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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Seppi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
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192 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
33
200 lbs
21 - 15 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adriano Seppi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Grant Morrison! The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Seppi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Seppi misses with a combination
and Morrison counters with a nice body shot. The fight stays on the outside here - Seppi looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seppi has closed the distance and engaged Morrison in a clinch.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seppi working aggressively here.
I was talking to Seppi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. A short left from Morrison. Morrison misses with a body punch.
Morrison cracks Seppi with a nice body shot. Morrison lands a right hand. Seppi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Seppi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Knees to the body from Morrison.
Seppi is breathing heavily. Morrison blocks an uppercut.
Morrison working some nice short punches in the clinch. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target. Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seppi manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice shot by Morrison.
It looks like Adriano Seppi has been cut. Morrison scores with a jab. Seppi acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Seppi fails in his attempt to clinch. Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow. Seppi gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Morrison points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Seppi wakes up just in time to hear Morrison thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grant Morrison! A less than humble Grant Morrison misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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