PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Jurevicious (ranked 879 p4p, 130 weight class) and Jose Morales (ranked 2210 p4p, 299 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jurevicious
vs
Morales

198 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Velocity Fightwear

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darius Jurevicious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Morales!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales connects with a body shot that sends Jurevicious's belly button to the back.
Morales digs a good body shot into Jurevicious's ribs.
Morales darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Darius Jurevicious has been cut.

Morales waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Jurevicious. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Jurevicious to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jurevicious keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.

Morales drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jurevicious manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morales has Jurevicious in his guard.

Jurevicious throws a big elbow that misses.
Morales really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jurevicious. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jurevicious distracts Morales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jurevicious lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morales is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jurevicious working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morales's head.
We've been hearing that Jurevicious has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurevicious lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jurevicious trying to control but Morales is working from the bottom.

Morales is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jurevicious working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morales's head.

Morales has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jurevicious can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jurevicious preventing the sweep.

Morales looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morales has momentary wrist control but Jurevicious slips an elbow through the middle.
Jurevicious lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious scoring with some ground and pound.
Jurevicious postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
Jurevicious is working Morales over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jurevicious distracts Morales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Morales is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morales keeping full guard, as Jurevicious tries to pass.
Jurevicious postures up and lands a big shot to Morales's brow.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
Jurevicious keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morales's head.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jurevicious working some strikes from top position.

Morales escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jurevicious gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jurevicious's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious working some strikes from top position.
Jurevicious scoring with some ground and pound.
Jurevicious has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jurevicious is in close to Morales's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jurevicious lands a couple of digs.
Morales has momentary wrist control but Jurevicious slips an elbow through the middle.

Morales is looking for a triangle but Jurevicious pushes his legs off easily.
Jurevicious trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Morales looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jurevicious passes into half guard.
Jurevicious landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales is looking for a sweep. Jurevicious is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morales trying to control from the bottom.
Jurevicious looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morales with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jurevicious lands strikes from half guard.
Jurevicious landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morales is looking to control Jurevicious's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morales avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Jurevicious there.
Jurevicious looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jurevicious is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morales sees it coming and defends easily.
Morales taking some punishment here, with Jurevicious in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Jurevicious dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Jurevicious's cut.
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.

Jurevicious changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Morales looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jurevicious wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morales keeps working.

Jurevicious is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morales knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morales tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jurevicious presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jurevicious landing strikes from the mount and Morales is in trouble!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales is working to get back to half guard.

Jurevicious looking to secure an arm triangle but Morales defends it well.
Jurevicious lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is trying to escape the mount.
Jurevicious scoring with strikes but Morales is staying in there.
Jurevicious putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Morales takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jurevicious scoring with strikes but Morales is staying in there.

Morales is rocked!
Jurevicious prevents Morales from getting the reversal.
Morales is in a horrible position here. Jurevicious smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morales is still in real trouble! Can Jurevicious finish him?
Morales takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Jurevicious connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jurevicious looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jurevicious lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jurevicious postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Morales out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Jurevicious goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Darius Jurevicious!
An out of breath Darius Jurevicious thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.