PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Corey Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Morbid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by St. Elmo's Fire. Morbid is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Duran Duran - Wild Boys. This should be fireworks!

Johnson
vs
Morbid

170 cm
27
155 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

169 cm
26
149 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 Cardio

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Doc Morbid!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Morbid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Morbid's body.
Morbid tries a head kick but it misses.
Morbid takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson cracks Morbid with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morbid thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Johnson if he has to take too many more of those.
Morbid tries to clinch up.
Crunch! Morbid slams his shin into Johnson's torso.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Corey Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Morbid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morbid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Morbid is looking to clinch.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Morbid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morbid was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Morbid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morbid slips a jab from Johnson.
Doc Morbid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Johnson forces Morbid back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson is stalling here.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is struggling to control the position.
Morbid tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morbid leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Morbid tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morbid trying to land knees to the body.
Morbid is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morbid has his back to the cage.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson just leaning against Morbid, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson stalling.
Morbid is stalling here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Corey Johnson.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Morbid avoids it well.
Morbid finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.

Morbid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morbid is keeping busy.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Morbid stalls.
Morbid tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Morbid content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morbid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morbid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Corey Johnson has been cut.
Johnson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morbid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morbid misses with a knee strike.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morbid misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morbid takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Morbid misses with a knee to the head.
Morbid content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morbid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Come on Morbid - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Morbid gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.
Johnson is leaning against Morbid and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morbid slowing the pace effectively.
Morbid is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morbid down to the mat. Morbid avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Corey Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Corey Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morbid throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morbid thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Johnson if he has to take too many more of those.
Morbid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson checks a low kick from Morbid.
Johnson throws a body punch but Morbid moves out of range.
Johnson throws a body punch but Morbid moves out of range.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morbid takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson scores with a jab. Morbid acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Morbid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morbid is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morbid is keeping busy.
Morbid is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morbid has his back to the cage.
Johnson just leaning against Morbid, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morbid taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morbid prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson just leaning against Morbid, taking a breather.
Johnson trying to stall but Morbid improves his position.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Morbid controls the action.
Morbid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Morbid working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Morbid.
Morbid trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Morbid.
Morbid misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morbid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morbid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morbid.
Johnson avoiding damage.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morbid or not.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morbid takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morbid up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Morbid.
Morbid being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Corey Johnson.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morbid in his tracks.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morbid.

Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Morbid tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson swings for the body but Morbid moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Morbid defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morbid.
Johnson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morbid.
Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson connects with a jab.
Johnson lunges at Morbid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morbid's hand.
Morbid throws a head kick that misses.
Morbid throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Morbid tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morbid lands a nice looking body kick.

Morbid clinches with his opponent.
Morbid leaning against his opponent.
Morbid tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morbid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Morbid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morbid being controlled against the cage.
Morbid lands a knee to the body.
Morbid stalling in the clinch.
Corey Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morbid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson has Morbid pressed against the cage.
Morbid trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morbid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson digs a right hand into Morbid's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morbid's gas tank.
Johnson wants to stall.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morbid is trying to stall.
Morbid being controlled against the cage.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Morbid tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Morbid avoiding damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morbid trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Morbid letting Johnson take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Corey Johnson.
Johnson scores with a hook.

Morbid gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morbid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

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.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Morbid's head.
Morbid is trying to stall.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson avoiding damage as Morbid throws knees to the body.
Morbid trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson avoiding damage.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Doc Morbid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morbid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson avoiding damage as Morbid throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Morbid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Johnson!