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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Morgan (ranked 4604 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobbie Water (ranked 5057 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobbie Water!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a hook.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Water feints the counter takedown.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Water saw that one coming.
Water with the counter takedown but Morgan avoids it easily.
Water shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Water jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Water around his waist. Water gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morgan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Manny Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Water.
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Water is trying to drag Morgan to the mat but Morgan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Water avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morgan is working Water over against the cage.
Water is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Water letting Morgan take a breather here.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Water manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Water looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Water bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morgan's guard.
Morgan pulls Water in close to prevent any damage.
Water trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling the position.
Water stopping the sweep attempt from Morgan.
Water is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Morgan is pulling down on Water's head. It's preventing any offense from Water, at least for the moment.
Water trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pulls Water in close to prevent any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morgan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice sprawl there from Morgan as Water shoots in.
Manny Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Water tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Water drops back down to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Water looks winded!
Water's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Water backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Water's elbow.
Water's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan'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.
Water tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Water backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Morgan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morgan misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Water! But no joy.
Water shoots for a takedown but Morgan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Despite the aggression on Water's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Water doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morgan counters with an inside leg kick.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Water paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Water checks a leg kick.
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Water, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morgan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Manny Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Water.
Water showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Water dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Water saw that one coming.
Water fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Water ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Bobbie Water has been cut.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Water sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Water misses with a takedown attempt
and Morgan counters with a left and a right that stings Water.
Water is rocked!
Water is breathing heavily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Water is still on wobbly legs! Can Morgan finish him?
Water takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan rushes Water and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Water looking for a takedown.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Water or not.
Water goes for a takedown attempt but Morgan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morgan clinches up against the cage.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Water seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan is struggling to control the position.
I was talking to Morgan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A bit of stalling here from Morgan.
Water is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan lands a shot to the body.
Morgan is stalling here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morgan.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Water is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Morgan to keep the fight standing.
Manny Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morgan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Water.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan is pushing Water up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
A short right from Morgan.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pushes Water back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Water backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan digs a right hand into Water's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Water's gas tank.
Morgan is pushing Water up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morgan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Water up against the cage.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Morgan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobbie Water's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Water avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan cracks Water with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Water tries for a takedown but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Manny Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Water. Water gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Water looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Manny Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Water.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Morgan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Water stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Water circles away quickly and effectively.
Water is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Morgan!
Morgan instigates a clinch.
Water takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgan'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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan is pushing Water up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morgan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Water or not.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Water backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Water or not.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan pushes Water back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan gets through Water's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan'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.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Morgan is working Water over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Morgan as the two fighters clinch.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
Morgan just leaning against Water, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Good body shot from Morgan.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgan stalling against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Morgan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morgan is leaning against Water and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan is pushing Water up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Manny Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan is leaning against Water and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morgan lands a body shot.
A short left from Morgan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Water backwards.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
Bobbie Water has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Water jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Water around his waist. Water gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Morgan!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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