PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and New Dalton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erik Morris looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Morris
vs
Dalton

195 cm
27
265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

196 cm
30
232 lbs
6 - 16 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erik Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, New Dalton!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris throws a solid leg kick but Dalton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morris.
Dalton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morris circles away quickly and effectively.
Morris tries to clinch up.
Dalton misses with a wild combination.
Dalton scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dalton doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Morris as he connects with a hook.

It looks like New Dalton has been cut.
Morris scores with a shot to the body.
Morris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Morris uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dalton has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dalton is looking to clinch.
Morris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dalton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dalton looks winded!
Morris lunges at Dalton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dalton's hand.
Morris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morris throws a front kick aimed at Dalton's knee but Dalton avoids it well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Morris shoots in and bounces Dalton off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Morris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dalton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morris throws a big right hand that misses.
Morris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Morris drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dalton manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morris has Dalton in his guard.
Dalton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morris has control of Dalton's left arm, preventing Dalton from doing any damage.

Morris has his feet on Dalton's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Morris stuns Dalton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Morris throws a shot 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 lands a glancing blow to the side of Dalton's head.

Morris clinches up with Dalton and pushes him back against the cage.
Dalton is trying to break free.

Morris has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dalton uses from the top position.
Morris wants to stand and escape but Dalton is having none of it.
Dalton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Morris is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Morris is looking for a takedown.
Dalton tries to throw a body punch but Morris avoids it by throwing Dalton back against the cage.
Morris jumps guard but Dalton turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dalton just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morris jumps guard but Dalton stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Dalton breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to clinch up.
Morris lands a body shot.
Morris scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That has opened up New Dalton's cut even more.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Morris misses with a hook. Dalton ducked under it nicely.
Morris swings for the body but Dalton moves out of range.
Dalton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morris keeps the fight on the outside.
Morris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dalton tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Morris there.
Morris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dalton on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris tries to clinch there but Dalton circles away.
Dalton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dalton tries to clinch up but Morris circles away and keeps his distance.
Dalton misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands with a straight right. Dalton didn't see that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Dalton.
Morris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dalton doesn't seem bothered though.
Morris throws out a leg kick but Dalton moves out of range and Morris only half commits.
Morris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dalton is able to avoid easily.
Morris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Morris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morris throws a leg kick but Dalton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morris throws a solid leg kick but Dalton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morris.
Dalton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris sizes up Dalton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dalton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Morris has closed the distance and engaged Dalton in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on New Dalton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dalton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dalton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morris connects with a crisp jab.

Dalton is rocked!
Dalton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morris.
Dalton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Erik Morris is winning the standup battle so far.
Morris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dalton as he avoids it easily.
Dalton scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dalton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morris is looking to land body kicks.
Dalton moves to clinch but Morris breaks away
and Morris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dalton doesn't seem bothered though.
Morris jabs at Dalton's body.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dalton can do to turn this around?
Dalton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
New Dalton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris with a nice cross.
Morris moves out of range of the body kick from Dalton.
Morris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morris scores with a nice head shot.
Dalton is still on wobbly legs! Can Morris finish him?
Morris tries to score with a low kick but Dalton moves his leg out of the way.
Dalton seems to have recovered his senses.
Dalton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morris fails with the takedown.
Dalton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morris throws a big shot that misses.
Morris throws a nice looking combination but Dalton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Dalton.
Dalton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morris paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morris swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dalton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dalton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dalton prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Dalton.

Dalton manages to break the clinch.
Morris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morris avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Dalton misses.
Morris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Morris lands with a nice body punch.
Morris cracks Dalton with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Morris moves into the clinch.

Dalton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but Dalton shows good takedown defense.
No joy there for Dalton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dalton misses with the combination.
Morris lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dalton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dalton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dalton.
Dalton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dalton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dalton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Dalton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dalton defending well as Morris loads up on a big left hand.

Morris gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Morris has his feet on Dalton's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dalton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris lands with a shot to the body.
Morris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dalton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Dalton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dalton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morris tests Dalton's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Dalton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dalton's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris is trying to break the clinch but Dalton has him pressed against the cage.

Morris manages to break the clinch.
Dalton throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Morris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on New Dalton's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab lands there for Morris.
Morris connects with a right hand. Dalton shakes it off.
Morris lands with a good body shot.
Morris thows a body shot but no joy.

Dalton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dalton prevents the takedown attempt.

Morris ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Morris no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dalton forces his way into half guard.
Morris tries to get to full guard but Dalton has control of the leg.
Morris trying to control here.
Morris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dalton on the ground.

Dalton stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morris to get to his feet.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Dalton is out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Morris misses.
Morris misses with a series of wild punches.
Dalton is looking to chop away at Morris's legs.
Dalton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morris circles away quickly and effectively.
Dalton blocks a jab.
Dalton doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
Dalton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morris scores with a jab. Dalton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dalton connects with a high kick.
Dalton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morris.
Dalton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morris.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dalton wants to get back to striking at distance but Morris won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalton controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dalton after a bit of a struggle.

Dalton manages to break the clinch.
Morris misses with a body kick.
A combination from Dalton does no damage.
Nice cross by Morris.
Morris lands a nice looking body shot.
Morris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good exchange - Morris coming out on top.
Morris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dalton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morris closes the distance and clinches.
Morris prevents Dalton from breaking the clinch.

Morris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris throws a shot to the body.
Morris throws a head kick that misses.
Morris scores with a jab to the body.
Dalton misses with the combination.
Dalton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
New Dalton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris misses with the combination.
Dalton tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dalton's waist but Dalton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morris off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dalton throws a series of strikes that have Morris backpedaling.
Morris sizes up Dalton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dalton misses the shot to the body.
Morris lands with a good body shot.
Morris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dalton manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Dalton.
A shot to the liver by Morris. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Dalton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Morris moves into the clinch.
Morris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dalton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Dalton breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good work by Dalton as he checks the leg kick.
Morris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Erik Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dalton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morris.
Morris lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morris, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Morris!
Post fight, Erik Morris took to the microphone: 'Cold beer and hot Broads, Come chill at the after party. First round on me. Thank you Bobby B.'.