PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doctor Octopus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Octopus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Morbid Angels OCTOPUSS GRIP. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Doctor Octopus was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Morrison
vs
Octopus

195 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leon Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Doctor Octopus!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Octopus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Octopus avoids a kick to the body.
Octopus wants to clinch.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Octopus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a low kick.
Octopus avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Morrison tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Octopus tries to clinch but Morrison is having none of it.
Octopus wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Octopus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Octopus is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Octopus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison misses with a low kick.
Octopus tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Octopus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Octopus throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison misses with a few strikes there.
Morrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
A leg kick checked by Octopus.
Octopus is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.

Octopus rushes Morrison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch but Octopus keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Octopus obliges.
Octopus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morrison is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Octopus.
Morrison takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Octopus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrison's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Octopus.
Octopus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Octopus.

It looks like Leon Morrison has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Octopus throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Octopus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Octopus tries a knee to the head but Morrison blocks it.
Octopus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Octopus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Octopus misses with an elbow strike.
Morrison is looking to break free of the clinch but Octopus has double underhooks.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Octopus has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Octopus misses with an elbow strike.
Octopus tries to stall but Morrison uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Octopus has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison blocks the elbow strike.
Octopus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Octopus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Octopus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Octopus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Octopus misses with an elbow strike.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Octopus trying to land knees to the body.
Morrison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Octopus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Octopus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Octopus tries to land a knee to the head but Morrison blocks with his arms.
Octopus trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Morrison is trying to push Octopus away but Octopus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Octopus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leon Morrison's cut.
That's time! Morrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Octopus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Octopus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morrison.
Octopus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Octopus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Octopus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Octopus doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Octopus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Octopus looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrison is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Octopus.
Octopus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Octopus moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Octopus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrison tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Octopus is able to avoid easily.
Morrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Octopus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Octopus checks a leg kick.
Octopus wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Octopus tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Octopus wants to clinch.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Octopus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Octopus wants to clinch.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morrison.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morrison throws a leg kick but Octopus checks it.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Octopus checks a leg kick.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Octopus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Octopus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Octopus moves out of range of the leg kick from Morrison.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Morrison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morrison throws a body punch but Octopus moves out of range.
Octopus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Octopus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morrison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Octopus doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Leon Morrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Nice cross by Morrison.
Morrison throws a leg kick but Octopus checks it.
Morrison fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Octopus checks it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Octopus wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Octopus closes the distance and pushes Morrison back into the cage.
Morrison takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Octopus throws an elbow but misses.
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 Leon Morrison will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leon Morrison's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison looks to land a body kick but Octopus moved away.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrison connects with a single shot there.
Doctor Octopus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Octopus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Octopus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Octopus tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.

Morrison tries to keep at a distance but Octopus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Octopus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrison's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Octopus takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Octopus looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Octopus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Octopus keeps control of Morrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morrison working hard to break the clinch.
Morrison is trying to push Octopus away but Octopus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Octopus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morrison is keeping busy.
Octopus throws an elbow but it misses.
Octopus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrison is trying to push Octopus away but Octopus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Octopus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Octopus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrison.
Morrison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morrison tries to break free but Octopus pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Octopus keeps control of Morrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Octopus misses with a knee strike.
Morrison is trying to break free.
Doctor Octopus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Octopus.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Octopus.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Octopus has him pressed against the cage.
Octopus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Octopus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Octopus lands a nice elbow.
Morrison is trying to force a seperation but Octopus has the dominant position.
Morrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from Octopus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't break the clinch.
Octopus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Octopus trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Octopus.
Octopus stalling the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Octopus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrison's brow.
Octopus lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrison won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Octopus taking a breather.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Octopus.
Octopus crunches a lovely knee into Morrison's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Octopus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Octopus 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.
Knees to the body from Octopus.
Octopus misses with an elbow strike.
Octopus misses with an elbow over the top.
Octopus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Octopus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Octopus lands an elbow that stopped Morrison in his tracks for a moment.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Morrison's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Octopus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Octopus lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doctor Octopus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Octopus 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doctor Octopus!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Doctor Octopus made sure he mentioned Untouchable Fight Gear , along with how happy he was to win his fight.