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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson has chosen ordinary story as his entrance music. The key to victory for Dexter Morgan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Watson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Watson moves out of range easily.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Watson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
Morgan scoring well with a low kick there.
Watson looks gassed!
Watson throws a leg kick
and Morgan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morgan lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Matt Watson has been cut.
Morgan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Morgan clinches with his opponent.
Morgan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Watson wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Watson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Morgan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Watson blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Morgan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Watson tries to break free but Morgan pushes him back against the cage.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Watson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Watson dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
Watson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Watson down.
A good leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watson tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Watson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morgan stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Watson's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Morgan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matt Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morgan cracks the inside of Watson's front leg.
Morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Morgan lands a head kick. Watson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a nice head kick!
Morgan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Watson is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Watson misses.
Crunch! Morgan slams his shin into Watson's torso.
Morgan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watson's calf.
Morgan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watson's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watson tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan is pushing Watson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morgan for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Dexter Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Watson stalling in the clinch but Morgan improves position.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Watson blocks with his arms.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Watson improves position.
Watson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Watson tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan wants to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Watson.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Nice elbow from Morgan.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Watson missing with knees to the body.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morgan down to the mat. Morgan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
Dexter Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Watson.
Morgan lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Morgan dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Morgan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan has closed the distance and engaged Watson in a clinch.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watson goes for a takedown attempt but Morgan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morgan.
Morgan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watson's head.
Watson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Watson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morgan - the referee stops the clock and Watson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morgan. Watson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Morgan drives through and clinches with Watson against the cage.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Watson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan is struggling to control the position.
Watson jumps guard and drags Morgan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morgan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking to reverse the position.
Morgan is staying tight to Watson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watson keeps working.
Morgan just content to control the position.
Morgan decides to stand up, so the ref orders Watson to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan forces Watson back against the cage and clinches.
Morgan pushes off an throws an elbow but Watson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watson looking for a takedown.
Dexter Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Watson.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Watson blocks with his arms.
Watson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Watson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Watson has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Watson's ribcage.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Dexter Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morgan stalling the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Watson, against the cage.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Watson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
Morgan is struggling to control the position.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Matt Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Morgan prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dexter Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morgan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dexter Morgan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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