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Event:
NYF Fight Night 51
Date: Dec 11, 2024 |
#R1#
Jolt looks to land a right hand but Morin moved out of range.
Jolt throws a right hand that Morin ducks under and follows up with a left that Morin also avoids with ease.
Morin dodges the punch combination from Jolt.
A combination from Jolt does no damage.
Morin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jolt manages to circle out of the way.
Morin fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jolt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morin.
A counter left hand to the body from Morin misses its target.
Jolt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morin is out of range and Jolt settles back down.
Morin avoids a punch combination nicely.
#T1#
Jolt connects with the punch.
A combination from Jolt does no damage.
Sylvester Jolt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jolt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morin thows a left - swing and a miss!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jolt has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Morin moves in looking to clinch but Jolt pushes him off.
Jolt throws a right and a left that Morin avoids nicely. #T2#
Jolt throws a sloppy body shot
and Morin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#CUT#It looks like Sylvester Jolt has been cut.
Jolt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jolt goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jolt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morin.
Jolt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jolt manages to circle out of the way.
Morin tries to clinch but Jolt moves out of range.
Jolt throws a shot to the body.
#CL#
Morin rushes Jolt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#T3#
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Jolt's ribcage.
Jolt looks winded!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jolt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Morin jerks Jolt's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Jolt drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Morin goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Morin because Jolt was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Mando Morin!
Mando Morin tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool. |
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Event:
BANZAI COMBAT 119
Date: Nov 09, 2024 |
#R1##CL2#
Boo clinches with his opponent.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
Morin trying to stall but Boo improves his position.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Boo's ribcage.
Boo effectively controlling the action here.
Boo misses with some punches.
Morin stalling.
Morin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Boo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morin's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boo.
Boo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morins head.
Boo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Boo.
#T1#
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Boo is keeping busy.
Boo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Boo is blocking nicely.
Boo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morin or not.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Boo struggles to land a body shot inside as Morin controls his hands.
Boo is stalling here.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boo avoiding damage.
Boo scores with a hook to the body.
Boo tries to work over Morin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boo trying to stall but Morin improves his position.
Morin blocks a body shot from Boo.
Boo misses with some punches.
#T2#
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Boo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Boo looks winded!
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Boo taking a breather.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
#T3#
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo stalling against the cage.
Morin working Boo over with knees to the body.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boo tries a body shot but Morin blocks it.
Boo misses with the head strike.
Morin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T4#
Boo managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morin up against the cage.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Boo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boo throws a shot from downtown. Morin moves away and avoids it.
Morin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Boo.
Boo throws a right hand that misses
enabling Morin to counter with a crisp jab.
Boo throws a hook but Morin avoids it easily.
Morin jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Boo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boo.
Morin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Boo throws a right and a left that Morin avoids nicely.
Morin ducks under a wild hook from Boo.#T1#
Morin connects with a body shot.
Boo Boo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boo missing with a left hand there. Morin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boo throws out the jab.
Morin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Boo.
Morin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.#T2#
Boo misses with a body shot.
Boo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morin.
Boo misses with a left hand #CL#
and Morin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morin.
Boo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boo is breathing heavily.
Boo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boo effectively controlling the action here.
Morin blocks an uppercut.
#T3#
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Boo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morin stalling in the clinch.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boo can't find room to land a body shot as Morin controls the action.
Morin blocks a body shot from Boo.
Boo working aggressively here.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Boo blocks it.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Mando Morin has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T4#
Boo has a couple of punches blocked by Morin.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Boo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boo misses with a punch to the body.
Boo throws a punch but it's blocked by Morin.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin is trying to maintain a safe position but Boo gets an underhook and turns Morin into the cage.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R3#
Boo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Boo misses.
Morin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boo can do to turn this around?
A big right from Boo misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Morin misses the target.
Boo connects with a body shot.
Morin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boo misses with a body shot.
Boo just misses with a punch to the body.
#T1#
Morin staying out of range there.
Morin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#CL2#
Boo closes the distance and clinches.
Boo stalling.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin blocking some punches.
Boo pushes Morin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boo lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Boo.
Boo gets through Morin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boo just leaning against Morin, taking a breather.
Boo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morin backwards. #T2#
Boo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Boo.
Boo misses with a punch to the body.
Boo lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morin up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Boo - that landed with a thud.
Boo lands with a left to the head.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin working Boo over with knees to the body.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Boo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boo is defending well for now.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#T3#
Boo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Boo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Boo.
Boo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boo lands a hook that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boo gets through Morin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morin takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Boo.
Boo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short uppercut from Boo.
Boo working hard to break the clinch.
Boo lands a right hand. #T4#
Boo tries to work over Morin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morin tries to stall but Boo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boo Boo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Boo as the two fighters clinch.
Boo pushes Morin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boo leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Boo.
Boo scores with a hook to the body.
Boo is working Morin over against the cage.
Mando Morin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boo scores with a shot to the side of Morin's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boo Boo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morin 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mando Morin!
Mando Morin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. |
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Event:
BANZAI COMBAT 99
Date: Sep 21, 2024 |
#R1#
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morin tries to clinch up.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.#CL2#
Morin instigates a clinch.
Morin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Santos wants to break free but Morin has control.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Morin prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Morin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Morin.
#CUT2#It looks like Giovanni Santos has been cut.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin slowing the pace effectively.
Morin taking a breather. #T1#
Santos is trying to break free.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin slows down the pace here.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Morin trying to land knees to the body.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morin blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morin has him pressed against the cage.#T2#
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morin effectively controlling the action here.
Morin stalls.
Morin receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Morin avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#T3#
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Morin.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Morin slowing the pace effectively.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Santos tries to circle away but Morin has him pinned against the cage.
Morin with a knee to the head.
#ROC2#Santos is rocked!#T4#
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos tries to break the clinch but Morin is controlling the position.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morin is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Morin to work.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.#BC#
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos wants to land a leg kick but Morin is out of range.
Morin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mando Morin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morin wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Morin wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Morin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Morin avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage. #BC#
Santos manages to break the clinch.
#CL2#
Morin clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#BC#
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL2#
Santos tries to keep at a distance but Morin has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Morin controls the action.
Morin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
#T1#
Santos avoiding damage as Morin throws knees to the body.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morin or not.
Morin looking to slow down the pace here.
Morin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Morin's ribcage. Morin let out a lung full of air as it connected.#BC#
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santos scores with a one two! Morin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. #CL#
Santos rushes Morin and presses him up against the cage.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Morin looking to stall.
Santos tries a body shot but Morin blocks it.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morin landing knees to the body.
#T2#
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as Morin throws knees to the body.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morin lands a knee to the body.
Morin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin working Santos over with knees to the body.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Morin keeps him there for the moment.#T3#
Santos tries to circle away but Morin has him pinned against the cage.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morin blocks an elbow strike.
Morin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.#BC#
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Morin tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Morin motions for Santos to come forward. Morin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to bum rush Morin with a series of wild strikes but Morin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#CL2#
Morin closes the distance and clinches.
Morin managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
#T4#
Morin blocks the elbow strike.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos wants to break free but Morin has control.
Morin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Morin leaning against his opponent.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morin prevents a body shot from Santos.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3#
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
#CL2#
Morin rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morin avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morin blocks the elbow strike.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin working Santos over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the cage.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
#T1#
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin landing knees to the body.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos is trying to push Morin away but Morin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#BC#
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Morin clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.#T2#
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Morin is struggling to control the position.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Morin has him pressed against the cage.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Morin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
#T3#
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morin is defending well for now.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
#CUT2#Giovanni Santos's cut is getting worse.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
#BC#
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morin is looking to clinch.
Morin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin tries to clinch up.#T4#
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos is looking to counter with head kicks.
Santos throws a series of punches but Morin moves out of range.
A low kick from Morin is predictable there
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Morin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Morin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos jabs Morin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morin wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Morin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giovanni Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mando Morin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morin moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mando Morin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morin 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mando Morin!
After the fight, Mando Morin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 02, 2024 |
#R1#
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Franklin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Franklin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Franklin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Franklin throws an overhand right that lands on Morin's shoulder, as Morin tries to avoid the shot.
As Franklin tries to get set, Morin tries to push him back and clinch up but Franklin manages to avoid the attempt.
Franklin shoots in looking for a takedown but Morin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Franklin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morin tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Franklin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morin circles away.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.
Mando Morin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Franklin has eaten all the pies!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin is looking to clinch but Franklin is avoiding it.
A jab from Franklin misses.
Morin tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin misses with a hook.
Morin wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.#T1#
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Morin.
Morin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franklin.
Morin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franklin misses with a looping left.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franklin looks to land a left hand but Morin moved out of range nicely.
Morin is looking to clinch but Franklin is avoiding it.
Morin doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Morin wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Franklin throws out a counter right but Morin avoids it with no problem.
Morin tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Morin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Franklin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mando Morin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morin moves out of range as Franklin strikes.
Franklin shoots in looking for a takedown but Morin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Franklin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mando Morin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joel Franklin.
Morin wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T2#
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.
Franklin throws a shot from downtown. Morin moves away and avoids it.
Morin tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #CL#
Morin forces Franklin back against the cage and clinches.
Morin prevents the takedown attempt.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
#CUT#It looks like Joel Franklin has been cut.
Morin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Franklin looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morin landing knees to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Mando Morin!
Mando Morin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 27, 2024 |
#R1#
Cena shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morin sprawls well. Morin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cena gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#CL2#
Morin moves into the clinch successfully.
Cena avoiding damage as Morin throws knees to the body.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin letting Cena take a breather here.
A knee to the head by Morin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morin.
Cena goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morin prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cena blocks it with crossed arms. #T1#
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but Cena blocks with his arms.
Morin taking a breather.
Cena is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cena is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Morin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cena goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morin prevents it.
#TD#
Cena gets control of Morin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cena will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cena is pulling down on Morin's head. It's preventing any offense from Morin, at least for the moment.
Morin wants to stand and escape but instead Cena has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR##T2##SUB#
Cena thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. #SU#
Morin is working an open guard so Cena takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Morin fails with an attempt to clinch.
#CL2#
Morin rushes Cena and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cena is trying to pull guard but Morin has him pressed against the cage.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Cena is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin keeps control of Cena as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #T3#
Morin working Cena over with knees to the body.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cena blocks it with crossed arms.
Morin landing knees to the head.
#CUT2#It looks like John Cena has been cut.
Morin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Morin lands a big knee to the head and Cena goes down! Morin pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mando Morin!
A very excited looking Mando Morin rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed. |
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