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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tim Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Zakhar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes to the cage accompanied by White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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156 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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168 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Zakhar!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zakhar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morris finds it's way round the side to connect with Zakhar's head.
Morris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zakhar pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morris back to the cage. Zakhar follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A head kick misses from Morris.
Morris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morris connects with a nice looking jab.
Viktor Zakhar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zakhar is looking to clinch.
Morris has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cylon Training Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Zakhar is looking to land body kicks.
Morris lunges at Zakhar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zakhar's hand.
Morris is looking to clinch but Zakhar is avoiding it.
Zakhar tries to bum rush Morris with a series of wild strikes but Morris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Zakhar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zakhar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Zakhar throws a half hearted mid kick.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Zakhar got wobbled bad by a big combination! Morris presses forward with punches and knees until Zakhar stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Zakhar closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Morris!
Our winner, Tim Morris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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