PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Fonseca (ranked 19687 p4p, 4204 weight class) and Ray Morrison (ranked 787 p4p, 555 weight class). Morrison has chosen Leave Me Alone as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fonseca
vs
Morrison

178 cm
32
167
16 - 21 - 3

182 cm
29
170
3 - 5 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 16 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison clobbers Fonseca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fonseca takes one to the chin there.
Nice body kick from Fonseca.
Fonseca misses with a two punch combination.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Fonseca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fonseca.
Morrison does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fonseca is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fonseca walks into a left hand.
Fonseca throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison scores with a leg kick.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Morrison has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.

Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Morrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fonseca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrison has Fonseca up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morrison tries a body shot but Fonseca blocks it.
Morrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Fonseca is looking to break free of the clinch but Morrison has double underhooks.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Fonseca controls the action.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Fonseca avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the ropes.
Fonseca tries to break free but Morrison pushes him back against the ropes.
Morrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Morrison is leaning against Fonseca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Morrison lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Fonseca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morrison tries to work over Fonseca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Fonseca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison sizes up Fonseca with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Fonseca moves away and avoids it.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fonseca misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Fonseca has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
A counter left hand to the body from Fonseca misses its target.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morrison wants to clinch.
Morrison moves out of range of the body kick from Fonseca.
Morrison lands with an uppercut that bounces Fonseca off the ropes and back into range.
Fonseca throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison scores with a shoulder strike.

Fonseca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Fonseca saw that one coming.
A big right from Fonseca misses.
Fonseca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Fonseca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Morrison looks to land a left hand but Fonseca moved out of range nicely.
Morrison lands with a nice combination. Fonseca backs away looking to recover.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fonseca on the side of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fonseca crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morrison - the referee stops the clock and Fonseca gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morrison. Fonseca manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fonseca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fonseca walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
Morrison throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good leg kick by Morrison.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fonseca thinks about countering with a head kick.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Morrison backs away, Fonseca returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Morrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fonseca doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fonseca will feel that in the morning.
Morrison throws a hook but Fonseca blocks it.
Morrison plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fonseca on the side of the head.
Fonseca slips a jab from Morrison.
Fonseca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Morrison throws a body punch but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fonseca thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Fonseca misses with a double jab.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Fonseca throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fonseca throws a chopping leg kick but Morrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fonseca takes one to the chin there.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fonseca in his tracks.
Fonseca scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Fonseca just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Fonseca seems unphased.
Ray Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fonseca shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison gets through Fonseca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Fonseca moves into range and clinches up with Morrison.
Ray Morrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Fonseca controls the action.

Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison lands with a right hand.
Fonseca wants to land a leg kick but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison lands a high kick!
Morrison works Fonseca's body with a nice hook.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fonseca lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Fonseca.
Fonseca slips a jab from Morrison.
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A nice leg kick from Morrison, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fonseca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Fonseca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fonseca misses with a wild body shot.
Fonseca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison looks to throw the jab but Fonseca is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morrison. That's going to slow Fonseca down.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fonseca.
Fonseca walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Fonseca lands a nice looking body shot.
Morrison throws a head kick but Fonseca moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A clash of legs there as Fonseca blocks the low kick.
Fonseca scores with a hook to the body. Morrison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Decent striking displayed by Morrison there.
Fonseca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Morrison fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fonseca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fonseca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morrison checks it well.
Despite the aggression on Morrison's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Morrison throws a hook but Fonseca avoids it easily.
Fonseca tried to counter with a leg kick but Morrison avoided it.
Morrison throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Fonseca.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick.
Fonseca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morrison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Morrison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fonseca throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Morrison releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Morrison.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Fonseca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Fonseca lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fonseca is looking to counter punch.
Morrison takes one to the side of the head.
Morrison tries a low kick but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Fonseca throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fonseca is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Morrison misses the jab.
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Morrison shapes to counter with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that misses.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Ray Morrison just about did enough to take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fonseca keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.
Fonseca looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fonseca tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Fonseca throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fonseca throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison connects with a right hand. Fonseca shakes it off.

Morrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fonseca, pushing him back against the ropes.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morrison.
Morrison throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morrison throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonseca wants to slow Morrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Fonseca cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Morrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fonseca takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fonseca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
Morrison tries to clinch but Fonseca is having none of it.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fonseca moves away.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fonseca.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Fonseca is just out of range.
A big left from Fonseca misses.
A combination from Fonseca does no damage.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
Fonseca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fonseca.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Fonseca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Morrison buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fonseca gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fonseca throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison misses with a hook
letting Fonseca counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison connects with a body shot.
Morrison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison fakes the leg kick and cracks Fonseca in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fonseca scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrison.
Morrison throws a jab when Fonseca was well out of range.
Morrison checks a low kick from Fonseca.
Morrison clobbers Fonseca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fonseca misses with a body shot.
Morrison lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Fonseca.
Fonseca checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fonseca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fonseca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison works Fonseca's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Fonseca.
Morrison looks to land a combination. Fonseca sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fonseca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Juan Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fonseca throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrison counters with a low kick, right behind Fonseca 's knee.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fonsecas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A left and a right from Morrison both land. Nice combination.
Morrison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Morrison with a jab.
Fonseca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fonseca lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Fonseca knows he should have avoided that one.
Fonseca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Fonseca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morrison.
Fonseca just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca misses with a hook.
Fonseca avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Morrison jabs Fonseca right on the nose. Fonseca blinks but takes it well.
Fonseca will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison takes a swing at Fonseca's ribcage but misses.
Fonseca checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fonseca.
Fonseca swats away the attempt to clinch by Morrison.
Morrison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison misses with the combination.
Fonseca throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
Fonseca looks to land a combination but Morrison avoids it well.
Fonseca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
Sloppy strikes from Fonseca. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Fonseca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morrison throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Fonseca's body.
Fonseca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morrison digs a good body shot into Fonseca's ribs.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
Morrison scores with a jab. Fonseca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrison throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ray Morrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morrison tests Fonseca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fonseca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 45:50
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Morrison!
After winning the bout, Ray Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.