PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morse Hores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and los de (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Hores
vs
de

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morse Hores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, los de!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for de, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
de tries to close the distance and clinch but Hores swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
de throws a series of punches but Hores avoids them all with ease.
de tries to bum rush Hores with a series of wild strikes but Hores uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
de tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hores swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de tries to close the distance and clinch but Hores swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
de tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from de.
de wants to clinch.
de tries to clinch there but Hores circles away.
de fails with an attempt to clinch.
de misses with a wild combination.
de tries to clinch up but Hores circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hores lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
de tries to clinch up but Hores circles away and keeps his distance.
de fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hores throws a series of punches but de avoids them all with ease.
de tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hores swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de moves in looking to clinch but Hores pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hores cracks de with an open hand slap.

It looks like los de has been cut.
de looks gassed!
de is looking to clinch but Hores is avoiding it.
Hores throws a series of punches but de avoids them all with ease.
Hores throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
de swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hores counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hores connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between de's hands.
Hores shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says de as he avoids it easily.
Hores lands a slapping body shot.
Hores lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends de sprawling to the canvas. Hores follows him down, looking for the kill. Can de hang on?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hores in particular looking to stall.
de tries to kick Hores off but Hores keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Hores is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hores connects with a nice short shot to de's temple.
Hores trying to control the pace.
de is trying to stand back up but Hores is controlling him
Hores not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hores prevents de from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hores decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hores throws a low kick but de avoids it.
Hores shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts de as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morse Hores. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hores forces de back against the cage and clinches.

Hores works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hores showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
de is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hores not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hores trying to control but de is working from the bottom.
Hores prevents de from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hores slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
de wants to get back to his feet but Hores is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hores wants to control from the top but de keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hores clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hores escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de misses with a double jab
and Hores counters with an outside leg kick.
los de is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hores changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de tries to avoid it but Hores manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de to the ground. de escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morse Hores dominated that round.
The cut man is working on los de's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

de moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
de tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Hores counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hores trying to control but de is working from the bottom.
Hores slips nicely into half guard.
de pushes Hores off looking to stand but Hores dives back in and keeps control.
Hores scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hores is taking a breather. de says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
de is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de is trying to escape back to his feet but Hores uses the scramble to pass into side control.
de is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hores is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hores is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that de can do to turn this around?
Hores wants to lay and pray for a moment but de keeps working.
de is trying to get back to his feet.
de is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hores lands a few punches from side control.
Hores prevents de from escaping the position.
Hores content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hores lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hores has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for de!
Hores scores with a couple of good head shots there.
de is bucking up trying to escape but Hores cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
de in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hores scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish de?
de is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hores content just to control the position here.
de wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hores unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hores looking to finish de with some ground and pound. This is bad for de!
Hores controlling the pace for now.
de is squirming around, avoiding Hores's attempts to control the action.
Hores content just to control the position here.
Hores landing strikes from the mount and de is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
de is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hores content just to control the position here.
de wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hores controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Hores.
de trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morse Hores dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on los de's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

de tries to keep at a distance but Hores has taken the fight into the clinch.
de misses with a knee to the head.
de tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hores has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed de clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
de has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
What can de do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Hores is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but de has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
de controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Hores controls the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Hores slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
de looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Hores is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Hores lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Will Hores go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hores. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Hores scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
de is trying to stand back up.
Hores lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hores lands a shot to the head.
Hores trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Hores has de flattened out and is raining down punches.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hores. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
de looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
de holding both Hores 's hands and preventing any damage.
Hores scores with punches and elbows.

Hores working for a choke but de is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hores throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Hores misses with punches from the back.
de trying to get back to his feet but Hores is in full control for now.
Morse Hores is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hores trying to control momentarily.
Hores gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hores lands shots from the back.
los de has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hores gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morse Hores showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hores 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morse Hores!