Post by The Rocketmen on Apr 1, 2013 13:48:39 GMT -5
Fight of the Year Candidate on the first card of the season.
Justin Traviss looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
Morrigan Minerva looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
High kick from Morrigan Minerva!
Sandman seems to be done!
That punishment by Morrigan Minerva has left Sandman staggered! Morrigan Minerva should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Brutal-looking high kick from Morrigan Minerva!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Morrigan Minerva and Sandman engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Morrigan Minerva and Sandman engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Morrigan Minerva wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Sandman!
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The Raven is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
The Raven launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sandman!
Justin Traviss launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Raven blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Morrigan Minerva's cheek! The Raven stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Some of the people here are booing!
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Morrigan Minerva. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Morrigan Minerva is standing now.
Justin Traviss and The Raven engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Sandman pushes Morrigan Minerva and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Some of the people here are booing!
Sandman decides to launch some tentative punches
Justin Traviss takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Sandman steps backwards away from Morrigan Minerva. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
A wicked punch by Justin Traviss
rocks The Raven!
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Morrigan Minerva has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Justin Traviss has found an opening in the defense of The Raven, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break The Raven's ribs.
Morrigan Minerva seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Justin Traviss!
Here comes Morrigan Minerva with a vicious middle kick!
Justin Traviss dodges that one moving backwards
Poorly executed technique. Justin Traviss looks to counter!
A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Raven stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Justin Traviss is coming in again!
That punishment by Justin Traviss has left The Raven staggered! Justin Traviss should try push forward now and finish this!
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
That punishment by Justin Traviss has left The Raven staggered! Justin Traviss should try push forward now and finish this!
Terrible one sided match... The Raven was not ready to fight a fighter of Justin Traviss caliber.
The Raven goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sandman was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Morrigan Minerva by TKO (High kick) at 0:46 Round 2
Statistics: Justin Traviss
Punches 27/32 (84%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Damage caused 1645,5
Clinch Damage 0
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Morrigan Minerva
Punches 12/25 (48%)
Kicks 6/7 (86%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Damage caused 656,39
Clinch Damage 0
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 128 s
Insane finish, and upset, and yeah big-time heart from Minerva.
Justin Traviss looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
Morrigan Minerva looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
High kick from Morrigan Minerva!
Sandman seems to be done!
That punishment by Morrigan Minerva has left Sandman staggered! Morrigan Minerva should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Brutal-looking high kick from Morrigan Minerva!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Morrigan Minerva and Sandman engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Morrigan Minerva and Sandman engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Morrigan Minerva wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Sandman!
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The Raven is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
The Raven launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sandman!
Justin Traviss launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Raven blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Morrigan Minerva's cheek! The Raven stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Sandman launches a kick to The Raven's thigh
Loud pop!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven tries to stand up!
Sandman doesn't allow him!
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Sandman is standing while The Raven is on the ground on his back
The Raven is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Some of the people here are booing!
Morrigan Minerva doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sandman's moves.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Morrigan Minerva. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Morrigan Minerva is standing now.
Justin Traviss and The Raven engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Sandman pushes Morrigan Minerva and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Some of the people here are booing!
Sandman decides to launch some tentative punches
Justin Traviss takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Sandman steps backwards away from Morrigan Minerva. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
A wicked punch by Justin Traviss
rocks The Raven!
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Morrigan Minerva has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
=========================================
Justin Traviss has found an opening in the defense of The Raven, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break The Raven's ribs.
Morrigan Minerva seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Justin Traviss!
Here comes Morrigan Minerva with a vicious middle kick!
Justin Traviss dodges that one moving backwards
Poorly executed technique. Justin Traviss looks to counter!
A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Raven stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Justin Traviss is coming in again!
That punishment by Justin Traviss has left The Raven staggered! Justin Traviss should try push forward now and finish this!
The two exchange wildly
Sandman is connecting with a few punches
That punishment by Justin Traviss has left The Raven staggered! Justin Traviss should try push forward now and finish this!
Terrible one sided match... The Raven was not ready to fight a fighter of Justin Traviss caliber.
The Raven goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sandman was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Morrigan Minerva by TKO (High kick) at 0:46 Round 2
Statistics: Justin Traviss
Punches 27/32 (84%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Damage caused 1645,5
Clinch Damage 0
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Morrigan Minerva
Punches 12/25 (48%)
Kicks 6/7 (86%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Damage caused 656,39
Clinch Damage 0
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 128 s
Insane finish, and upset, and yeah big-time heart from Minerva.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!