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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Rimmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Change or Die - Papa Roach. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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285 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Arnold Rimmer!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rimmer clinches.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Rimmer keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Rimmer avoids the damage to the body.
Rimmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morgan misses with an elbow over the top.
Rimmer tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.
Rimmer keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rimmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Rimmer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan trying to control the position but instead, Rimmer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morgan into the cage.
Rimmer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan is trying to maintain a safe position but Rimmer gets an underhook and turns Morgan into the cage.
Rimmer fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Rimmer keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
Morgan is pushing Rimmer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rimmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rimmer fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan's corner calls for a 1-2. Morgan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thomas Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan clinches up with Rimmer and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Morgan.
It looks like Arnold Rimmer has been cut.
Morgan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rimmer.
Thomas Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Rimmer.
Morgan prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Rimmer has eaten all the pies!
Rimmer looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan looks to clinch
and Rimmer counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morgan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morgan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rimmer manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rimmer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Morgan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morgan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Morgan distracts Rimmer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morgan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morgan throwing strikes from guard but Rimmer blocks nicely.
Morgan is looking to work some ground and pound but Rimmer has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morgan stands up over Rimmer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morgan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rimmer is keeping the position for now.
Morgan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morgan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rimmer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgan tries to stand but Rimmer is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morgan scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rimmer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morgan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan trying to control but Rimmer is working from the bottom.
Morgan scoring with punches to the head and body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rimmer has momentary wrist control but Morgan slips an elbow through the middle.
Morgan chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Rimmer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Morgan rushes Rimmer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rimmer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rimmer prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Rimmer keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rimmer.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Rimmer is avoiding it.
Nice body kick from Morgan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rimmer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rimmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan lunges at Rimmer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rimmer's hand.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rimmer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan throws a body kick that misses.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rimmer shoots in and drives through. Morgan sprawls well.
Thomas Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rimmer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morgan moves into the clinch successfully.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Rimmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a shot to the body.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rimmer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Rimmer keeps it at a distance.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Rimmer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morgan as he jumps to the side.
Thomas Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Rimmer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan swinging wilding here.
Morgan lands a jab-cross combination.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Morgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morgan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morgan tries to stall but Rimmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thomas Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rimmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rimmer keeps the fight on the outside.
Rimmer has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rimmer circles away.
Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rimmer, pushing him back against the cage.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Rimmer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Morgan uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Morgan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Rimmer's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morgan throws a head kick but Rimmer moves out of range.
Rimmer drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morgan is trying to strike from the bottom but Rimmer has passed into full mount.
Morgan is trying to stand.
Morgan regains half guard.
Morgan wants to get back to full guard but Rimmer has mounted him!
Morgan is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rimmer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rimmer wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
Morgan regains half guard.
Rimmer trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Rimmer blocks the strikes from Morgan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morgan pushes Rimmer off looking to stand but Rimmer dives back in and keeps control.
Morgan is trying to get back to full guard.
Morgan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Morgan is looking to control Rimmer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morgan avoid being mounted?
Morgan gets full guard.
Morgan working a defensive guard but Rimmer passes into half guard.
Morgan tries to roll over but Rimmer keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rimmer blocks the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Rimmer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rimmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rimmer manages to get himself to full guard.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rimmer can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rimmer has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morgan scoring with some ground and pound.
Morgan tries to stand but Rimmer is controlling from the bottom.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan gets to his feet - Rimmer follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Thomas Morgan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Arnold Rimmer's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rimmer tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Rimmer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Rimmer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morgan wants to clinch
and Rimmer counters with a shoot takedown. Morgan fights it but they end up in guard.
Morgan trying to strike off his back.
Rimmer showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morgan wants to stand up but Rimmer is controlling him.
Morgan trying to keep a closed guard but Rimmer is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan pushes Rimmer off and gets back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Morgan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgan tries to clinch up
and Rimmer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Morgan's guard now.
Morgan working a defensive guard here.
Rimmer trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to stand and escape but Rimmer is having none of it.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Rimmer from controlling successfully.
Morgan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morgan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rimmer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morgan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rimmer fails with the takedown.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Horrible takedown by Rimmer or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgan which made him look bad.
Thomas Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Rimmer.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rimmer fails with a takedown attempt.
Morgan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rimmer circles away.
Rimmer shoots in and drives through. Morgan sprawls well.
Morgan wants to clinch but Rimmer slips to the side
and Rimmer counters with an outside leg kick.
Morgan clinches but Rimmer breaks the clinch
and Rimmer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Morgan's guard now.
Morgan trying to control the position.
Morgan trying to strike off his back.
Rimmer wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Rimmer dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Rimmer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morgan throws a right hand that Rimmer ducks under and follows up with a left that Rimmer also avoids with ease.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Rimmer keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Rimmer is avoiding it.
Morgan swinging wilding here.
Rimmer catches Morgan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rimmer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rimmer showed some decent athleticism there.
Morgan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Rimmer jumps into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to get back to half guard.
Rimmer blocks the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan is looking to reverse the position.
Morgan bucks up and tries to throw Rimmer off but instead Rimmer has got his back!
Rimmer controls the action.
Morgan trying to get back to his feet but Rimmer is in full control for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Morgan turns into Rimmer and is now in his guard.
Morgan throws a strike but Rimmer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morgan wants to stand and escape but Rimmer is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morgan is on top in guard.
Morgan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morgan trying to control but Rimmer is working from the bottom.
Morgan wants to stand but Rimmer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Morgan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rimmer manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morgan has Rimmer in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Thomas Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rimmer postures up.
Arnold Rimmer has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan wants to control the position but Rimmer says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Rimmer is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.
Arnold Rimmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rimmer trying to advance position but Morgan counters by regaining guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arnold Rimmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morgan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 48:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 48:47
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 47:48
The fight is ruled a draw!
Thomas Morgan retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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