PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Asikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Asikainen
vs
Morris

192 cm
16
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 9 - 1

Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Dragon

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Asikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erik Morris!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morris rushes Asikainen and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Morris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asikainen blocks an elbow strike from Morris.
Asikainen throws an elbow that misses.
Asikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Morris won't allow it.
Asikainen has Morris pressed against the ropes, preventing Morris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Asikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Asikainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morris tries to break the clinch but Asikainen is controlling the position.
Asikainen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asikainen is trying to break free.
Asikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Asikainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Morris has double underhooks.
Asikainen has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.
Asikainen can't break the clinch.
Asikainen can't break the clinch.
Asikainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asikainen.
A frustrated look appears on Morris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asikainen tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Asikainen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Asikainen is trying to break the clinch but Morris is controlling him.
Asikainen throws an elbow that misses.
Asikainen scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Erik Morris has been cut.
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!
Morris digs a right hand underneath Asikainen's ribcage. Asikainen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Asikainen looking to stall.
Asikainen has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen taking a breather.
Asikainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Asikainen can't break the clinch.
Asikainen pushes off an throws an elbow but Morris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Morris lands a body punch.
Asikainen struggles to land a body shot inside as Morris controls his hands.
Morris keeps control of Asikainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Asikainen cracks Morris with a nice body shot.
Morris looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen trying to control the position but instead, Morris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Asikainen into the ropes.
Asikainen is trying to break the clinch but Morris is controlling him.
Morris blocks an elbow strike from Asikainen.
Asikainen tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Asikainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morris wants to break free but Asikainen has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Morris blocks an elbow strike from Asikainen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Asikainen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Morris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morris dodges the punch combination from Asikainen.

Morris clinches up against the ropes.
Asikainen can't break the clinch.
Asikainen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Asikainen lands a knee to the head.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morris has Asikainen pressed against the ropes, preventing Asikainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Asikainen is trying to break free.
Tommy Asikainen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Asikainen misses with a punch on the inside.
Asikainen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asikainen is trying to break free.
Asikainen tries to stall but Morris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morris swings wildly with an uppercut but Asikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Asikainen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morris is keeping busy.
Asikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Asikainen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morris is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
Asikainen tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris prevents Asikainen from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Asikainen has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.
Asikainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morris prevents Asikainen from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Asikainen working hard to break the clinch.
Asikainen takes a shot to the head.
Asikainen trying to control the position but instead, Morris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Asikainen into the ropes.
Asikainen'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.
Asikainen lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asikainen wants to stall.
Asikainen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morris's elbow.
Asikainen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tommy Asikainen.

Asikainen gets tackled into the ropes by Morris. Morris maintains the clinch.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Asikainen controls his hands.
Morris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Asikainen is trying to break the clinch but Morris has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Asikainen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Erik Morris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Asikainen is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
Tommy Asikainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morris drives through and clinches with Asikainen against the ropes.
Asikainen working hard to break the clinch.
Asikainen tries to circle away but Morris has him pinned against the ropes.
Asikainen working Morris over with knees to the body.
Morris should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Asikainen tries to circle away but Morris has him pinned against the ropes.
Asikainen smacks Morris right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Morris goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Tommy Asikainen!