I haven't seen any video from the fight but from what I read, Tommy Morrison's "MMA" debut last night was a sham. Morrison fought against John Stover in an unsanctioned fight in Arizona and won by KO in the first round.
Though it was billed as an MMA fight, the rules were changed before the fight to prevent grappling and knees. So basically, it was a boxing match with the 5-oz MMA gloves.
Stover must need the money to not only agree to the rule change but to step into the ring with a guy who may have the HIV.
As the purses grow in MMA, we're going to see more of these washed-up palookas like Morrison trying to cash in. Former NFL receiver Johnnie Morton made his debut last week in Los Angeles and got KTFO in less than a minute. He made a clumsy takedown attempt that left him open to a muy thai knee strike. And then he made the mistake of going toe-to-toe with Bernard Ackah.
Someone forgot to tell Morton that it's best to keep your hands up when you do this. Morton got dropped so hard they had to take him out on a stretcher.
In the brief time he was the ring, Morton showed a flash of athleticism but it's clear he needs another year or two of training. Here's the Morton Video:
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