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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 200 p4p, 397 weight class) and Hideki Nakamura (ranked 28 p4p, 54 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hideki Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison throws a hook to the side of Nakamura's head but Nakamura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakamura moves away.
Nakamura lands a leg kick that knocks Morrison off balance momentarily.
Nakamura misses with the body kick
and Morrison counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morrison.
Nakamura keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Nakamura seems keen to control Morrison's posture.
Nakamura tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nakamura is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Nakamura pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nakamura seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura pushes Morrison off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nakamura catches Morrison with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A low kick from Nakamura misses
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakamura clobbers Morrison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nakamura is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut.
Morrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body. Nakamura takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrison lands with a right hand.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Nakamura's shoulder, as Nakamura tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a big shot that misses.
Hideki Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakamura.
It looked like Morrison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nakamura thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it
and Morrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakamura throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Morrison blocks the leg kick.
Morrison jabs at Nakamura's body.
Nakamura throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Nakamura gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Nakamura gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nakamura scoring with some ground and pound.
Nakamura loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nakamura is fighting to break Morrison's control of his arms but Morrison is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison continues to stall.
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison is pulling down on Nakamura's head to control his posture.
Nakamura showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison has his hands on Nakamura's head, controlling the position.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morrison checks a leg kick.
Hideki Nakamura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakamura wants to counter with a clinch but Morrison pushes him away.
Nakamura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morrison has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison lands a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Morrison there.
Nakamura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Morrison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that round.
That's time! Morrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morrison walks into a jab.
A big left from Nakamura misses.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nakamura ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Nakamura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakamura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frank Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fighters circling - Nakamura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakamura manages to avoid it.
Nakamura connects with a solid leg kick.
Nakamura throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morrison scores with a jab.
Nakamura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Nakamura takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison scores with a jab to the head.
Nakamura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nakamura sprawls and moves away.
Nakamura takes one on the button.
Nakamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Nakamura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morrison duly obliges.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a leg kick
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison defending well as Nakamura loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakamura throws out the jab.
Morrison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nakamura connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakamura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morrison blocks a leg kick.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Nakamura tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nakamura thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Morrison if he has to take too many more of those.
Nakamura misses with a left hand
and Nakamura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakamura can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a sloppy right hand. Morrison should have avoided that one.
Nakamura throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morrison slips a jab from Nakamura.
Morrison throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body. Nakamura takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice defenses there by Nakamura.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nakamura takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakamura moves away.
Morrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Nakamura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nakamura throws a solid leg kick but Morrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nakamura.
Nakamura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Nakamura throws a leg kick which misses Morrison's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrison tries to avoid it.
Nakamura throws a push kick but Morrison slaps the foot to one side.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura throws a low kick but Morrison moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Nakamura wants to slow Morrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
No joy there for Morrison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Morrison finds it's way through Nakamura's defenses.
Nakamura has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nakamura slips under a jab.
Nakamura throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Nakamura is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morrison connects with a body shot.
Morrison slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nakamura.
Nakamura looks for the body kick but Morrison saw that one coming.
Nakamura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tried to score with a low kick but Morrison checks it.
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nakamura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nakamura throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Morrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nakamura thinking.
Nakamura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nakamura throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakamura.
Nakamura fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakamura gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morrison.
Morrison slips a straight right by Nakamura.
Nakamura jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Morrison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nakamura doesn't seem phased though.
Nakamura lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamura avoids the body shot from Morrison.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nakamura! But no joy.
Nakamura connects with a solid leg kick.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Nakamura.
Nakamura pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morrison is out of range and Nakamura settles back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Morrison scores with a sloppy right hand. Nakamura should have avoided that one.
Nakamura throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nakamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Nakamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nakamura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nakamura throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Morrison. That snapped Nakamura's head back.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a head kick.
Nakamura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Morrison swings for the body but Nakamura moves out of range.
Nakamura was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Morrison looking to score a takedown here. Nakamura is defending well but Morrison drives through and ends up in Nakamura's guard.
Nakamura manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nakamura throws a big shot that misses.
Nakamura walks into a left hand.
Nakamura slips under a jab.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
Nakamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Nakamura throws a push kick but Morrison slaps the foot to one side.
Nakamura connects with the punch.
Nakamura misses the shot to the body.
Morrison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morrison takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
Morrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nakamura takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nakamura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Nakamura.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nakamura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Nakamura misses with a low kick.
Morrison throwing a counter right hand but Nakamura manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nakamura misses with a looping right.
Nakamura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nakamura misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Nakamura.
Morrison lands a two punch combo.
Morrison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nakamura tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Nakamura is looking to chop away at Morrison's legs.
Nakamura misses with a straight left.
Morrison tests Nakamura's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Nakamura is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nakamura ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
A jab from Morrison finds it's way through Nakamura's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a single shot there.
Nakamura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morrison is able to avoid easily.
Morrison throws a poor cross that misses
and Nakamura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrison is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nakamura cracks Morrison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nakamura looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Nakamura with the inside leg kick.
Nakamura scores with a jab. Morrison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nakamura lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morrison digs a good hook to Nakamura's body.
Nakamura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nakamura throws a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Morrison scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Morrison misses its target.
A slow jab from Nakamura misses its intended target.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nakamura momentarily.
Hideki Nakamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nakamura.
Morrison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Nakamura moves away and avoids it.
Morrison lands a jab to Nakamura's midsection.
Nakamura misses with a body kick.
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nakamura as he avoids it easily.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakamura misses with a straight left.
Morrison takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jab by Morrison.
Morrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nakamura at a distance.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Nakamura moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamura throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Nakamura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nakamura tries to move into range but Morrison moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nakamura swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Morrison.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
After winning the bout, Frank 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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