PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Thoressen (ranked 1914 p4p, 2101 weight class) and Erran Morad (ranked 256 p4p, 278 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Thoressen
vs
Morad

178 cm
31
167
15 - 12 - 0

178 cm
33
157
15 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Thoressen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thoressen misses with a wild body shot.
Morad misses the body punch
and Thoressen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've been told by Thoressen's head coaches at Desert Fitness & Training (14 Elite Coaches) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thoressen tries a head kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morad, as that shot connected.
Thoressen throws the left hand but Morad avoids the punch easily.
Thoressen misses with a combination
and Morad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thoressen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thoressen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thoressen looks to land a left hand but Morad moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Morad misses.
Thoressen throws a big shot that misses.
Morad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thoressen.
Morad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morad throws a poor cross that misses
and Thoressen counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thoressen throws a series of punches but Morad moves out of range.
Morad blocks a head kick by Thoressen.
Thoressen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen throws an overhand right that lands on Morad's shoulder, as Morad tries to avoid the shot.
Morad lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Morad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morad.
Thoressen blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Thoressen misses the target.
Morad lands with a hook. Thoressen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morad feints and then cracks Thoressen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thoressen down.
Thoressen blocks a head kick by Morad.
Morad throws a jab when Thoressen was well out of range.

Thoressen has managed to clinch.
Morad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thoressen swings wildly with an uppercut but Morad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morad scores with a shoulder strike.
Morad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morad just leaning against Thoressen, taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Morad's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen is leaning against Morad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thoressen can't find room to land a body shot as Morad controls the action.
Thoressen lands a nice uppercut.
Morad has had enough of the clinch but Thoressen keeps him there for the moment.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
Thoressen has a couple of punches blocked by Morad.
Morad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but Morad blocks with his arms.

Morad pulls guard.
Thoressen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Morad trying to control the position here.
Thoressen controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Thoressen slips under a jab from Morad.
Magnus Thoressen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morad scores with a jab to the head.
Morad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thoressen leaves Morad with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thoressen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morad might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morad moves out of range as Thoressen strikes.
It seemed like Morad was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donk. Morad catches Thoressen right on the button with a cross.
Morad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thoressen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thoressen.
Donk. Thoressen catches Morad right on the button with a cross.
Morad misses with a looping left.
Morad looks to land a right hand but Thoressen moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Erran Morad will probably get the nod.
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.

Thoressen looks to throw the jab but Morad is out of range.
Thoressen misses with a wild combination.
Thoressen looks to score with a jab to the body but Morad is just out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Thoressen lands a nice hook to Morad's body. Morad takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morad throws a hook but Thoressen blocks it.
Thoressen is looking for a counter combo.
Morad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morad walks into a jab.
Morad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thoressen throws out the jab.
Thoressen moves out of range of the strikes.
Thoressen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thoressen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thoressen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morad manages to avoid it.
Thoressen blocks a jab.
Thoressen cracks Morad with an open hand slap.
Thoressen throws a looping overhand right but Morad ducks down to avoid it.
Morad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen slips under a jab from Morad.
Morad throws a lazy uppercut
and Thoressen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morad cracks Thoressen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Donk. Morad catches Thoressen right on the button with a cross.
Thoressen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morad throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Erran Morad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thoressen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morad misses with a low kick as Thoressen jumps back.
It looked like Thoressen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morad takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Morad avoids the body shot from Thoressen.
Thoressen moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thoressen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morad manages to avoid it.
Thoressen moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMorad.
Morad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thoressen.
Thoressen stuns Morad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morad misses with a straight left.
Morad misses with a straight right.
Morad chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Morad misses with a looping left.
Morad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thoressen.
Some wild striking there from Thoressen.
A clash of legs there as Morad blocks the low kick.
Thoressen checks a leg kick.
Morad lands a really nice looking cross but Thoressen seems unphased.
Morad lands a head kick. Thoressen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Thoressen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morad moves away.
Thoressen throws a right hand that Morad ducks under and follows up with a left that Morad also avoids with ease.
Morad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thoressen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morad.
Morad throws a leg kick which misses Thoressen's front leg but catches the back leg as Thoressen tries to avoid it.
Thoressen takes a swing at Morad's ribcage but misses.
Morad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad avoids the head kick by Thoressen.
Thoressen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thoressen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thoressen moves out of range as Morad strikes.
Morad feints and then cracks Thoressen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thoressen down.
A telegraphed right hand from Morad misses the target.
Thoressen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morad on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thoressen throws a body punch but Morad moves out of range.
Morad lands with a shot to the body.
Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Thoressen ducks right into an uppercut from Morad.
Thoressen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morad misses with a combination
and Thoressen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Morad misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Thoressen.
Thoressen throws a right hand that Morad ducks under and follows up with a left that Morad also avoids with ease.
Thoressen lands a slapping body shot.
Morad throws a sloppy head kick and Thoressen moves out of range easily.
Thoressen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Thoressen walks into a stiff left hand from Morad.
Thoressen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morad.
Thoressen scores with a nice strike.
Thoressen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thoressen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morad.
Thoressen lands a nice hook to Morad's body. Morad takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morad throws a right hand that misses
and Thoressen counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Morad misses.
Morad connects with the punch.
The crowd cheers as Thoressen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morad doesn't seem phased though.

Morad shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Thoressen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Thoressen manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Magnus Thoressen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Thoressen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thoressen throws a good cross that connects.
Thoressen defending well as Morad loads up on a big left hand.
Morad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thoressen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thoressen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morad throws a leg kick
enabling Thoressen to counter with a crisp jab.
Thoressen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morad misses with a looping right.
Thoressen misses with a looping left.
Thoressen misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thoressen.
Morad throws a big counter head kick but Thoressen avoids it with no problem.
Thoressen slips under a jab from Morad.
Thoressen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Morad tests Thoressen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thoressen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen throws a looping overhand right but Morad ducks down to avoid it.
Morad misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thoressen misses with a hook
and Morad counters with a straight right hand.
Morad misses with a head kick.
Thoressen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thoressen misses with an uppercut.
Thoressen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morad wants to slow Thoressen down by chopping away at his legs.
It looked like Thoressen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Morad.
Thoressen throws a head kick that misses.
Morad is looking to clinch but Thoressen is avoiding it.
Morad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thoressen.
Thoressen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morad manages to avoid it.
Thoressen lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morad tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morad connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thoressen ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Thoressen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Thoressen clinches up against the cage.
Morad is trying to break the clinch but Thoressen has him pressed against the cage.
Thoressen blocks an elbow strike.
Thoressen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Morad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morad 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 Thoressen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thoressen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morad misses with a looping left.
Thoressen throws the left hand but Morad avoids the punch easily.
Morad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morad looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thoressen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morad throws a head kick but Thoressen moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Thoressen blocks the leg kick.
Thoressen is looking to counter punch.
Thoressen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morad throws a head kick but Thoressen moves out of range.
Morad slips under a jab.
Thoressen slips a jab from Morad.
Morad throws an off balance right hand
and Thoressen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thoressen throws a head kick that misses.
Thoressen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morad misses with an uppercut. Thoressen saw that one coming.
Morad ducks under a wild hook from Thoressen.
Thoressen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A cross from Thoressen lands.
Morad bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thoressen's head backwards.
Thoressen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morad lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen lands with a slapping head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thoressen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morad scores with a nice head shot.
Morad looks to score with a jab to the body but Thoressen is just out of range.
Morad misses with a straight right.
Thoressen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big right from Morad misses.
Morad lands the left hand.
Thoressen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morad looks to land a combination. Thoressen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morad throws a jab when Thoressen was well out of range.
Thoressen lands with an uppercut that bounces Morad off the cage and back into range.
Thoressen throws the left hand but Morad avoids the punch easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morad 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 Thoressen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thoressen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick misses from Thoressen.
Morad misses with the body kick
and Thoressen counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Erran Morad.
I think Morad has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Erran Morad!
A less than humble Erran Morad misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.