PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Correa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergio Morales told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Correa
vs
Morales

175 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Correa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergio Morales!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Correa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Correa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Morales shoots in and bounces Correa off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Morales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Correa pulls Morales in close to prevent any damage.
Correa's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morales looking to pass the guard.
Morales is looking to work some ground and pound but Correa has wrist control.
Morales throwing strikes from guard but Correa blocks nicely.
Morales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales trying to control but Correa is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Correa jabs at Morales's body.
Correa misses with a series of wild punches.
Correa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Correa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Correa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Correa cracks Morales with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Correa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Morales looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Correa!
Correa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morales.
Morales avoids the attempt from Correa to control.
Correa is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Correa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morales with good strikes from the mount here!
Correa is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Correa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correa is trying is best to control the position here.
Correa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Correa.
Morales tries to free his leg and advance position but Correa is retaining full guard.
Correa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Correa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morales lands a couple of digs.
Correa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Correa controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales regains half guard.
Morales is looking for a sweep. Correa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Correa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Correa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Correa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morales to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Correa looking for a sweep. Not yet Correa, not yet.
Correa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Correa not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Correa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Correa is taking a breather. Morales 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.

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.
Correa tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Morales.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Correa controlling the pace.

Correa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morales sees it coming and defends easily.
Morales moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Correa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four 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.
Correa has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Eric Correa just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Correa misses with a wild combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Correa swats away the attempt to clinch by Morales.
Correa throws a nice looking combination but Morales bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Correa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Correa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Morales takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Correa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Correa duly obliges.
Correa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Correa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eric Correa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Correa.
No joy there for Correa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Correa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morales throws a shot to the body.
Morales moves out of range of the strikes.
Morales just misses with a punch to the body.
Eric Correa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Correa misses with a two punch combination.
Morales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Correa swinging wilding here.
Correa misses with a two punch combination.
Correa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales staying out of range there.
A big left from Correa misses.
Correa throws a right hand that Morales ducks under and follows up with a left that Morales also avoids with ease.

Morales forces Correa back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales stuns Correa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Correa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morales.
Eric Correa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales cracks Correa with a right hand to the side of the head.

Morales forces Correa back against the ropes and clinches.

Morales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Morales forces Correa back against the ropes and clinches.
Correa tries to circle away but Morales has him pinned against the ropes.
Correa wants to break free but Morales has control.
Correa working hard to break the clinch.
Correa prevents the takedown attempt.
Correa is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the ropes.
Morales looking to slow down the pace here.
Morales working hard to break the clinch.
Correa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morales wants a takedown but no success here.
Correa tries to break free but Morales pushes him back against the ropes.
Morales looking for a takedown.
Eric Correa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Morales.
Morales is working for takedown but Correa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Correa tries to break free but Morales pushes him back against the ropes.
Morales will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Correa up against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Morales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Correa misses with a wild combination.
Morales staying out of range there.
Danga de danga de dang - Correa scores with a four punch combination!
Correa misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morales looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morales needs to keep his hands up - Correa had a free shot at his head there.
Morales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Correa connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Morales tumbling to the canvas! Correa pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Morales was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eric Correa!