PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Morrison (ranked 19718 p4p, 21718 weight class) and James King (ranked 598 p4p, 559 weight class). Morrison comes to the ring accompanied by Leave Me Alone. James King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morrison
vs
King

182 cm
34
170
15 - 13 - 1

170 cm
28
161
14 - 8 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James King!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch up.
Morrison lands a body shot.
Morrison lands a jab to the head.

King rushes Morrison and presses him up against the ropes.
Morrison throws an elbow but it misses.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ray Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
King moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Morrison throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morrison does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morrison sets himself, and King steps forward looking for the clinch! Morrison avoids it this time.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrison.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Morrison thuds his shin into the meat of King's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
King checks a leg kick.
As Morrison backs off King throws a huge counter combo but Morrison manages to avoid it all.
A jab from Morrison misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Morrison lands a high kick!

Morrison clinches up against the ropes.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Morrison blocks with his arms.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Morrison.
King told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Morrison lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
A short right from King on the inside.
Morrison lands a body shot in the clinch.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morrison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
King with a knee to the head.
Morrison trying to land knees to the body.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morrison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Morrison.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King lands a knee to the head.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A left lands for Morrison.
Morrison punishes King's body with a nice straight punch.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
King with a nice calf kick.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.

Morrison tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
Morrison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by King. King obviously looking to wear him down.
King tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from King.
King tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands with a kick to the temple. King shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Morrison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of King's head.
King lands with a nice combination. Morrison backs away looking to recover.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Morrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
Morrison tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morrison takes an elbow to the forehead.
King blocks a body shot from Morrison.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King working aggressively here.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King lands a left hand.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Morrison.
Morrison blocks an uppercut.
Morrison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morrison lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
Good body shot from Morrison.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from King.
A short right from Morrison.
Morrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morrison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison lands a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Morrison.
King utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by King.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Morrison will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morrison moves into range and connects with a jab.
Morrison has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from King finds it's way round the side to connect with Morrison's head.
Morrison connects with the punch.
King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

King clinches.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King misses with a body kick.
King walks into a straight right hand from Morrison.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
King lands an overhand right.
Ray Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morrison throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
King tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morrison lands a nice elbow.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King thuds a left hand into Morrison's body.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
Morrison lands a head kick. King smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
King tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.

King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morrison, pushing him back against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King lands an elbow that stopped Morrison in his tracks for a moment.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
Morrison working aggressively here.
King misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrison controls his hands.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
Morrison tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King avoiding damage as Morrison throws knees to the body.
Morrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
James King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
King misses with a knee strike.
King landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.

Morrison breaks the clinch.
King tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Morrison counters with a quick kick to the body but King blocks it.
King connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morrison. Morrison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
King avoids the head kick by Morrison.
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
King throws a wild body kick that Morrison sees coming a mile off.
King tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
King scores with a jab. Morrison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.

Morrison has King up against the ropes in a clinch.
King blocks the elbow strike.
Morrison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
King missing with knees to the body.
King tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by King.
King connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrison's face.
A short left from King.
Morrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King misses with a body punch.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Morrison blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Morrison misses with a knee strike.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrison avoids the damage to the body.
Morrison lands a knee to the head.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
Morrison lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Morrison is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.

Morrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
King is breathing heavily.
Morrison lands a left hand.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Morrison scores with a nice short uppercut.
King missing with knees to the body.
Morrison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from King.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ray Morrison will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrison.
King takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
King connects with a nice looking jab.
King tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Morrison closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison misses with a knee strike.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the ropes.
Morrison misses with an elbow over the top.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
King tries to throw a body punch but Morrison avoids it by throwing King back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King misses with a knee to the head.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrison controls his hands.
Morrison working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morrison lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by King.
Morrison misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Morrison walks into a left hand.
King blocks the body kick.
King stalks Morrison and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Morrison's face. Morrison staggers backwards, shaken.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
A big right from Morrison misses.
King tries to clinch up.
King defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
King tries to counter by closing the distance.
King throws a leg kick that misses.
Morrison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
James King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a nice looking combination but Morrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King throws a lazy right hand but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King jabs Morrison to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
King throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
King delivers a nice body kick.
King throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Morrison misses its target.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
King walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Morrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morrison appears to be looking for a big counter.
King throws a predictable looking body shot
and Morrison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
King throws a body kick that misses
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Morrison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
King throws a low kick, looking for Morrison's leg but Morrison calmly moves out of range.
Morrison connects with a looping right hand.

Morrison drives through and clinches with King against the ropes.
Morrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
King lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morrison or not.
King misses with a knee to the head.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Morrison.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from King.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King slips under a jab.
King now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed King momentarily.

Morrison closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison misses with a knee strike.
Morrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrison misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Morrison scores with a knee to the head.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.

Morrison breaks the clinch.
King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ray Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King misses with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morrison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Morrison!
Ray Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.