PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Almedin Hafizovic (ranked 24527 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Morissette (ranked 5152 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hafizovic
vs
Morissette

177 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

179 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Almedin Hafizovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lincoln Morissette!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hafizovic is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morissette.

It looks like Almedin Hafizovic has been cut.
Morissette throws a nice looking combination but Hafizovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morissette throws a nice looking combination but Hafizovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hafizovic cracks Morissette with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morissette falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Hafizovic counter with a right hand.
Morissette throws a series of punches but Hafizovic avoids them all with ease.
Hafizovic has a takedown stuffed.
Morissette throws a right and a left that Hafizovic avoids nicely.
Hafizovic tries to counter with a takedown but Morissette is quick to defend against it.
Hafizovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morissette throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morissette misses with a few strikes there.
Morissette moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hafizovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morissette throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hafizovic.
Hafizovic is looking for a counter combo.
A left and a right from Morissette both land. Nice combination.
Morissette looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morissette misses with a two punch combination.
Morissette falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hafizovic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Morissette really felt that one!

Hafizovic rushes Morissette and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hafizovic pulls guard effortlessly.
Morissette won't allow Hafizovic to sweep him here.
Hafizovic is working hard here to advance position.

Morissette gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morissette misses with the combination.
Morissette avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hafizovic scores with a push kick.
Morissette looks to land a combination but Hafizovic avoids it well.
Morissette throws a series of punches but Hafizovic moves out of range.
Hafizovic avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hafizovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morissette.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hafizovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morissette throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lincoln Morissette seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hafizovic - that will leave a mark!
Morissette will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Morissette gets caught napping as Hafizovic dives in and scores a takedown. Morissette manages to retain guard.

Morissette scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Morissette throws a right hand that Hafizovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Hafizovic also avoids with ease.
Hafizovic avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morissette lands a jab-cross combination.
Morissette swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hafizovic counters with a right hand to the body.
Hafizovic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morissette circles away.
Morissette misses with a wild combination.
Hafizovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morissette misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hafizovic dodges the punch combination from Morissette.
Hafizovic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Almedin Hafizovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morissette misses with a few strikes there.
Hafizovic lands a front kick.
Morissette swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Morissette. Those never looked like landing.
Hafizovic throws a big counter combination but Morissette scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hafizovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hafizovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morissette scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hafizovic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morissette sprawls well. Morissette wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hafizovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Morissette moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morissette lands a two punch combo.
Morissette fails to land with a series of punches.
Hafizovic thinks about countering with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Morissette dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Almedin Hafizovic'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.

Morissette throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hafizovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morissette fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morissette misses with a few strikes there.
Hafizovic is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Morissette. Those never looked like landing.
Morissette fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lincoln Morissette seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morissette throws a series of punches but Hafizovic avoids them all with ease.
Hafizovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Morissette tries to sprawl out of it but Hafizovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morissette manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morissette misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morissette working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hafizovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morissette throws a nice looking combination but Hafizovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morissette misses with the combination.
No joy there for Morissette, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hafizovic tries to clinch but Morissette is having none of it.
Hafizovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morissette defends it nicely.
Morissette misses with a few strikes there.
Morissette swinging wildly here.
Morissette throws a series of punches but Hafizovic avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Morissette misses.
Hafizovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hafizovic moves in looking to clinch but Morissette pushes him off.
Morissette misses with a double jab
and Hafizovic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Morissette really felt that one!

Hafizovic clinches up against the cage.
Hafizovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morissette backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hafizovic has Morissette pressed against the cage, preventing Morissette from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morissette looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morissette can't break the clinch.

Hafizovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hafizovic throws a leg kick but Morissette sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morissette misses with a two punch combination.
Morissette throws a right hand that Hafizovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Hafizovic also avoids with ease.
Morissette rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hafizovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almedin Hafizovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hafizovic dives in and grabs Morissette's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morissette pushes down on Hafizovic's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Almedin Hafizovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morissette throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hafizovic.
Some wild striking there from Morissette.

Morissette tries to keep at a distance but Hafizovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morissette wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hafizovic fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Morissette pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morissette misses with a double jab
and Hafizovic counters with a nice body kick.
Morissette has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morissette swinging wildly here.
Hafizovic throws a counter high kick but Morissette was just alert enough to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morissette misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lincoln Morissette is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hafizovic throws a nice head kick!
Hafizovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morissette has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hafizovic.
A combination from Morissette does no damage.
Hafizovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morissette defends it nicely.
Morissette moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morissette avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morissette lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A combination from Morissette does no damage.
Morissette slaps away a takedown attempt from Hafizovic, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Morissette showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Almedin Hafizovic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hafizovic dodges the punch combination from Morissette.
No luck for Hafizovic with that takedown attempt.
Morissette swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hafizovic counters by moving into the clinch.
Morissette has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hafizovic manages to break the clinch.
Morissette throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hafizovic counters with a left to the body.
Hafizovic dodges the punch combination from Morissette.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morissette throws a right and a left that Hafizovic avoids nicely.
Morissette moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morissette misses with a double jab.
Hafizovic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morissette but Morissette pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hafizovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morissette.
As Morissette looks to move away, Hafizovic throws a big counter combo but Morissette just gets out of the way.
Morissette misses with a double jab

and Hafizovic counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hafizovic jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morissette walks away with a smile on his face. Hafizovic gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Almedin Hafizovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morissette throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morissette throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hafizovic has a takedown stuffed.
Morissette misses with a series of wild punches.
Morissette misses with a wild combination.
Hafizovic dives in for a single leg takedown but Morissette sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hafizovic fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morissette misses with a double jab
and Hafizovic counters with a series of strikes. Morissette will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sloppy strikes from Morissette. Those never looked like landing.
Morissette throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hafizovic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hafizovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Hafizovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morissette.
Morissette throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hafizovic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morissette looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morissette rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hafizovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hafizovic fails with the takedown.
Morissette displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Morissette. Those never looked like landing.
Hafizovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Morissette tries to sprawl out of it but Hafizovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morissette manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morissette misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Morissette misses.
Hafizovic drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morissette sprawls and moves away.
Morissette keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morissette throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hafizovic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morissette misses with a two punch combination.
Morissette misses with a two punch combination.
Morissette stuffs the takedown attempt from Hafizovic. Hafizovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Morissette throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morissette swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hafizovic counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hafizovic fails to pull guard.
Morissette looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hafizovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morissette misses with a wild combination.
Morissette throws a series of punches but Hafizovic moves out of range.
Hafizovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Almedin Hafizovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lincoln Morissette is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morissette throws a right hand that Hafizovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Hafizovic also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Morissette comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morissette winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lincoln Morissette!