PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Doc Morbid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Raithert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morbid comes to the cage accompanied by Duran Duran - Wild Boys. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morbid
vs
Raithert

169 cm
24
149 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

170 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Doc Morbid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Warren Raithert!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raithert misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morbid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morbid tries to clinch up but Raithert circles away and keeps his distance.
Raithert throws a right hand that Morbid ducks under and follows up with a left that Morbid also avoids with ease.
Nice defenses there by Morbid.
Morbid defending well as Raithert loads up on a big left hand.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Raithert circles away.
Morbid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Raithert.
Morbid takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Raithert jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raithert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morbid.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morbid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raithert swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morbid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Raithert looks to land a right hand but Morbid moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Raithert misses its intended target.
Raithert throws the left hand but Morbid avoids the punch easily.
Morbid staying out of range there.
Raithert throws out a loose jab but Morbid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raithert throws a looping overhand right but Morbid ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Raithert.
Morbid takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Raithert does it's job there.
Morbid wants to clinch up but Raithert keeps it at a distance.
Raithert throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Raithert misses with a looping right.
Raithert swings for the body but Morbid moves out of range.
Raithert misses with a straight right.
Raithert misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morbid.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morbid throws a quick inside leg kick.
Raithert might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Raithert swinging wilding here.
Raithert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morbid tries to clinch but Raithert is having none of it.
A clash of legs there as Morbid blocks the low kick.
Morbid tries to clinch up.
Morbid wants to clinch.
Raithert lands with a right hand.
Morbid wants to clinch up but Raithert keeps it at a distance.
Raithert swings for the body but Morbid moves out of range.

Morbid drives through and clinches with Raithert against the cage.
Morbid is pushing Raithert up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morbid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raithert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Raithert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raithert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morbid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morbid wants to clinch.
Raithert throws a jab but it's blocked by Morbid.
Raithert keeps the fight on the outside.
Morbid takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morbid on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Morbid rushes Raithert and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morbid leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morbid looking to throw knees to the head but Raithert is blocking nicely.

Raithert manages to break the clinch.
Raithert throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morbid staying out of range there.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Raithert circles away.
Raithert waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morbid.
Raithert looks to land a left hand but Morbid moved out of range nicely.
Morbid moves out of range as Raithert strikes.
Raithert misses with a straight right.
Good work by Raithert as he checks the leg kick.
Morbid ducks under a wild hook from Raithert.
Morbid moves away from the strike by Raithert.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Raithert dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Raithert finds it's way through Morbid's defenses.
Raithert just misses with a punch to the body.
Raithert connects with a body shot.
Raithert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morbid.
Warren Raithert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morbid avoids the body shot from Raithert.
Morbid moves in looking to clinch but Raithert pushes him off.
Raithert loads up on a big right hand but Morbid slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Raithert throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raithert throws a looping overhand right but Morbid ducks down to avoid it.
Morbid takes one on the button.
No joy there for Raithert, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morbid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raithert.
Raithert throws the left hand but Morbid avoids the punch easily.
Raithert throws a series of punches but Morbid avoids them all with ease.
Morbid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raithert swats away the attempt to clinch by Morbid.
Raithert fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morbid is looking to clinch but Raithert is avoiding it.
Morbid is looking to clinch but Raithert is avoiding it.
Raithert misses with a straight left.
Morbid ducks under a wild hook from Raithert.
Raithert throws a jab but it's blocked by Morbid.
Raithert looks to score with a jab to the body but Morbid is just out of range.
Morbid wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morbid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Raithert misses the jab.
Morbid turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Raithert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raithert looks to land a right hand but Morbid moved out of range.
Raithert swats away the attempt to clinch by Morbid.
Morbid tries to clinch but Raithert is having none of it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Raithert darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morbid slips under a jab.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Raithert circles away.
Morbid showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raithert.
A combination from Raithert does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raithert keeps the fight on the outside.
Raithert throws the left hand but Morbid avoids the punch easily.
Morbid defending well as Raithert loads up on a big left hand.

Morbid forces Raithert back against the cage and clinches.
Morbid displaying some good clinch control by pressing Raithert up against the cage.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but Raithert blocks it.
Raithert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morbid slowing the pace effectively.

Raithert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raithert throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morbid.
Morbid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raithert throws out the jab.
Morbid fails in his attempt to clinch.

Morbid clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Raithert tries to break free but Morbid pushes him back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morbid trying to control the position but instead, Raithert has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morbid into the cage.
Raithert wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morbid is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morbid misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A frustrated look appears on Raithert's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raithert is looking to break free of the clinch but Morbid has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Raithert showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Morbid.
Morbid tries to clinch up but Raithert circles away and keeps his distance.
Raithert throws a hook but Morbid blocks it.
Raithert tries to bum rush Morbid with a series of wild strikes but Morbid uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Raithert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morbid.
Raithert thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Raithert misses the target.
Raithert throws a shot from downtown. Morbid moves away and avoids it.
Raithert thows a leg kick but Morbid checks it
and Morbid counters with a thumping low kick.
Raithert checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Raithert circles away.
Raithert throws a hook to the side of Morbid's head but Morbid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raithert takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morbid takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raithert misses with a hook.
Morbid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raithert.
Raithert misses with an uppercut. Morbid saw that one coming.
Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch but Raithert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morbid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raithert throws out the jab.
Raithert throws a shot from downtown. Morbid moves away and avoids it.
Morbid moves in looking to clinch but Raithert pushes him off.
Morbid takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morbid slips a straight right by Raithert.
Raithert misses with a hook.
Morbid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raithert. That did some damage!
Warren Raithert seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raithert takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Raithert circles away.
Morbid fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two 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.
Morbid pushes Raithert away with a front kick.

Morbid rushes Raithert and presses him up against the cage.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raithert blocks it with crossed arms.
Morbid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raithert in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morbid trying to land knees to the body.
Morbid has Raithert pressed against the cage, preventing Raithert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morbid prevents Raithert from breaking the clinch.
Raithert wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morbid has Raithert pressed against the cage, preventing Raithert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morbid leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morbid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raithert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raithert wants to get back to striking at distance but Morbid won't allow it.
Raithert working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Raithert.
Morbid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raithert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morbid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raithert.
Morbid looking to throw knees to the head but Raithert is blocking nicely.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Raithert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raithert misses the jab.
Morbid tries to clinch but Raithert is having none of it.
Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch but Raithert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morbid slips a jab from Raithert.
A slow jab from Raithert misses its intended target.
Morbid throws a body kick that misses.
Warren Raithert is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Raithert changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Raithert moves out of range of the body kick.
Morbid moves out of range of the strikes.
Morbid misses with a body kick.
Raithert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morbid moves away.

Morbid instigates a clinch.
Morbid misses with a knee to the head.
Raithert managing to block the knees to the body from Morbid.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Raithert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morbid.
Doc Morbid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morbid misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Morbid showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Raithert 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warren Raithert!