PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 22888 p4p, 20203 weight class) and Ray Morrison (ranked 686 p4p, 688 weight class). Kovingten comes to the ring accompanied by Tool - Schism. Morrison has chosen Leave Me Alone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ray Morrison was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kovingten
vs
Morrison

181 cm
31
164
31 - 16 - 2

182 cm
36
170
19 - 15 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Conviction

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Perkele!

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 31 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Kovingten.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovingten moves away.
Kovingten tries to land a front kick but Morrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Morrison scores with a decent looking hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morrison.
Kovingten has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ray Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kovingten checks a leg kick.
Kovingten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kovingten defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison throws a hook but Kovingten avoids it easily.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kovingten misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovingten misses with a head kick.
Kovingten takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A leg kick checked by Morrison.
Kovingten on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kovingten lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Morrison.
We've been informed that Morrison has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Morrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kovingten.
Morrison connects with a high kick.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kovingten.
Kovingten takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kovingten misses with a jab to the body
enabling Morrison to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrison blocks a leg kick.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kovingten appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morrison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kovingten lands a head kick. Morrison smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovingten misses with the body kick
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kovingten.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morrison takes a swing at Kovingten's ribcage but misses.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a body punch but Kovingten moves out of range.
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Kovingten has Morrison up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kovingten digs a right hand into Morrison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morrison's gas tank.
Kovingten misses with the head strike.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
Morrison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovingten misses with some punches.
Morrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kovingten.
Morrison throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Morrison manages to break the clinch.
Morrison is looking to land body kicks.
Kovingten fires out a quick counter leg kick but Morrison just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten throws a low kick, looking for Morrison's leg but Morrison calmly moves out of range.
Kovingten scores with a jab to the head.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kovingten connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morrison instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a hook
and Kovingten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kovingten.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Kovingten misses with a body kick.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Kovingten lands with a kick to the ribs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morrison.
Morrison swings for the body but Kovingten moves out of range.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Kovingten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Kovingten slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morrison pushes Kovingten up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kovingten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Kovingten.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovingten is working Morrison over against the ropes.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
Morrison is trying to break free.
Kovingten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kovingten has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.

Morrison manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a body shot.
Kovingten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kovingten misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with a low kick, right behind Kovingten 's knee.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Kovingten.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Kovingten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrison cracks Kovingten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kovingten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a low kick.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Kovingten ducks down to avoid it.
Ray Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kovingten scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
Kovingten looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kovingten stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kovingten wants to slow Morrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick from Morrison misses
and Kovingten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Morrison blocks the leg kick.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kovingten misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kovingten swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Kovingten slips the punch.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Kovingten was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Both fighters circling a little - Kovingten finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kovingten dominated that second round.
That's time! Kovingten's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kovingten 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovingten. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morrison! But no joy.
Morrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morrison throws a head kick but Kovingten moves out of range.
Morrison scores with a sloppy right hand. Kovingten should have avoided that one.
Kovingten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kovingten avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kovingten keeps Morrison at a distance using the push kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kovingten. That's going to slow Morrison down.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Kovingten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovingten throws a body kick that misses.
Morrison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morrison cracks Kovingten with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Kovingten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kovingten.
An attempted straight right counter from Kovingten misses the target.
A shot to the body from Morrison misses
letting Kovingten counter with a right hand.
Morrison is looking to land body kicks.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kovingten sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kovingten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Kovingten feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kovingten on the side of the head.
Morrison misses with a few strikes there.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Kovingten slips the punch.
Morrison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morrison darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kovingten.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten is looking to score with low kicks.
Kovingten 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.
Kovingten throws a leg kick
and Morrison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kovingten thumps Morrison with a low kick.
Kovingten looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison throws out a counter right but Kovingten avoids it with no problem.
Kovingten defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick from Kovingten lands but Morrison takes it in his stride.
Morrison tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kovingten counters with a straight right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morrison checks a leg kick.
A big left from Kovingten misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Kovingten misses the target.
Kovingten moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison misses with a hook. Kovingten ducked under it nicely.
Kovingten jabs Morrison right on the nose. Morrison blinks but takes it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten with a nice calf kick.
Kovingten lands a nice looking body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morrison.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kyle Kovingten.
I think Kovingten has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ray Morrison!
Ray Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.