PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Kuklinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes to the cage accompanied by Go Into The Water - Dethklok. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morris
vs
Kuklinski

200 cm
20
245 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
274 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Desmond Morris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Kuklinski!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris cracks Kuklinski with an open hand slap.
Kuklinski misses with an uppercut.
Morris staying out of range there.
Kuklinski fails with a takedown attempt.
Kuklinski looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morris is fending him off so far but Kuklinski persists. Nope, Morris circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from Morris.
Morris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuklinski.
Kuklinski misses with a double jab
and Morris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuklinski tries for a takedown but Morris circles away easily

and Morris moves into the clinch.
Desmond Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Kuklinski.
Morris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
Kuklinski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morris lands with a short shot to the head.
Morris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kuklinski's efforts to push away.
Kuklinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Kuklinski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morris scores with a jab. Kuklinski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kuklinski misses with a hook to the body
and Morris counters with an outside leg kick.
Kuklinski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Morris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kuklinski looks gassed!

Morris clinches with his opponent.
Kuklinski blocks the elbow strike.
Kuklinski working hard to break the clinch.
Morris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kuklinski's defenses.
Morris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morris lands an uppercut.
Morris stalls.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kuklinski.
Morris manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Morris.
Morris lands a nice uppercut.
Morris scores with a shot to the side of Kuklinski's head.
Morris stalling against the cage.
Morris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Morris.
A short right from Morris.
Morris lands with a light punch inside.

Kuklinski is rocked!
Morris throws a big uppercut that drops Kuklinski! More strikes from Morris and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kuklinski lies dazed against the cage as Morris celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Desmond Morris!
Desmond Morris retains his heavyweight title!