PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Stanhope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Morra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanhope comes to the cage accompanied by David Usher - Black Black Heart. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stanhope
vs
Morra

189 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Doug Stanhope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eddie Morra!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stanhope fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morra, pushing him back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stanhope lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morra backwards.
Morra throws a punch but it's blocked by Stanhope.
Morra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stanhope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Morra as the two fighters clinch.
Stanhope misses with some punches.
Morra takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morra 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.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morra has a couple of punches blocked by Stanhope.
Stanhope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stanhope blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stanhope.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morra blocks an uppercut.
Morra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stanhope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morra takes a shot to the head.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Morra.
Stanhope is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Morra.
Morra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morra is looking to break free of the clinch but Stanhope has double underhooks.
Morra misses with the head strike.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morra scores with a shot to the side of Stanhope's head.
Morra has a couple of punches blocked by Stanhope.
Morra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morra presses Stanhope against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morra misses with a punch on the inside.
Morra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stanhope throws a punch but it's blocked by Morra.
Stanhope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stanhope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stanhope working aggressively here.
Morra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morra misses with some punches.
Morra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morra has a couple of punches blocked by Stanhope.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morra misses with the head strike.
Morra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stanhope is keeping busy.
Morra can't find room to land a body shot as Stanhope controls the action.
Morra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morra is trying to break free.
Morra tries a body shot but Stanhope blocks it.
Morra working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanhope.
Nice body punch from Morra - that landed with a thud.
Stanhope throws a head punch that misses.
Stanhope prevents Morra from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morra.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stanhope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morra working aggressively here.
Morra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope throws a head punch that misses.
Morra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morra lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanhope backwards.
Morra working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morra throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Stanhope scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Stanhope fails to land.
Morra misses with a punch on the inside.
Stanhope throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morras head.
Morra lands with a left to the head.
Stanhope lands a nice uppercut.
Stanhope misses with the head strike.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stanhope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stanhope swings wildly with an uppercut but Morra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stanhope misses with the head strike.
Morra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
Morra working aggressively here.
Morra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stanhope misses with the head strike.
Morra lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanhope misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morra is trying to push Stanhope away but Stanhope has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morra pushes Stanhope back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stanhope misses with some punches.
Morra lands a body punch.
Morra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stanhope throws a punch but it's blocked by Morra.
A shot in the inside from Morra.
Morra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morra tries to throw a body punch but Stanhope avoids it by throwing Morra back against the cage.
Stanhope blocks an uppercut.
Stanhope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morra.
Stanhope throws a punch but it's blocked by Morra.
Morra lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stanhope backwards.
Morra is trying to force a seperation but Stanhope has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eddie Morra will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Morra works the jab nicely.

Morra moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morra.
Stanhope lands a hook that snaps the head of Morra backwards.
Stanhope has Morra pressed against the cage, preventing Morra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morra.
Morra tries to circle away but Stanhope has him pinned against the cage.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Morra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morra blocking some punches.
Morra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stanhope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stanhope is keeping busy.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
Eddie Morra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope lands a shoulder strike.
Stanhope misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morra can't find room to land a body shot as Stanhope controls the action.
Stanhope lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stanhope has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morra lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Stanhope.
Morra scores with a shoulder strike.
Morra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
Morra is trying to break the clinch but Stanhope is controlling him.
Morra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stanhope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stanhope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stanhope has him pressed against the cage.
Morra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stanhope swings wildly with an uppercut but Morra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanhope's elbow.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morra blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morra.
Morra misses with a punch to the body.
Stanhope blocks an uppercut.
Morra struggles to land a body shot inside as Stanhope controls his hands.
Morra throws a head punch that misses.
Morra misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Morra fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanhope misses with the head strike.
Morra can't find room to land a body shot as Stanhope controls the action.
Morra is trying to break the clinch but Stanhope is controlling him.
Morra throws a head punch that misses.
Morra can't find room to land a body shot as Stanhope controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Stanhope fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stanhope.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morra.
Morra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
Morra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanhope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morra's efforts to push away.
Morra struggles to land a body shot inside as Stanhope controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morra is trying to push Stanhope away but Stanhope has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stanhope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanhope's elbow.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope scores with a shot to the side of Morra's head.
Stanhope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morra misses with a punch to the body.
Stanhope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morra blocking some punches.
Morra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morra struggles to land a body shot inside as Stanhope controls his hands.
Morra is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanhope throws a punch but it's blocked by Morra.
Stanhope has a couple of punches blocked by Morra.
Morra swings wildly with an uppercut but Stanhope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stanhope misses with a punch on the inside.
Stanhope has a couple of punches blocked by Morra.
Stanhope misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Morra as the two fighters clinch.

Morra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morra scores with a sloppy right hand. Stanhope should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Morra - just one landing.

It looks like Doug Stanhope has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morra lands with a shot to the body.
Morra smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stanhope walks into a jab.

Stanhope is rocked!
Stanhope is holding his hands too far apart here. Morra throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Stanhope is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eddie Morra!