RinkRat Magazine is proud to bring you Blood On the Ice 2000:

The rematch December 3rd had RinkRat's # 3 ranked fighter - Mississauga mauler Sean McMorrow - take on our # 1 ranked - crippler from Kingston - Brett Clouthier.

TALE OF THE TAPE:

Brett Clouthier - Height: 6'5'' ...Weight: 235 lbs. .

Sean McMorrow - Height: 6'4'' ...Weight: 205 lbs. .....

Clouthier has the edge in experience, now in his 3rd OHL season and is RinkRat's defending BeatDown Top10 Champion. McMorrow was only playing in game 75 of his career.
Among the highlights of Clouthier's career is a marathon bout with former Oshawa General Trevor Gillies, and a pair of beauties vs. former Knight John Erskine. McMorrow has had plenty of action of late, after recovering from a shoulder injury at the start of the season. McMorrow recently tuned-up on Barrie's Neil Posillico. That one was sort of like Mike Tyson vs. Frank Botha.   In their first meeting of the season, Clouthier picked up a convincing decision over the Mississauga blueliner, using McMorrow's jersey to his advantage.  

THE SCORING:

RinkRat spared no expense flying in a full compliment of staff for the game.
Special guest judges included :
From the ghettos of D-Troit Fight Doctor Fly
From parts unknown MG-KO77

The RinkRat Card is as follows based on a 10-point must system:

RinkRat - 10/9...McMorrow
Fight Dr.- 10/9...McMorrow
MGKO77-10/9...McMorrow

THE ANALYSIS:

MG-KO77: The gloves hit to the ice just after the puck did, and the two fighter were ready for action. After a quite stare down, both fighters took shots, connecting with visors. McMorrow landed a pair of blows that popped off Clouthier's visor and helmet.
The two came together, both feeling each other out. Both took a few more shots before McMorrow got his arm free from his jersey and tried to get the shirt over the head of the Kingston veteran.  
As this happened, the two grabbed each other and the linesmen jumped in. Just as they did, both took a couple more shots over the head of zebra Kevin Hastings.

On the 10-point must system, I gave the fight 10-9 to McMorrow. Sean was able to get in a pair of good shots in right away on Clouthier. Brett's experience was shown though as not only can he mount a good offence, but knows how to defend himself as well. That's something McMorrow will need to learn.

As with many fights of late, I'm sure those of you who bought the pay-per-view package were disappointed.
Looking ahead, it looks like it'll be a great way to start the new year though. January 1st in Kingston, the Ice Dogs visit the Frontenacs. Many are saying this may be the "official start of the new millenium". I'd suggest you grab your tickets and head to the Limestone City for Clouthier-McMorrow III.

FIGHT DOCTOR FLY: Well, the seven hours of driving was SO worth it...but to plagiarize Chuck Barris of the old Gong Show, then again I like pink eye. Headed from the gah-hettoes to the Hershey for the much anticipated War on the Cold Floor between BeatDown studs Brett Clouthier of Kingston and Sean McMorrow of the Dogs.

Never bet against Fight Doctor Fly kids..he won the pool for the time of the throwdown which for the record occurred off a face-off on each of the combatant's second shifts at 3:23. After some pushing and shoving on a stoppage, the two lined up next to each other for the ensuing faceoff.
McMorrow, looking like either a four year old who really had to go, or one of those cockatiels you see bobbing on the Funniest Videos shows, had his groove going so you KNEW it was time.
OK, let's give McMorrow the benefit of the doubt and say it was his tribute to Prince Naseem Hamed, the closest you can get to a showy ring entrance.

Anyhoo, off come the gloves...both get a shot or two in, mostly on the plastic and plexiglass, before McMorrow shrugs the right arm out of his sweater and connects with a bomb that rattles Clouthier's visor then off comes the helmet. McMorrow ties the Cuddler, or should we now say the Arnprior Assasin, up a bit and manages to partially jersey Clootch.
At that point the zebras jump in, but Kevin hastings gets in before Adam Fiorello (I HATE that) allowing a couple extra shots to be exchanged, including an overhead right to the side of McMorrow's noggin that ended up being Clouthier's best shot of the scrap.

A clear win for McMorrow, a 10-9 on the 10-point must system used to score the fight according to the Nevada Boxing Commis..er nevermind.
McMorrow wanted a second go-round with Clouthier the rest of the day but it was a no go. Guess Mav threw the stop sign up on the Cuddler again. Even before the scraps this game was as enjoyable as hemmorhoid surgery.

The saddest part of this story, however, is the hype we're gonna hafta put up with for the next meeting, which happens to be January 1st in Kingston. The RinkRat pimp 'n hoe promotional caravan, one that would make Don King proud, will head east on the 401 and we'll hear nothing else for a month.
Strangely, I feel pulled to the meeting like a moth to the light..like a lemming to the edge of the fjord...like a fool to the latest Mike Tyson debacle...
Happy New Year!!! See Ya In Kingston!

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