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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Massa Hurmaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
22 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
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200 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Massa Hurmaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Grant Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurmaaja misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Nice cross by Morrison.
It looks like Massa Hurmaaja has been cut.
Morrison punishes Hurmaaja's body with a nice straight punch.
Hurmaaja dives in for a single leg takedown but Morrison sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Massa Hurmaaja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hurmaaja throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hurmaaja or perhaps it was just good defense by Morrison, which made it look bad.
Hurmaaja moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Hurmaaja closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morrison's guard.
Hurmaaja thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Let's hope that Morrison has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Morrison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hurmaaja. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmaaja looking to pass the guard.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Hurmaaja from controlling successfully.
Hurmaaja loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hurmaaja wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison pulls Hurmaaja in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Hurmaaja from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hurmaaja.
Morrison slaps away a takedown attempt from Hurmaaja, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morrison is looking for the big counter here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Massa Hurmaaja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hurmaaja has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrison finds it's way round the side to connect with Hurmaaja's head.
Hurmaaja feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hurmaaja stands up over Morrison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrison holds on and takes a little breather.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Hurmaaja drops back looking for a leg! Morrison is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Morrison manages to kick Hurmaaja off! Hurmaaja jumps back into Morrison's guard.
Hurmaaja tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morrison can do anything to dispel that myth.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Hurmaaja controlling him for the moment.
Hurmaaja stands up over Morrison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmaaja distracts Morrison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hurmaaja slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hurmaaja tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hurmaaja advances to full mount.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hurmaaja is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morrison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morrison wants to hold on but Hurmaaja pushes him away.
Hurmaaja has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Morrison's face.
Hurmaaja is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Morrison is rocked!
Hurmaaja lands a big shot to the head and Morrison winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Massa Hurmaaja!
After winning the bout, Massa Hurmaaja thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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