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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Morrow scores with a jab. Stone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrow connects with a single shot there.
Nice shot by Morrow.
Stone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morrow to score with a decent uppercut.
Morrow misses with a lunging right hand
and Stone counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stone.
Morrow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stone up against the cage.
A short right from Morrow on the inside.
Morrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morrow trying to control the position but instead, Stone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morrow into the cage.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrow won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Morrow can't break the clinch.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
Morrow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morrow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Stone effectively controlling the action here.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Stone controls his hands.
Stone looking to slow down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stone as Morrow tries to tie him up.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morrow throws an elbow but it misses.
Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stone tries to move into range but Morrow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow cracks Stone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands with a good body shot.
Morrow misses with a straight right.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone tries to clinch up.
Morrow lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A jab-cross combination lands for Morrow and sends Stone crashing to the mat! Morrow follows him down to the mat - Stone regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Stone is rocked!
It looks like Ben Stone has been cut.
Stone is looking to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morrow throwing shots but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone manages to get to full guard.
Morrow tries to stand but Stone is controlling from the bottom.
Morrow throwing strikes from guard but Stone blocks nicely.
Morrow gets to his feet - Stone follows without any prompting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Donk. Stone catches Morrow right on the button with a cross.
Morrow fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stone on the side of the head.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Morrow throws a series of punches but Stone avoids them all with ease.
Morrow lands with a nice combination. Stone backs away looking to recover.
Morrow tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrow lands a slapping body shot.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Morrow throws a series of punches but Stone avoids them all with ease.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrow misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stone just misses with a punch to the body.
Stone lands an overhand right.
Stone bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrow was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Stone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morrow thows a body shot but no joy.
Morrow throws a shot from downtown. Stone moves away and avoids it.
Morrow slips under a jab.
Stone checks a low kick from Morrow.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
Stone lands a nice shot that snaps Morrow's head back.
Morrow throws a hook but Stone blocks it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone takes a shot to the head.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Morrow.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrow avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morrow as Stone tries to tie him up.
Morrow misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone is trying to stall.
Morrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morrow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morrow breaks the clinch.
Stone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Morrow. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Morrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morrow avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Morrow.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrow cracks Stone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stone takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Stone slips a straight right by Morrow.
Morrow ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Morrow throws a right hand that Stone ducks under and follows up with a left that Stone also avoids with ease.
Morrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stone.
Morrow lands with a cross.
Morrow darts in and clinches Stone up against the cage.
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Morrow wants to break free but Stone has control.
Morrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stone landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Stone blocks an elbow strike.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morrow takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Morrow, against the cage.
Morrow lands with a right to the head.
Morrow'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.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Morrow trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands with a cross.
Morrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Jax Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrow.
Morrow wants to slow Stone down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrow.
Morrow is looking to score with low kicks.
Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Morrow on the inside.
Morrow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morrow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stone is keeping busy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morrow takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone tries to move into range but Morrow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Stone's cut.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morrow's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morrow duly obliges.
Morrow throws a wild body kick that Stone sees coming a mile off.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
A nice combination there by Morrow.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stone.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
A punch combination from Morrow misses.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Morrow moves away and avoids it.
Jax Morrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone throws a hook but Morrow avoids it easily.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Morrow saw that one coming.
Stone missing with a left hand there. Morrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrow takes one on the button.
Morrow cracks Stone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morrow drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Morrow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Morrow is trying to force a seperation but Stone has the dominant position.
The referee calls for Stone to work.
Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrow's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morrow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone misses with a knee strike.
Morrow is trying to force a seperation but Stone has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrow avoids the damage to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Morrow darts in and clinches Stone up against the cage.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Stone is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Stone blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Stone.
The crowd cheers as Stone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morrow doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow rushes Stone and presses him up against the cage.
Morrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrow looking to stall.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stone misses with a knee strike.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Morrow misses with an elbow over the top.
Morrow looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morrow stalling in the clinch but Stone improves position.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from Morrow.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrow misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morrow getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
Morrow misses with a head kick.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow blocks a jab.
Stone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Stone's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice body punch from Morrow.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Decent striking displayed by Morrow there.
Morrow misses with a hook to the body
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrow darts in and clinches Stone up against the cage.
Morrow stalling in the clinch but Stone improves position.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrow's face.
It looks like Jax Morrow has been cut.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Morrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morrow looking to slow down the pace here.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Morrow.
Morrow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Morrow misses with an uppercut. Stone saw that one coming.
Morrow is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Stone looks to land a left hand but Morrow moved out of range nicely.
Morrow misses with a wild body shot.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stone circles away quickly and effectively.
Morrow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morrow has managed to clinch.
Stone has Morrow pressed against the cage.
Morrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Stone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morrow is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow walks into a left hand.
Morrow misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone blocks a jab.
Morrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morrow stalling in the clinch but Stone improves position.
Morrow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone just leaning against Morrow, taking a breather.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Morrow missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Stone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow tries to throw a body punch but Stone avoids it by throwing Morrow back against the cage.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Stone.
A right hand to the body from Morrow.
Morrow lands an uppercut.
Morrow stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Morrow. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Morrow misses.
Stone tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morrow lands with a right to the head.
Stone takes a shot to the head.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Morrow blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Stone has double underhooks.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Morrow goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice defenses there by Morrow.
Morrow paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morrow darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow misses with a two punch combination.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
Morrow pushes Stone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Morrow blocks with his arms.
Morrow takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that fourth 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Morrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crunch! Morrow slams his shin into Stone's torso.
A bone on bone clash there as Stone blocks the leg kick.
Morrow misses with a double jab
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stone misses with a wild combination.
Morrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stone.
Morrow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morrow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrow.
Morrow misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a head kick.
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrow is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Morrow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stone tries to clinch but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Morrow misses with a double jab
and Stone counters with a left to the body.
Morrow swings for the body but Stone moves out of range.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrow.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone throws a lazy right hand but Morrow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ben Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Morrow tries to circle away but Stone has him pinned against the cage.
Morrow is looking to control Stone's arms but Stone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morrow has his back to the cage.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Morrow's ribcage.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Morrow managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Stone avoiding damage.
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!
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Morrow misses with a knee to the head.
Stone looking to stall.
Morrow pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrow.
Stone working Morrow over with knees to the body.
Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morrow gets through Stone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Morrow.
Morrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stone misses with a knee strike.
Morrow lands a left hand.
Morrow can't break the clinch.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws a hook but Stone avoids it easily.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Morrow throws a shot to the body.
Stone throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morrow.
Morrow missing with a left hand there. Stone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Stone checks a leg kick.
Morrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Stone.
Morrow lunges at Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stone's hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow staying out of range there.
Morrow closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jax Morrow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Jax Morrow!
Jax Morrow wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Jax Morrow thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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