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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fjogren Morninglord (ranked 7330 p4p, 540 weight class) and Jack Pool (ranked 4386 p4p, 443 weight class). The key to victory for Fjogren Morninglord has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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210 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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216 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fjogren Morninglord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Pool!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morninglord throws a body shot but no joy.
Morninglord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morninglord takes a swing at Pool's ribcage but misses.
Pool lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pool shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morninglord manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Morninglord escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pool gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pool throws a big elbow that misses.
Pool looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pool is in close to Morninglord's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morninglord working for a triangle but Pool defends it easily.
Pool sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morninglord is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pool with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pool is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morninglord escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pool gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pool not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Morninglord has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pool can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morninglord wants to control the position but Pool says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Pool with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
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.
Morninglord looking for a kimura from the bottom but Pool passes into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pool lands some shots froms side control.
Pool takes a little break here. Morninglord wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Morninglord is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on Morninglord's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morninglord is looking to regain half guard here but Pool keeps moving and retains side control.
Pool lands some shots froms side control.
Pool lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Morninglord down.
Pool cracks Morninglord with a big elbow.
Morninglord is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morninglord is working hard here to advance position.
Pool is looking to take a break and control but Morninglord is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pool is working Morninglord over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morninglord regains half guard.
Pool is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morninglord trying to control but Pool postures up.
Pool looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morninglord taking some punishment here, with Pool in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morninglord has hold of Pool's hands but Pool slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pool stalling.
Morninglord is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pool pulls his head out easily.
Pool trying to control from half guard but Morninglord is working away.
Nice strikes from Pool there.
Pool is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morninglord looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pool with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morninglord trying to hold on to Pool's head to control him but Pool postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Pool dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Morninglord throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pool.
Morninglord shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pool eats them both and turns towards Morninglord to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pool throws a right hand that Morninglord ducks under and follows up with a left that Morninglord also avoids with ease.
Pool manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Morninglord on his heels. He'll look to pass Morninglord's guard now, I'm sure.
Pool slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pool in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Morninglord taking a bit of punishment here - Pool scoring with strikes.
Pool working the head and body with strikes.
Pool is looking to take a break and control but Morninglord is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pool is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Morninglord will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morninglord struggling a bit here.
Morninglord taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pool working away.
Pool wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morninglord keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morninglord can't do much from the bottom here.
Pool cracks Morninglord with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Morninglord is trying to improve his position.
Morninglord manages to get back to half guard.
Pool seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morninglord does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Pool there.
Morninglord wants to control but Pool is keeping busy.
Morninglord looking for submissions off his back.
Morninglord is positioning himself well to prevent Pool advancing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morninglord tries to get to full guard but Pool has control of the leg.
Pool is nestled in close to Morninglord, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pool winds up and cracks Morninglord with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pool slips a nice elbow through Morninglord's hands, connecting with Morninglord's forehead.
Morninglord looking for submissions off his back.
Pool seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pool seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morninglord does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pool stalling.
Pool wants to pass to mount but Morninglord is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pool seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pool is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morninglord looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pool winds up and cracks Morninglord with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pool scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morninglord is looking to control Pool's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morninglord avoid being mounted?
Morninglord is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pool is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pool looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morninglord looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Pool showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Morninglord gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pool lands a couple of digs.
Morninglord trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pool is working Morninglord over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morninglord has his foot on Pool's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pool works his way back into a safe position though.
Pool is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pool seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pool is continuing to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pool postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pool sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morninglord looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pool wants to control from the top but Morninglord keeps moving.
Pool postures up.
Pool showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pool avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pool works over Morninglord with some ground and pound from guard.
Morninglord looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two 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.
Pool connects with a couple of short punches.
Morninglord working for a triangle but Pool defends it easily.
Pool advances position into side control!
Pool connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Morninglord some visible discomfort.
Pool is working Morninglord over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morninglord struggling a bit here.
Pool wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morninglord keeps working.
Pool is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morninglord struggling a bit here.
Pool is staying tight to Morninglord's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Morninglord is trying to improve his position.
Morninglord taking a bit of punishment here - Pool scoring with strikes.
Morninglord tries to improve position but can't.
Pool controls the position.
Jack Pool has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pool trying to control the action but Morninglord is working from the bottom.
Pool controlling from side mount.
Morninglord wants to control but Pool postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pool wants to control but Morninglord is keeping him busy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee asks Pool politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Pool prefers to stall for the moment though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Pool comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pool winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Pool!
A very excited looking Jack Pool made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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