PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Niko Franjik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Morbolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charlie Morbolev is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Franjik
vs
Morbolev

185 cm
25
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Niko Franjik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charlie Morbolev!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franjik cracks the inside of Morbolev's front leg.
Franjik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morbolev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morbolev has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Franjik lands a right hook to the body.
Morbolev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Franjik.
Franjik connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morbolev misses with a double jab.
Franjik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franjik lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morbolev at a distance.
Franjik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franjik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morbolev's sensitive parts.
Morbolev connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Franjik, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Morbolev.
Franjik tries to clinch but Morbolev moves away
and Morbolev counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morbolev scores with a sloppy right hand. Franjik should have avoided that one.
Franjik checks a leg kick.
It looked like Franjik was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Morbolev.
Franjik scores with a leg kick.
Morbolev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franjik looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Franjik tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morbolev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morbolev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A low kick from Franjik is predictable there
letting Morbolev counter with a right hand.

Franjik is rocked!
Morbolev cracks Franjik with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charlie Morbolev!
Charlie Morbolev really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Alpha Nutrition HIGHEST QUALITY ON THE ISLAND logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.