PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miyake Morimasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morimasa
vs
Sullivan

194 cm
21
220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
248 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyake Morimasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wayde Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morimasa stuns Sullivan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wayde Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morimasa misses with a series of wild punches.
Morimasa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sullivan misses with a combination
and Morimasa counters with a good, hard body kick but Sullivan shrugs it off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Morimasa gets a clinch.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Sullivan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morimasa backwards.
Sullivan avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa avoiding damage as Sullivan throws knees to the body.
Morimasa controlling the action here for a moment.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.

It looks like Wayde Sullivan has been cut.
Sullivan avoiding damage.
Morimasa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sullivan swings wildly with an uppercut but Morimasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa avoiding damage as Sullivan throws knees to the body.
Sullivan looks gassed!
Morimasa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sullivan throws an elbow that misses.
Morimasa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sullivan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Sullivan is trying to break free.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Sullivan misses with a knee strike.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Morimasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morimasa.
Sullivan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sullivan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morimasa's defenses.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Sullivan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimasa is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sullivan's brow.
Sullivan tries to stall but Morimasa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morimasa avoiding damage.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Sullivan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Morimasa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Sullivan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimasa is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Morimasa.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Wayde Sullivan's cut even more.
Sullivan trying to land knees to the body.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
Sullivan trying to stall but Morimasa improves his position.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Morimasa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morimasa for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa throws an elbow that misses.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Sullivan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sullivan throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morimasa stalling against the cage.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Morimasa avoiding damage as Sullivan throws knees to the body.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.

The cut above Wayde Sullivan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sullivan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morimasa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sullivan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimasa's brow.
Sullivan dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan has a couple of punches blocked by Morimasa.
Morimasa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morimasa throws an elbow that misses.
Morimasa lands an elbow that stopped Sullivan in his tracks for a moment.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
Morimasa slowing the pace effectively.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morimasa avoids a wild elbow strike from Sullivan.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sullivan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morimasa backwards.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimasa looking to slow down the pace here.
Morimasa blocks an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Sullivan.
Sullivan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Sullivan stalls.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Morimasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.

Wayde Sullivan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Morimasa is trying to stall.
Morimasa slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Sullivan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miyake Morimasa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wayde Sullivan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morimasa moves out of range of the body kick from Sullivan.
Sullivan closes the distance but Morimasa moves to the side
and Morimasa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sullivan.
Morimasa moves out of range of the body kick from Sullivan.
Sullivan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sullivan.

It looks like Miyake Morimasa has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morimasa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sullivan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morimasa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sullivan counters with a leg kick.
Morimasa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sullivan wants to clinch.
Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morimasa.
Morimasa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morimasa moves out of range of the body kick from Sullivan.
A big right from Morimasa misses.
Sullivan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa looks to clinch
and Sullivan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morimasa thinking.
Sullivan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morimasa is able to avoid easily.
Wayde Sullivan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morimasa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sullivan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sullivan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morimasa tries to land a front kick but Sullivan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sullivan tries to clinch there but Morimasa circles away.
Miyake Morimasa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Morimasa clinches.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
Sullivan avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan lands an elbow just above Morimasa 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Sullivan blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morimasa.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike.
Morimasa avoids the elbow strike from Sullivan, against the cage.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Sullivan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morimasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Sullivan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Sullivan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morimasa dodges an elbow strike from Sullivan.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Sullivan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morimasa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morimasa managing to block the knees to the body from Sullivan.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Sullivan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morimasa backwards.
Morimasa controlling the action here for a moment.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Sullivan throws a punch but it's blocked by Morimasa.
Sullivan dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike.
Sullivan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sullivan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimasa's brow.
Nice elbow from Sullivan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sullivan.
Sullivan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimasa avoids it.
Sullivan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sullivan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sullivan.
Sullivan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sullivan taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Sullivan as the two fighters clinch.
Sullivan presses Morimasa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sullivan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sullivan breaks the clinch.
Morimasa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sullivan is out of range and Morimasa settles back down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sullivan.
Sullivan catches Morimasa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sullivan swinging wildly here.
Sullivan scores with a spinning back kick!

Sullivan gets a clinch.
Sullivan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sullivan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sullivan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimasa blocks it with crossed arms.

Sullivan manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sullivan.
Morimasa motions for Sullivan to come forward. Morimasa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sullivan tries to clinch up.

Sullivan moves into the clinch.
Morimasa is looking to control Sullivan's arms but Sullivan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morimasa has his back to the cage.
Sullivan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimasa is blocking nicely.
Morimasa tries to stall but Sullivan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sullivan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sullivan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimasa's brow.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sullivan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimasa avoids it.
Sullivan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sullivan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimasa.
Sullivan working aggressively here.
Morimasa managing to block the knees to the body from Sullivan.
Morimasa stalling in the clinch.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morimasa blocks an elbow strike.
Morimasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Sullivan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morimasa blocks an elbow strike.
Morimasa is looking to control Sullivan's arms but Sullivan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morimasa has his back to the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sullivan's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Sullivan.
Sullivan avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa taking a breather.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayde Sullivan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sullivan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sullivan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morimasa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sullivan misses with a wild body shot.
Sullivan misses with a shot to the body

and Morimasa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sullivan trying to land knees to the body.
Sullivan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimasa is blocking nicely.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Come on Morimasa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Morimasa avoiding damage as Sullivan throws knees to the body.
Morimasa avoids a wild elbow strike from Sullivan.
Sullivan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sullivan has had enough of the clinch but Morimasa keeps him there for the moment.
Morimasa throws an elbow that misses.
Sullivan misses with a knee to the head.
Sullivan presses Morimasa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Morimasa is trying to maintain a safe position but Sullivan gets an underhook and turns Morimasa into the cage.
Morimasa avoiding damage as Sullivan throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Sullivan throws an elbow that misses.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morimasa has Sullivan pressed against the cage.
Morimasa taking a breather.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Sullivan throws a head punch that misses.
Sullivan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morimasa avoids a wild elbow strike from Sullivan.
Morimasa throws an elbow that misses.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morimasa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sullivan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimasa is defending well for now.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morimasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Sullivan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morimasa effectively controlling the action here.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sullivan's brow.
Sullivan swings wildly with an uppercut but Morimasa uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Morimasa.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Sullivan working aggressively here.
Sullivan throws a punch but it's blocked by Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow that stopped Sullivan in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morimasa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sullivan looking for a takedown.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Wayde Sullivan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Miyake Morimasa!