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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Henrique Gusmao (ranked 312 p4p, 20185 weight class) and Ray Morrison (ranked 43 p4p, 589 weight class). Morrison has chosen Leave Me Alone as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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 30 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henrique Gusmao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gusmao throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Morrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gusmao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gusmao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Gusmao.
Gusmao tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Gusmao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gusmao throws a lazy right hand but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morrison throws a hook but Gusmao blocks it.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gusmao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gusmao misses with a body kick.
Gusmao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gusmao takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Gusmao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gusmao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Gusmao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gusmao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison slips under a jab from Gusmao.
Gusmao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morrison throws a body kick that misses
and Gusmao counters with a body kick that stops Morrison in his tracks momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gusmao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gusmao throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Gusmao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Gusmao saw that one coming.
Gusmao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gusmao throws a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Gusmao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fairtex MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gusmao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morrison catches Gusmao with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morrison works over Gusmao's head and body with a nice combination.
Gusmao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gusmao avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gusmao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morrison punishes Gusmao's body with a nice straight punch.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Gusmao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrison slips a jab from Gusmao.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Gusmao misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Gusmao with a nice calf kick.
Gusmao looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Gusmao backing away here, and Morrison unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Morrison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gusmao has time to react.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Gusmao slips the punch.
Gusmao is looking to counter with head kicks.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gusmao misses the target.
Morrison throws a head kick but Gusmao moves out of range.
Gusmao misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gusmao dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
A leg kick checked by Morrison.
Morrison moves out of range of the body kick from Gusmao.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Gusmao's shoulder, as Gusmao tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morrison checks a leg kick.
Gusmao connects with a right hand. Morrison shakes it off.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gusmao throws a leg kick that misses.
Gusmao fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrison on the side of the head.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gusmao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gusmao throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Gusmao throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gusmao misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab lands there for Morrison.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gusmao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Gusmao moved out of range.
Gusmao tests Morrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gusmao tries to clinch up.
Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison misses with an uppercut
and Gusmao counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gusmao.
Morrison manages to break the clinch.
Morrison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gusmao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morrison scrambles back to his feet.
Morrison misses with a straight right.
Gusmao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gusmao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gusmao fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrison on the side of the head.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Gusmao knows he should have avoided that one.
Gusmao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morrison doesn't seem bothered though.
Gusmao throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Gusmao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ray Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gusmao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Gusmao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gusmao throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Morrison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gusmao ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
A quick step to the side and Gusmao tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison moves out of range as Gusmao throws a body kick.
Gusmao throws a leg kick
and Gusmao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gusmao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Morrison. Beautiful body shot.
Gusmao throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a sloppy right hand. Gusmao should have avoided that one.
Morrison scores with a sloppy right hand. Gusmao should have avoided that one.
Morrison connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gusmao checks a leg kick.
Gusmao half committed to a counter leg kick.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Gusmao blocks a jab.
Gusmao throws a leg kick which misses Morrison's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrison tries to avoid it.
Gusmao thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gusmao misses with a body shot.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gusmao.
Morrison lands with a slapping head kick.
Gusmao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morrison flicks out a counter leg kick but Gusmao steps away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gusmao misses with a straight left.
Gusmao moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Nice jab there from Morrison.
Gusmao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morrison is able to avoid easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ray Morrison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Gusmao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gusmao throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Henrique Gusmao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Gusmao.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Gusmao is just out of range.
Morrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrison clobbers Gusmao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Gusmao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Gusmao.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morrison works Gusmao's body with a nice hook.
Morrison misses with a hook. Gusmao ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gusmao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morrison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gusmao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Gusmao's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison catches Gusmao with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Morrison misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gusmao ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gusmao.
Morrison throws out a powerful jab.
Morrison lands a head kick. Gusmao smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gusmao wants to land a leg kick but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison connects with the punch.
Gusmao misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Gusmao moves out of range of the body kick.
Gusmao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrison finds it's way round the side to connect with Gusmao's head.
Gusmao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gusmao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morrison checks it well.
Morrison throws a big counter head kick but Gusmao avoids it with no problem.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from Gusmao misses.
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 connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Morrison lands a jab to Gusmao's midsection.
Morrison throws the left hand but Gusmao avoids the punch easily.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Good shot there by Gusmao.
Gusmao staying out of range there.
Gusmao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morrison lands a right hook to the body.
Gusmao lands with a right hand.
Gusmao throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morrison moves out of range of the leg kick from Gusmao.
Gusmao ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Gusmao takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gusmao misses with a low kick as Morrison jumps back.
Ray Morrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gusmao lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Gusmao.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morrison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Morrison!
After winning the bout, Ray Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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