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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Such a Tragedy. Dexter Morgan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan drops Washington with a nice combination! Morgan dives into Washington's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Tony Washington has been cut.
Morgan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Washington is proving hard to escape from.
Washington wants to stand but Morgan is controlling the position.
Morgan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morgan clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morgan's defenses.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Washington drags the fight down to the ground.
Morgan won't allow Washington to get back to his feet.
Morgan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a high kick.
Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Washington, pushing him back against the cage.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Washington rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Washington.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Washington.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morgan's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Washington throws an elbow but it misses.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Washington creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Washington throws an elbow that misses.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Washington misses with an elbow strike.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Washington throws an elbow but misses.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
Morgan tries to clinch up
and Washington counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Morgan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Washington counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
Washington moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Washington forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan looks to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Morgan takes an elbow to the temple.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Washington misses with an elbow strike.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Washington blocks a head kick by Morgan.
Morgan looks to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Washington.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Washington pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morgan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Morgan throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington lands a jab.
Morgan tries to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Washington's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morgan wants to clinch.
Washington on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Morgan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan takes an elbow to the temple.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington can't get the takedown.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Washington's face.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Washington misses with an elbow strike.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan tries to clinch up
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan tries to clinch
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Washington pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washington wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Washington tries to clinch up.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington moves into the clinch.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Washington pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morgan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Washington backs up against the cage.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Washington moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Morgan blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Washington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Washington throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.
Washington throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Washington's ribcage.
Washington can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Washington dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Washington'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Morgan wants to clinch
and Morgan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Washington doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Washington, against the cage.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington throws an elbow that misses.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morgan's defenses.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Washington pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Washington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington is trying to drag Morgan to the mat but Morgan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Washington avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Washington drops back down to his feet.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Washington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morgan gets underhooks to prevent Washington's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Washington's face.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan darts in trying to clinch
and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan has managed to clinch.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington pulls Morgan into guard.
Morgan wants to stand but Washington has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Morgan gets to his feet. Washington looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Morgan wants to clinch
and Washington moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with an elbow over the top.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan avoiding damage as Washington throws knees to the body.
Morgan blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan tries to clinch
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left and a right from Morgan both land. Nice combination.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Washington clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Washington's face.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Washington showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Washington has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Washington!
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