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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Morgan (ranked 1667 p4p, 197 weight class) and Nelson Quinteros (ranked 1175 p4p, 137 weight class). Jesse Morgan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesse Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Quinteros!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Quinteros sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Quinteros misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Quinteros avoids it well.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Quinteros cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quinteros gets a clinch.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
Quinteros avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
I was talking to Morgan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinteros tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Quinteros using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinteros swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quinteros stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quinteros throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Quinteros lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Jesse Morgan has been cut.
Quinteros tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Quinteros lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quinteros lands a shoulder strike.
Quinteros struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Quinteros has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Morgan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Quinteros can turn it around.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Quinteros takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Quinteros.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quinteros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Quinteros misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quinteros tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Quinteros is controlling him.
Quinteros with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quinteros pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quinteros throws a head punch that misses.
Quinteros working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Quinteros won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Quinteros tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Quinteros lands a knee to the head.
Quinteros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Quinteros fails to land.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quinteros tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Quinteros with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quinteros tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Quinteros tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Quinteros lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros leaning against his opponent.
Quinteros manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quinteros showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Morgan lands with a straight right. Quinteros didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Quinteros.
Quinteros comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Quinteros lands a left and a right that send Morgan crashing to the mat, dazed. Quinteros thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Morgan is rocked!
Quinteros lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Oh Morgan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quinteros lands with a right and another and another! Morgan is in big trouble! Quinteros lands again and this time it's lights out for Morgan! A quality knockout there for Quinteros.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nelson Quinteros! Nelson Quinteros retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Nelson Quinteros, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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