Mikkel Kessler vs. Mehdi Bouadla RBR

Round 5

Morris doubles his jab, coming forward and trying to decapitate Bruun with a hard overhand right. Bruun is dancing around laterally, popping off a few quick flurries to the body but taking hard rights to his own as Morris turns and times his orbit. Morris landing the right to the body very well and visibly disturbing Bruun with it. They come together, Morris clinching low and he is warned for something. Low blow? Didn't see it. Wild left hook by Bruun as he backs away. Another lean-in, near clinch. Morris is keeping his forearms up parallel to his body and intercepting all of Bruun's flurries. Morris is landing the few short punches he throws inside. HARD left hook to the face by Morris. Morris is ducking the jab and taking the subterranean route inside, shouldering against Bruun's belly when he pulls back up.

10-9 Morris

49-46 Bruun

 

:blood

Fights?

After this current one (now entering the 6th and final round) there is only one more left.

 

Morris is really turning it on now; if this were scheduled for longer than six he'd have a very good chance of scoring the knockout IMO.

As it is, he probably need it to win now. (although again, the rounds are close and the scoring could be all over the place...I'd think the hometown hero would tend to get the benefit of the doubt though, and I have him a good bit ahead).

 

Round 6

Morris has his left eye swollen and scraped from a combination of butts and jabs throughout the previous five rounds. He's still keeping it open and fixed on his target as he barrels his way in and lands some good uppercuts and hooks landing mostly to the body. Bruun is keeping his distance and flurrying tentatively, trying to keep Morris at arm's length and twist and turn to grind his way into a clinch when he is caught up to. Morris leans against the ropes to evade a weak 1-2, then comes charging back and lands a right hand through the gloves to the chest. Then a left hook clubbing across the back of Bruun's head. Clinch. Break. Morris lunges with a right to the body, just misses. Bruun steps back inside to shoeshine just before the bell.

58-56 Bruun

 

Good show by the Brit. He rallied to clearly win the last two, and could have a strong argument for any of the first four really (although I edged them all narrowly to Bruun) - but it's hard to imagine he'll get the decision here in hostile territory.

 

Unanimous decision:

Hans Larsen 58-56
Ove Oveson 59-56
Jan Christensen 58-56

Kasper Bruun

 

A sexy female interviewer asks Bruun how he feels (in English, with an accent).

He replies "tired!" in an even thicker accent.

She comments on how he made adjustments to Morris' pressure (referring to his running away and tying up, I guess ) and he just grunts in acknowledgement. She asks what his immediate plans are and he says a nap. :rofl

Had this gone longer, something tells me Jay Morris would have facilitated that nap for him.

Bruun isn't a bad boxer really - but he will get knocked out at some point unless he's matched with extreme care against non-hitters.

 

I'm only 28. :bart