PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Efrain Morales (ranked 4902 p4p, 4211 weight class) and Tsaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 219 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Morales
vs
Khan

159 cm
23
139
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
130
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Efrain Morales!
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, Tsaka Khan!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan rushes Morales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morales goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice sprawl there from Khan as Morales shoots in.
Morales fails with a takedown attempt.

Khan has closed the distance and engaged Morales in a clinch.
Morales is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Efrain Morales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Morales controls the action.
Morales wants a takedown.
Morales has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
Khan prevents Morales from breaking the clinch.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales can't get the takedown.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Morales blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Morales is blocking nicely.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Khan keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan scores with a knee to the head.
Morales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Morales gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morales as he jumps to the side.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Khan closes the distance and pushes Morales back into the cage.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan misses with a knee to the head.

Morales decides to pull guard.

Khan stands up and waves to Morales to follow him.
Morales fails with the takedown.
Morales shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Morales is breathing heavily.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Morales drops back down to his feet.
Morales has Khan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morales blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Khan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morales is defended easily by Khan.

Khan forces Morales back against the cage and clinches.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Morales fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morales shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khan as he jumps to the side.

Khan clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Morales is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morales.
Khan throws a big counter head kick but Morales avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan stuffs the takedown attempt from Morales. Morales gets slowly back to his feet.
Khan only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morales, pushing him back against the cage.

Khan breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Morales won't want to take too many of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tsaka Khan dominated that round.
That's time! Morales's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Khan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Khan clinches up with Morales and pushes him back against the cage.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khan breaks the clinch.

Khan clinches.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morales tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.

Morales gets tackled into the cage by Khan. Khan maintains the clinch.
Morales is trying to pull guard but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Morales has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Morales avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Morales trying to land knees to the body.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan lands a head kick. Morales smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Efrain Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Morales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khan has him pressed against the cage.

Khan breaks from the clinch.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khan rushes Morales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morales jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Morales gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morales throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tsaka Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan rushes Morales and presses him up against the cage.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsaka Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Morales is blocking nicely.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Khan.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Khan sprawls well. Khan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morales gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Efrain Morales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales looks for a takedown but Khan sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Morales forces Khan back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Morales is blocking nicely.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morales has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morales stalls.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Morales shrugs off.
Morales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khan avoids it really well and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khan. Morales shrugs it off though.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Morales controls the action.
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tsaka Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morales.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tsaka Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Morales's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morales fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan fails to land the takedown.
Morales 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Khan swivels and escapes.
Morales throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Morales backing away here, and Khan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Khan clinches with his opponent.
Morales avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Efrain Morales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morales.
Khan raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Khan forces Morales back against the cage and clinches.
Khan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morales tries to pull guard but Khan won't allow it.
Morales is working for takedown but Khan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morales's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan with a knee to the head.
Khan prevents the takedown attempt.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khan landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Morales gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Khan clinches.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morales shoots in looking for a takedown. Khan tries to sprawl out of it but Morales keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries for a takedown but Morales sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morales tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morales defends it nicely.
As Khan tries to get set, Morales tries to push him back and clinch up but Khan manages to avoid the attempt.
Morales lunges at Khan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khan's hand.
Khan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morales tries to avoid it but Khan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morales to the ground. Morales escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Khan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMorales.
Khan wants to clinch up but Morales keeps it at a distance.
Morales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Morales if he has to take too many more of those.
Khan tries to clinch up but Morales circles away and keeps his distance.
Morales throws a big counter combination but Khan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Morales misses with a takedown attempt - Khan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morales, pushing him back against the cage.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Morales's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Morales pushes him off.

Khan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Efrain Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsaka Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tsaka Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khan 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsaka Khan!