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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Morgan (ranked 23623 p4p, 565 weight class) and Braiden Mattison (ranked 3003 p4p, 318 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Braiden Mattison!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mattison throws out the jab.
Morgan is looking to counter punch.
Morgan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morgan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mattison has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mattison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morgan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morgan.
Mattison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Mattison circles away.
Mattison appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Mattison saw that one coming.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mattison. That did some damage!
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mattison.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mattison throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Mattison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mattison throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
Mattison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgan misses the target.
Morgan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mattison.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
A low kick from Morgan is predictable there
and Mattison counters with a three punch combo that has Morgan backing up. Morgan nods at Mattison to acknowledge the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Morgan walks into a left hand.
Mattison lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morgan backs up against the cage.
Mattison clobbers Morgan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mattison misses with a leg kick.
Mattison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mattison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Morgan tries to move into range but Mattison moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mattison ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan looks to land a left hand but Mattison moved out of range nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Morgan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mattison thuds a left hand into Morgan's body.
Mattison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Mattison.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mattison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morgan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice shot by Mattison.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Mattison.
Mattison throws a low kick but Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan throws a body kick that misses.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Mattison moves out of range easily.
Mattison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mattison duly obliges.
Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mattison counters with a left to the body.
Morgan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Morgan was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Mattison.
Mattison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mattison fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mattison lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morgan's head backwards.
Mattison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mattison keeps it at a distance.
Morgan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morgan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mattison tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mattison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mattison connects with a right hand. Morgan shakes it off.
Morgan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mattison.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Mattison counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan throws a push kick but Mattison slaps the foot to one side.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Mattison counters with a thumping low kick.
Mattison lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mattison counters with a stiff right hand.
Mattison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattison counters with a stiff right hand.
Morgan misses with a leg kick.
Mattison lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Jab by Mattison.
Mattison lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan tries to clinch but Mattison is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Mattison.
Mattison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mattison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mattison throws a front kick aimed at Morgan's knee but Morgan avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mattison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mattison.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Mattison has the dominant position.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Mattison controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Braiden Mattison dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mattison connects with a solid leg kick.
Mattison ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Braiden Mattison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mattison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mattison buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mattison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Mattison circles away.
Morgan blocks a low kick nicely.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mattison! But no joy.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mattison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mattison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morgan checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Mattison.
Mattison thuds his right hand into Morgan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mattison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mattison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morgan tried to score with a low kick but Mattison checks it.
Morgan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mattison.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mattison motions for Morgan to come forward. Mattison throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattison's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morgan under the eye.
Mattison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morgan has time to react.
Morgan has Mattison up against the cage in a clinch.
Mattison cracks Morgan with a nice body shot.
Mattison pushes Morgan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Mattison has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Mattison prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan wants to stall.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mattison.
Mattison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mattison lands a lovely overhand right.
Mattison lands a head shot.
Mattison lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattison throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mattison avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Mattison throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
Mattison connects with a crisp jab.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Mattison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan takes one on the button.
Morgan tries to clinch but Mattison moves out of range.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Morgan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morgan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mattison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morgan's hands.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mattison feints a counter leg kick.
Morgan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice straight punches there by Mattison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mattison.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manny Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mattison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Morgan wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattison lands a right hook to the body.
Morgan throws a front kick aimed at Mattison's knee but Mattison avoids it well.
Mattison was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mattison scores with a one two! Morgan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Morgan misses with the body kick
enabling Mattison to counter with a crisp jab.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Mattison lands with a good body shot.
Mattison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mattison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morgan has time to react.
Mattison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morgan there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattison misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Morgan misses
and Mattison counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Mattison moved away.
Mattison throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Morgan's head.
Morgan is rocked!
Morgan swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Mattison counter with a right hand.
Oh Morgan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot to the liver by Mattison. Beautiful body shot.
Mattison connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Morgan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mattison backs up against the cage.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mattison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Mattison! Morgan is out on his feet! Mattison rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Morgan is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Morgan is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Braiden Mattison!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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