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Brad Morris is an Australian mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

MMA career

He has a professional MMA record of 10 wins with 6 losses. He scored a win in BodogFight

BodogFight

bodogFight was a mixed martial arts promotion founded by online gambling magnate Calvin Ayre. It was a part of Ayre's bodog.com Entertainment Group....

over UFC veteran Kristof Midoux

Kristof Midoux

Kristof Midoux is a French semi-retired professional mixed martial artist who has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, bodogFIGHT, K-1, International Fighting Championships and Rumble on the Rock promotions...

. He trains with other antipodean fighters such as Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt ; is a New Zealand kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent, currently living in Sydney, Australia. Hunt competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is known for his raw strength, iron chin and knockout power. He won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final...

and Elvis Sinosic

Elvis Sinosic

Elvis Sinosic is a retired Australian professional mixed martial artist.-Biography:Born in Canberra, Elvis Sinosic now resides in Sydney, where he practises his martial arts training. Elvis was born to Croatian parents and is proud of his Croatian heritage...

Ultimate Fighting Championship

His first official UFC fight produced a first round K.O. loss to the Mexican American

Mexican American

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...

Cain Velasquez

Cain Ramirez Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is a two-time All-American collegiate wrestler from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and a Junior College National Champ at Iowa...

at UFC 83

UFC 83

UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held on April 19, 2008, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. UFC 83 was the UFC's first event in Canada...

in Montreal, Quebec.

In his second fight in the UFC he faced Jason Brilz

Jason Brilz

Jason Brilz is an American mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the light heavyweight division.-Wrestling career:...

at UFC Fight Night 15 and lost via TKO (Punches) in the second round.

Post UFC

Morris was expected to face Jeff Monson

Jeff Monson

Jeffrey William Monson is an American mixed martial artist from Olympia, Washington. He is a 2 time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion. He currently holds the Heavyweight titles in the International Sport Karate Association...

at Impact FC 1 - The Uprising: Brisbane

Impact FC 1

Impact FC 1 - The Uprising: Brisbane was a mixed martial arts event held by Impact Fighting Championships on 10 July 2010 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia.-Background:...

but had to drop out due to an illness.

He instead stepped in for Bob Sapp

Bob Sapp

Robert Malcolm "Bob" Sapp is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor, comedian and former professional American football player. Sapp currently has a combined fight record of 21–21–0, mostly fighting in Japan...

at Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney

Impact FC 2

Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney was a mixed martial arts event held by Impact Fighting Championships on 18 July 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.-Background:Big John McCarthy was the referee for the series....

against Soa Palelei

Soa Palelei

Soa Palelei is an Australian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Heavyweight and Superheavyweight divisions.Born in 1977, Newcastle, New South Wales, Soa “The Hulk” Palelei started his fighting career at an early age. Wrestling was his first choice in the earlier years and nearly saw him...

and lost via Submission (Kimura) in the first round.

Morris was expected to face Fabiano Scherner

Fabiano Scherner

Fabiano "Pega-Leve" Scherner is a German - Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He competes in the Heavyweight division...

at Brace For War 6 in November but Scherner pulled out of fight due to travel issues undefeated Josh "Yogi" Ogilvie was supposed to step in, and serve as Scherner's replacement. However, Ogilvie was injured during overseas training, and Morris faced former King of the Cage

King of the Cage

King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight champion and current Powerhouse World Promotions Light Heavyweight champion Tony Lopez

Tony Lopez (fighter)

Tony Lopez is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Huntington Beach, California with Team Wildman Vale Tudo. He is the current Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion and was formerly the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight King of the Cage Champion...

. Morris lost to Lopez via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the second round.

Mixed martial arts record

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Tony Lopez

Tony Lopez (fighter)

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

Soa Palelei

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Impact FC 2

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Jason Brilz

Jason Brilz is an American mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the light heavyweight division.-Wrestling career:...

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

, USA
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Cain Velasquez

|TKO (punches)
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UFC 83

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Masayuki Kono

is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working in All Japan Pro Wrestling.-All Japan Pro Wrestling :Kono trained in the All Japan Dojo and made his debut on March 28, 2003 in a losing effort to Nobutaka Araya...

Australia

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Kristof Midoux

|TKO (corner stoppage)
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BodogFight

bodogFight was a mixed martial arts promotion founded by online gambling magnate Calvin Ayre. It was a part of Ayre's bodog.com Entertainment Group....

Canada

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David Lock

David Anthony Lock QC is a barrister and former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Esher Grammar School, Woking Sixth Form College, Jesus College, Cambridge , Polytechnic of Central London and went on to Gray's Inn as a Wilson Scholar in 1985.He was elected as the...

Australia

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Steve McKinnon

Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon is an Australian, Heavyweight, World Champion kickboxer, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney, New South Wales...

Australia

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Jim York

Jim York (fighter)

Jim York is a New Zealand mixed martial artist who has fought for the World Victory Road, Impact FC and King of the Cage promotions.York is best known for his fights with Japanese firebrand Yoshihiro Nakao and UFC vet Dave Herman...

Australia

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Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

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Sydney

, Australia

Australia

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Australia

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Southport, Queensland

-Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for...

, Australia

Australia

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Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

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Australia

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Soa Palelei

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Australia

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