PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Morrison (ranked 20609 p4p, 23339 weight class) and Melankomas Caria (ranked 668 p4p, 676 weight class). Morrison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Leave Me Alone. Caria has chosen Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morrison
vs
Caria

182 cm
33
170
13 - 10 - 1

186 cm
35
162
36 - 15 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morrison was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Caria walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Caria jabs Morrison to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Caria swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Caria has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Morrison is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Caria lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Caria motions for Morrison to come forward. Caria throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Caria has closed the distance and engaged Morrison in a clinch.
Morrison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morrison digs a right hand underneath Caria's ribcage. Caria let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Caria looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
Caria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Caria.
Morrison digs a right hand into Caria's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Caria's gas tank.
Caria takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison landing knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Morrison has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Caria looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Morrison.
A short right from Morrison.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Morrison takes the fight into the clinch.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Morrison.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caria scores with a sloppy right hand. Morrison should have avoided that one.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison throws a right and a left that Caria avoids nicely.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Morrison throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Caria only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morrison connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morrison tries to clinch there but Caria circles away.
Morrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Caria does no damage.
Morrison is looking to counter punch.
Caria staying out of range there.
Caria wants to clinch but Morrison slips to the side
and Morrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Caria's knee momentarily.
Caria tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
A punch combination from Caria misses.
Caria lands a lovely overhand right.
Caria throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrison on the side of the head.
Morrison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caria connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morrison. Morrison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Caria cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
Caria slips a straight right by Morrison.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison checks a low kick from Caria.
Caria throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Caria darts in and clinches Morrison up against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Caria.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caria.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Caria's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Morrison creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caria lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison dominated that round.
That's time! Morrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Caria blocks a head kick by Morrison.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison walks into a jab.
Caria throws a leg kick but Morrison checks it.
Morrison bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Morrison misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and Caria moves out of range easily.
Morrison feints and then cracks Caria's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Caria down.
Caria swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrison.

Caria clinches up with Morrison and pushes him back against the ropes.
Caria lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrison won't want to take too many of those.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from Caria.
Caria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
Ray Morrison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morrison working hard to break the clinch.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Caria doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Caria.
Morrison connects with a right hand. Caria shakes it off.
Caria scores with the left hand. Morrison knows he should have avoided that one.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Caria moves away and avoids it.
Caria misses with a low kick.
Morrison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Caria throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caria attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Morrison attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison backing away here, and Caria unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Caria lands a body shot.
Caria slips under a jab.
Morrison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Morrison throws a leg kick but Caria checks it.
Caria is looking for the big counter here.
Morrison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morrison, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caria throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morrison takes a swing at Caria's ribcage but misses.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caria.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a kick to the body.
Caria feints and then cracks Morrison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrison down.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Morrison gets tackled into the ropes by Caria. Caria maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrison.
Caria lands a shoulder strike.
Caria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caria lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caria missing with knees to the body.

Caria breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Caria tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Caria throws a head kick that Morrison semi-blocks.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caria slips under a jab from Morrison.
Caria rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrison counters with a nice body kick.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Melankomas Caria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Caria.
Morrison throws a predictable looking body shot
and Caria counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morrison with a jab.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrison is just out of range.
Caria tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Caria misses with a low kick.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morrison.
Caria scores with a nice body kick.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caria swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria's corner calls for a 1-2. Caria obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison throws a right hand that Caria ducks under and follows up with a left that Caria also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caria avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Caria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Caria lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morrison doesn't seem phased though.
Morrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and Caria moves out of range easily.
Ray Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Caria throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That kick from Caria tenderised Morrison's leg. Morrison is trying to keep his angry face on.
Caria tries a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Morrison tests Caria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Morrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and Caria moves out of range easily.
Caria connects with a body shot that sends Morrison's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison scoring well with a low kick there.
A big right from Morrison misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Caria dips to his left and cracks Morrison with an uppercut!
Morrison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caria circles away quickly and effectively.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Caria scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morrison doesn't seem bothered though.
A big right from Morrison misses.
Caria missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
enabling Caria to counter with a crisp jab.
Caria cracks a nice hook into Morrison's ribs.
Morrison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Caria is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria throws a leg kick which misses Morrison's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrison tries to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Caria.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Caria throws a nice head kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Melankomas Caria.
I think Caria has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Ray Morrison!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ray Morrison!

Ray Morrison wins by split decision!
Ray Morrison is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Ray Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.