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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick O Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mystery Plane. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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196 lbs
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200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick O Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grant Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Riley slips a jab from Morrison.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Riley misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Riley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
O Riley misses with the combination.
Morrison throws a jab when O Riley was well out of range.
A combination from O Riley does no damage.
Patrick O Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Riley fails to land with a series of punches.
O Riley misses the shot to the body.
O Riley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Patrick O Riley has been cut.
O Riley throws a series of punches but Morrison avoids them all with ease.
Morrison slaps away a takedown attempt from O Riley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morrison's coach down at Combat Fitness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Morrison's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Riley manages to avoid it.
O Riley misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Riley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
O Riley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Riley takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Morrison pushes O Riley up against the cage in a clinch.
Morrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
O Riley tries to pull guard but Morrison won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick O Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by O Riley.
O Riley blocks an uppercut.
Morrison swings wildly with an uppercut but O Riley uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Riley prevents a body shot from Morrison.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morrison.
Morrison digs a right hand into O Riley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Riley's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a shoulder strike.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by O Riley.
Morrison lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Morrison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
O Riley is rocked!
Morrison lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Riley backwards.
Oh O Riley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Riley blocks an uppercut.
O Riley seems to have got his legs back now.
Morrison lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Morrison.
O Riley is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrison.
O Riley wants a takedown but no success here.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morrison scores with a shot to the side of O Riley's head.
Morrison throws a punch but it's blocked by O Riley.
Morrison throws a big uppercut that drops O Riley! More strikes from Morrison and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! O Riley lies dazed against the cage as Morrison celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Morrison!
A less than humble Grant Morrison misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Patrick O Riley spoke after the fight, saying 'I played with fire and got burnt he's a class fighter and the better man won today '.
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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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