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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Kelly (ranked 1461 p4p, 226 weight class) and Mark Morris (ranked 2165 p4p, 317 weight class). Mark Morris has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Kelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Morris!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly scores with a jab to the body.
Morris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morris has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kelly is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Morris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morris takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morris's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morris duly obliges.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly connects with a body shot that sends Morris's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed right hand from Morris misses the target.
Kelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris misses with an uppercut.
Morris loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Morris 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kelly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kelly works the jab nicely.
Morris lands a jab to the head.
Kelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morris doesn't seem bothered though.
Morris throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morris has time to react.
David Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morris's head backwards.
Kelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morris throws a wild body kick that Kelly sees coming a mile off.
Kelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelly connects with a body shot that sends Morris's belly button to the back.
We've been told by Kelly's head coaches at Q Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kelly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Morris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Morris's head.
The crowd cheers as Kelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morris doesn't seem phased though.
Kelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kelly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kelly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kelly.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelly lands with a nice combination. Morris backs away looking to recover.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Morris is just out of range.
Morris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a jab to the nose.
Kelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kelly!
Morris has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Morris lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Morris! Kelly is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Morris!
Mark Morris is the new light heavyweight champion!
Mark Morris decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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