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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chikere Morce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chikere Morce will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chikere Morce!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morce tries to clinch there but Askren circles away.
Askren avoids the head kick by Morce.
Askren takes a swing at Morce's ribcage but misses.
Morce scores with a push kick.
Askren gets a clinch.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Askren blocks an elbow strike.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Askren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morce throws a head punch that misses.
Morce softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morce.
Morce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Askren blocks it with crossed arms.
Morce misses with the head strike.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Morce scores a nice knee to the body.
Askren is breathing heavily.
Askren takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Morce pushes Askren back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Askren takes a shot to the head.
Morce can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morce lands a nice uppercut.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Morce controls his hands.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Askren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Morce swings wildly with an uppercut but Askren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Chikere Morce has been cut.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morce lands with a short shot to the head.
Morce lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Benny Askren has been cut.
Askren comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morce misses with a knee strike.
Morce misses with an elbow strike.
Morce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morce lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce takes a shot to the head.
Morce misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Askren on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morce throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Askren.
Morce working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Askren throws an elbow but misses.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Askren throws an elbow but it misses.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Askren presses Morce against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chikere Morce dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Askren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morce.
Morce tries to clinch but Askren is having none of it.
Askren clinches up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morce misses with a body punch.
Askren lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morce backwards.
Morce struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Morce can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
A short body shot lands from Askren as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morce backwards.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Chikere Morce seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Morce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren takes a shot to the head.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but Askren blocks with his arms.
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Askren.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morce misses with a knee strike.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
Morce throws a punch but it's blocked by Askren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Chikere Morce's cut even more.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Morce blocks a body shot from Askren.
Morce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morce dodges an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Morce throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Morce lands a hook that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Morce working Askren over with knees to the body.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morce takes an elbow to the temple.
Morce takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Chikere Morce's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Morce dodges an elbow strike from Askren.
Askren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morce's defenses.
Chikere Morce's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Askren dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Askren gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morce.
Morce throws a hook but Askren avoids it easily.
Askren looks to score with a jab to the body but Morce is just out of range.
Morce swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Askren closes the distance and clinches.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren misses with an elbow over the top.
Morce misses with a knee to the head.
Askren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Morce.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morce tries to work over Askren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren tries to work over Morce's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Askren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
Morce looking to throw knees to the head but Askren is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Morce - that landed with a thud.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
Morce working aggressively here.
Askren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Askren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Askren misses with an elbow over the top.
Askren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Askren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren managing to block the knees to the body from Morce.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
Askren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Askren.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Askren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morce's elbow.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren is leaning against Morce and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren can't find room to land a body shot as Morce controls the action.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
Askren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morce or not.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Morce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Askren avoids the elbow strike from Morce, against the cage.
Morce lands a right hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren works on Morce's body with a couple of short punches.
Morce trying to land knees to the body.
Morce tries a body shot but Askren blocks it.
Askren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morce takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
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!
Askren digs a right hand underneath Morce's ribcage. Morce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Askren digs a right hand into Morce's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morce's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Askren showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Askren has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Askren!
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