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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrow comes to the cage accompanied by Final Countdown. Johnson has chosen On March The Saints as his entrance music. Alex Morrow is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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159 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries a low kick but Morrow avoids it.
Morrow throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Morrow scores with a nice head shot.
Morrow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Morrow saw that one coming.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrow looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morrow tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Morrow moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morrow's calf.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Morrow closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Morrow can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrow misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Morrow improves position.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Morrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson gets through Morrow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnson.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Morrow can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morrow tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrow working aggressively here.
Morrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Morrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morrow fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice defenses there by Morrow.
Morrow wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Morrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Morrow scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morrow wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Morrow misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johnson has time to react.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Morrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson throws a good cross that connects.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Morrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Morrow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morrow's calf.
Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Morrow.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Morrow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Morrow on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson tries to clinch but Morrow moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Morrow. Beautiful body shot.
Nick Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson misses with a body shot
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Morrow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morrow cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Morrow taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson trying to stall but Morrow improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Morrow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morrow. That did some damage!
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Morrow is out of range.
Morrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Morrow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Morrow's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrow tries to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
It looked like Morrow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrow.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson 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 Morrow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrow stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Morrow swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
As Johnson tries to get set, Morrow tries to push him back and clinch up but Johnson manages to avoid the attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrow.
Morrow is looking for a counter combo.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Morrow's leg. Morrow is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Morrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrow.
Johnson letting Morrow take a breather here.
Johnson stalls.
A short body shot lands from Morrow as the two fighters clinch.
Morrow is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Morrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Morrow working aggressively here.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Morrow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is fighting off a takedown attempt but Johnson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Morrow to the mat. Morrow regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Morrow keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson works over Morrow with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morrow pushes Johnson off and gets back to his feet.
Morrow is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow checks a low kick from Johnson.
Morrow is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Morrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
It looked like Morrow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morrow throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Morrow takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson with the counter takedown but Morrow avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Nick Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That kick from Morrow tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morrow doesn't seem phased though.
A clash of legs there as Morrow blocks the low kick.
Morrow lands a jab to the nose.
Morrow misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson is looking to slow Morrow down with leg kicks.
Johnson works Morrow's body with a nice hook.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Morrow throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Morrow blocks the low kick.
Morrow ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Morrow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alex Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat.
Morrow shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morrow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Johnson clinches.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Morrow misses with a body punch.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Morrow is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Morrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Some bone on bone action there as Morrow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrow on the side of the head.
Morrow misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morrow looks to clinch
and Johnson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Morrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrow throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
The fighters circling - Morrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Johnson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morrow checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrow counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Morrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson 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 Morrow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Morrow's head.
Johnson throws a front kick aimed at Morrow's knee but Morrow avoids it well.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrow scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Morrow cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morrow counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Morrow ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a thumping low kick.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrow throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Morrow saw that one coming.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Morrow is out of range.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Johnson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrow with a body shot.
Morrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morrow as Johnson tries to tie him up.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Morrow ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrow.
Morrow moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson sizes up Morrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrow checks a low kick from Johnson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Morrow - that landed with a thud.
Morrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a body punch.
Johnson tries to work over Morrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson trying to stall but Morrow improves his position.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrow.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Morrow moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson takes a swing at Morrow's ribcage but misses.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morrow. Morrow circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Morrow throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Morrow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
Morrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Morrow.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Johnson!
In his post fight interview, Nick Johnson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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