PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Morushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon Couture has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Morushima
vs
Couture

199 cm
25
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenji Morushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon Couture!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morushima lands with a nice body punch.
Couture fails with the takedown.

Couture shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morushima napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Couture is chipping away with strikes.
Couture working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Couture working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morushima struggling a bit here.
Couture tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Morushima dodges the ground and pound from Couture.
Couture looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
You can see the frustration on Morushima's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Check out the look on Couture's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Morushima is trying to improve his position.
Couture scores with punches from side control.
Morushima manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Morushima tries to stand and escape but Couture is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture punching from the bottom.
Couture is looking to improve his position.
Couture regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morushima won't allow Couture to sweep him here.
Couture thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Couture wants to sweep here but Morushima controlling him for the moment.
Morushima wants to get up but he can't break Couture's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Couture looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morushima is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Morushima wants to get up but he can't break Couture's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Morushima won't allow Couture to sweep him here.
Couture is still trying to improve position.
Morushima wants to get up but he can't break Couture's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Morushima knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Couture on the ground.
Morushima won't allow Couture to sweep him here.
Morushima has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Couture tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Couture throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Couture tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morushima trying to stand up but can't free himself from Couture's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture wants to sweep here but Morushima controlling him for the moment.
Couture manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Couture landing punches.
Couture cracks Morushima with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Couture lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morushima is in a horrible position here. Couture smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morushima is looking to get to half guard.
Couture is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Couture postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Morushima is out cold - huge knockout for Couture!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leon Couture!
A very excited looking Leon Couture made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.