PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alive. Peter Lord has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morrison
vs
Lord

180 cm
33
180 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

185 cm
28
180 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Lord!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord misses with a kick to the body.
Morrison stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lord.
A low kick from Morrison misses
and Lord counters with an inside leg kick.
Morrison scores with a kick to the midsection.

Morrison takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Morrison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison blocking some punches.
Morrison working hard to break the clinch.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lord misses with a body punch.
Lord with a knee to the head.
Lord with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Our sources have told us that Morrison has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Morrison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrison tries to break free but Lord pushes him back against the ropes.
Lord looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrison.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Lord won't allow it.
Good body shot from Lord.
Morrison trying to control the position but instead, Lord has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morrison into the ropes.
Lord tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
Lord is trying to stall.
Lord looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
Morrison working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lord uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Morrison throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lord, pushing him back against the ropes.
Lord misses with the head strike.
Morrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord misses the shot to the body.
Morrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lord checks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Lord moves out of range.
Morrison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lord checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Morrison dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morrison clinches with his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lord lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Morrison.
Lord trying to control the position but instead, Morrison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lord into the ropes.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Lord.
Lord lands a body shot.
Lord lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lord working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Lord just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrison's brow.
Lord prevents Morrison from breaking the clinch.
Morrison tries to circle away but Lord has him pinned against the ropes.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord misses with a head kick.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison throws a lazy right hand but Lord sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Morrison pushes Lord up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lord lands with a short shot to the head.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Lord controls his hands.
Lord using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lord lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrison.
Lord lands a knee to the body.
Lord lands a shot to the body.
Lord misses with a punch on the inside.
Morrison avoiding damage as Lord throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison wants to break free but Lord has control.
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!
Lord slows down the pace here.
Morrison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peter Lord seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lord is trying to stall.
Lord swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lord connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrison's face.

It looks like Tommy Morrison has been cut.
Morrison lands a shoulder strike.
Lord misses with some punches.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Lord.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike from Lord.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Lord avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Lord showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Morrison's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lord swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Morrison counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lord.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrison.

It looks like Peter Lord has been cut.
Lord holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Lord with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morrison lands with a right to the head.
Lord is looking to control Morrison's arms but Morrison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lord has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Lord throws an elbow but misses.
Lord tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison looking to throw knees to the head but Lord is blocking nicely.
Morrison has Lord pressed against the ropes.
Lord is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morrison is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Lord is controlling him.
Morrison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lord scores with a shot to the side of Morrison's head.
Lord looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lord lands a hook that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
Morrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lord is keeping busy.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lord misses with an elbow strike.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lord misses the body punch
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lord on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morrison. Morrison obviously looking to wear him down.
Morrison throws a push kick but Lord slaps the foot to one side.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lord with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morrison to score with a decent uppercut.

Lord is rocked!
Morrison lands a leg kick that knocks Lord off balance momentarily.
Lord is still on wobbly legs! Can Morrison finish him?
Morrison fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Morrison darts in and clinches Lord up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrison is working Lord over against the ropes.
Lord seems to have recovered his senses.
Morrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lord keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrison's efforts to push away.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Morrison clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Lord has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrison finds it's way round the side to connect with Lord's head.
Morrison motions for Lord to come forward. Morrison throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lord lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morrison's sensitive parts.
Tommy Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
Morrison scores with a jab to the body.
Lord on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lord lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lord throws a big shot that misses.

Morrison gets a clinch.
Morrison blocks an uppercut.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Lord won't allow it.
Lord lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morrison is looking to control Lord's arms but Lord gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morrison has his back to the ropes.
Lord lands an elbow inside that Morrison shrugs off.
Morrison lands a right hand.
Lord landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lord trying to stall but Morrison improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord taking a breather.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike.
Lord takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Morrison.
Lord is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morrison is keeping busy.
Lord connects with a knee to the head.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lord slips a jab from Morrison.

Morrison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Morrison breaks the clinch.
Lord checks a low kick from Morrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Morrison had his way with Peter Lord in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Morrison is looking to slow Lord down with leg kicks.
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lord misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lord uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Lord displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Lord tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrison.
Morrison avoids a kick to the body.

Morrison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Lord.
A short uppercut from Morrison.
Morrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lord tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lord has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
Still in the clinch, Morrison scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lord trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lord is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Lord.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lord.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peter Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrison lands with a right to the head.
Lord gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Morrison breaks the clinch.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Lord walks into a big right hand from Morrison and goes down! The referee sends Morrison to a neutral corner as Lord gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrison throws a body kick that misses
and Lord cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tommy Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lord throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:45
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:45
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Morrison!
In his post fight interview, Tommy Morrison started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.