses.
Mendez connects with a right that clearly hurt Morrison. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Mendez proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Morrison collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Mendez!
George Mendez spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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