Anthony Morrison (born March 29, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the Featherweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2004, Morrison has also formerly competed for the WEC.
Anthony Morrison- An American professional mixed martial artist
1. Anthony Morrison is in the field of professional Mixed Martial Arts for more than ten years now. A
Philadelphian by birth the Afro-American fighter likes to astonish his fans by applying different tactics
and bringing his opponents to submission. His career saw many vicissitudes, and now he is among the
top-tiered artists. Following are a few points to summarizing his achievements,
Anthony started taking a keen interest in boxing when he was just 14After completion of his school, he
went with his decision to be a professional fighterAs an amateur, Anthony acquired retains a record of
7-0As a professional MMA, he achieved 16-8The WEC saw his potential and signed a deal with
himAnthony received a back injury during a fight and started doing two jobs that he quitted after
reassuring and recollecting himself to land into the ring once again
Getting started, for Anthony was not an easy step. Today, everything requires money and so do the
physical and fitness training. In the start, Anthony was not able to pay a fee to gyms. His interest and
zeal across the mixed martial arts forced him to do something different. He started locating the gyms
that were offering free training for a certain period, obviously for promotional purposes. Each time after
the completion of trial period, he vanishes to find out another one. Later, people started noticing the
immense potential within him and his enthusiasm. It was then when he started getting opportunities as
2. a few gyms offered him with free training to a time when he would be in a better position to pay for it.
This is how Anthony started and later proved his domination at various levels.
Anthony, who started as an amateur MMA back in the year 2004, has become an accomplished fighter
now. Anthony secured a victory in all the last three officially recognized and reported fights. On two of
the occasion, he managed to defeat his opponent by using one of his best tactics that is, Guillotine
Choke and in the third one he ended up as a winner by majority decision. In his most recent contest,
Anthony managed to bring Raw Wood down in less than four minutes and thus he got success by
submission.
We all know that the players engaged in sports as if mixed martial arts, boxing or even football always
remains at a higher risk of injuries. Similar sort of thing happened with Anthony Morrison and right in
the ring when he was fighting. His back came under severe kind of pressure, and he ended up with
losing that fight. Moreover, that injury pushed him out of the ring for quite a bit time, and he started
working sixteen hours a day or in other words obtained two, full-time jobs. That period was painful for
him in either the physical and mental terms. Throughout that phase, he remained away from the
training but maintained an emotional connection through some relevant magazines. Anthony says that
watching his ex-training colleagues in action provided him with a new motivation and thus he decided to
regain his past glory. One day he started running and kept it continue for six miles. According to him,
theburning that he felt right in his lungs was his desire for a recommencement, and this is how he
managed to a coup and restarted his training activities. Later Anthony came into the ring again and
wondered his fans.
3. Anthony was still a young and inexperienced fighter, but his continued great performance and
acquisition of several titles made him a hot one for WEC. Those who don’t know much about it should
understand that the World Extreme Cage Fighting right until today is at number one on the list of
organizations that are managing world`s deadliest sporting events. The management of WEC itself
reached Anthony and offered him a contract that he accepted happily. For knowing, more about this
dangerous and extreme mode of wrestling you can visit wiki page dedicated to Anthony Morrison.