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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari comes to the ring accompanied by Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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30 - 19 - 2 |
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165 lbs
26 - 14 - 2 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari lands a body shot.
Morgan connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgan misses the target.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azhari cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
Azhari throws a push kick but Morgan slaps the foot to one side.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Azhari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azhari takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan checks the leg kick.
Morgan throws a jab when Azhari was well out of range.
Morgan looks to land a left hand but Azhari moved out of range nicely.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Azhari is out of range.
Azhari throwing a counter right hand but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Azhari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
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!
Morgan misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari blocks a jab.
Azhari lands a leg kick that knocks Morgan off balance momentarily.
Azhari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morgan throws a looping overhand right but Azhari ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azhari moves away.
Morgan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Azhari's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morgan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Azhari scrambles back to his feet.
Azhari feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morgan's calf.
Azhari throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azhari looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morgan misses with a hook.
That kick from Azhari tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Azhari swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Azhari is looking to slow Morgan down with leg kicks.
Azhari misses with a hook to the body
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Azhari does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Azhari finds it's way through Morgan's defenses.
Azhari digs a good body shot into Morgan's ribs.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azhari.
Azhari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Azhari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Azhari throws a jab but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan tries to bum rush Azhari with a series of wild strikes but Azhari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
Morgan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azhari throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Azhari's corner calls for a 1-2. Azhari obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Andrew Morgan has been cut.
That kick from Azhari tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morgan throws an off balance right hand
and Azhari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Azhari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Azhari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Azhari misses with a looping left.
Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Azhari throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Azhari.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Azhari.
Azhari scores with a three punch combo!
Azhari connects with a looping right hand.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Azhari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Azhari misses the target.
A good leg kick by Azhari.
A jab from Morgan misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Azhari throws a poor cross that misses
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
Azhari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Morgan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morgan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Azhari under the eye.
Morgan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Azhari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azhari throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Morgan scores with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Morgan.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Azhari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azhari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Azhari swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws out a counter right but Azhari avoids it with no problem.
Azhari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebrahim Azhari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Morgan's cut.
That's time! Azhari's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Azhari misses with a left hand
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan connects with a single shot there.
Azhari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Azhari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Azhari.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Azhari.
Nice cross by Azhari.
Morgan with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Azhari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Azhari scores with a leg kick.
Azhari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morgan under the eye.
Azhari connects with a looping right hand.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
It looked like Azhari wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Azhari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ebrahim Azhari is winning the standup battle so far.
Azhari throws a body shot but no joy.
Morgan is looking for the big counter here.
Azhari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Azhari feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
A right-left combo lands from Azhari.
Azhari moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azhari jabs Morgan right on the nose. Morgan blinks but takes it well.
Azhari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morgan.
A swing and a miss from Azhari.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throws an off balance right hand
and Azhari counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morgan thinking.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azhari.
Morgan takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a hook.
Azhari misses with the combination.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azhari.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Azhari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Azhari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Azhari looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Azhari counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azhari.
Azhari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azhari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Azhari.
Azhari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morgan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Azhari.
Morgan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Azhari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
You can see that Morgan has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Morgan tries a quick counter leg kick but Azhari is wise to it.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan checks a low kick from Azhari.
It seemed like Morgan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
Morgan takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
Morgan throws the left hand but Azhari avoids the punch easily.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Azhari. Morgan shrugs it off though.
Azhari throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Morgan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
Azhari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
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!
Azhari misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Morgan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Azhari feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azhari moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Azhari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Azhari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That has opened up Andrew Morgan's cut even more.
A chopping leg kick lands by Azhari.
Morgan walks into a stiff left hand from Azhari.
Azhari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Azhari tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azhari.
Azhari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebrahim Azhari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Morgan'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.
Azhari digs a good hook to Morgan's body.
Azhari walks into a straight right hand from Morgan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Azhari.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Azhari's shoulder, as Azhari tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azhari on the side of the head.
Azhari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Azhari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morgan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Azhari.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Azhari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Azhari moved out of range.
Azhari lands a nice shot that snaps Morgan's head back.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Azhari tried to counter with a leg kick but Morgan avoided it.
Azhari moves away from the strike by Morgan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan cracks Azhari with a right hand to the side of the head.
Azhari misses the shot to the body.
Azhari moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Azhari darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Azhari scores with a jab.
Azhari lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgan is rocked!
Morgan scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morgan.
Azhari throws a big shot that misses.
Azhari lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Azhari with a jab.
Morgan is still on wobbly legs! Can Azhari finish him?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Azhari.
Morgan seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stuns Azhari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Azhari.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Azhari misses the target.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Azhari throws a body shot but no joy.
Morgan throws a hook but Azhari avoids it easily.
Azhari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Azhari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azhari.
Azhari is looking for a counter combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Azhari.
A head kick by Morgan misses
and Azhari counters with a good low kick that Morgan was not able to check.
Azhari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Azhari. Azhari obviously looking to wear him down.
Azhari slips a jab from Morgan.
Azhari looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Azhari.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Azhari.
Azhari connects with a body shot.
Azhari slips under a jab from Morgan.
Azhari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Azhari counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Azhari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Azhari.
Azhari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Azhari moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Morgan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Azhari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azhari feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azhari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Azhari misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Azhari connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Azhari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Azhari throws a right hand that misses
and Azhari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Azhari attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Azhari misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Azhari takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
Morgan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Azhari tries to move into range but Morgan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebrahim Azhari clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Morgan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morgan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Azhari saw that one coming.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azhari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azhari appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Morgan.
Morgan lands a head shot.
Morgan misses with a hook. Azhari ducked under it nicely.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Azhari counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azhari slips a jab from Morgan.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Azhari's head but Azhari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan tries to land a front kick but Azhari steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Azhari cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, jab by Azhari - just one landing.
Morgan misses with a left hand
and Azhari makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses the jab.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azhari.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Azhari takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morgan lands a two punch combo.
Azhari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morgan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Azhari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Azhari scores with a hook.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Azhari works Morgan's body with a nice hook.
Morgan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A jab from Morgan finds it's way through Azhari's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Azhari throws a leg kick
and Azhari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azhari throws out the jab.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azhari.
Azhari pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morgan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan counters with a nice body shot.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Azhari lands a head shot.
Morgan connects with a body shot that sends Azhari's belly button to the back.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Azhari's body. Azhari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Azhari saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Azhari on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A leg kick checked by Morgan.
Azhari looks to land a left hand but Morgan moved out of range nicely.
Azhari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morgan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Azhari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Azhari throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Azhari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some bone on bone action there as Morgan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Azhari is looking to counter punch.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Azhari counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morgan's knee momentarily.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Azhari throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari misses with a straight right.
A countering left hand to the body from Morgan misses.
Azhari cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
Azhari takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Azhari uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morgan has time to react.
Azhari throws a poor cross that misses
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Azhari finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Morgan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan slips a straight right by Azhari.
Azhari throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That kick from Azhari tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Azhari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azhari lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ebrahim Azhari will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andrew Morgan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Morgan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Azhari to score with a decent uppercut.
Azhari avoids the body shot from Morgan.
A little feinted left hand from Azhari on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azhari. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azhari feints and then cracks Morgan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morgan down.
Morgan feints a jab promting Azhari to slip. Morgan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Azhari slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Azhari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Azhari moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Azhari throwing a counter right hand but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Morgan misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morgan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Azhari's head backwards.
Azhari throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Azhari 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azhari throws a jab but it's blocked by Morgan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Azhari.
Azhari throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Azhari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Azhari is looking to slow Morgan down with leg kicks.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Azhari counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Azhari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Azhari blocks a jab.
Azhari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Morgan throws a hook but Azhari avoids it easily.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azhari went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Azhari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Azhari throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
It seemed like Morgan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Azhari. That's going to slow Morgan down.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Azhari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Azhari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morgan's calf.
Azhari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Azhari lands a nice looking body shot.
Morgan slips a jab from Azhari.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Morgan scores with a body shot.
Azhari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morgan.
Azhari takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari misses with a body shot.
Azhari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morgan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Azhari keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azhari.
Morgan misses with a left hand
and Azhari connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Azhari lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morgan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morgan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azhari lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Azhari misses with a lunging right hand
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Azhari slips a jab from Morgan.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Azhari throws a good cross that connects.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Azhari.
Morgan digs a good body shot into Azhari's ribs.
Morgan misses with a double jab
letting Azhari counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azhari. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ebrahim Azhari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azhari misses with a low kick.
Azhari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morgan scores with a three punch combo!
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Andrew Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big right from Morgan misses.
Azhari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Azhari lands a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ebrahim Azhari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Azhari has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Ebrahim Azhari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Andrew Morgan was interviewed post fight and said 'Congratulation to my opponent .... I ain't done. I will be back .. SOON ! '.
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