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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Pawlik (ranked 494 p4p, 1192 weight class) and Josh Morgan (ranked 59 p4p, 148 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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11 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dick Pawlik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pawlik ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Pawlik tries to counter with a takedown but Morgan is quick to defend against it.
Pawlik walks into a jab.
Pawlik moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pawlik scores with a jab to the head.
Pawlik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Pawlik tries to counter with a takedown but Morgan is quick to defend against it.
Pawlik shoots in looking for a takedown but Morgan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pawlik's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morgan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morgan swings for the body but Pawlik moves out of range.
Pawlik tries to counter with a takedown but Morgan is quick to defend against it.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Pawlik drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morgan sprawls and moves away.
Pawlik shoots in for a takedown but Morgan shows good takedown defense.
Morgan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pawlik with a body shot.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Pawlik saw that one coming.
Pawlik looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pawlik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pawlik shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pawlik looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morgan is not content to let Pawlik control the position.
Pawlik passes to full mount!
Pawlik looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pawlik with a couple of short strikes.
Morgan tries to reverse the position but Pawlik maintains control.
Pawlik pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morgan wants to control but Pawlik is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pawlik dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan taking shots to the head.
Morgan is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Pawlik! Morgan is hurt baaadly! Pawlik is firing away with more strikes - Morgan is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Pawlik!
An out of breath Dick Pawlik thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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