PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timo Bader (ranked 1996 p4p, 1106 weight class) and Hector Morales (ranked 238 p4p, 159 weight class). Hector Morales looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Bader
vs
Morales

178 cm
30
160
19 - 20 - 0

177 cm
30
163
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Voodoo Nutrition

Brooklyn Apothecary
PWNAGE™

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 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Morales!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Morales takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've been hearing reports that Bader has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bader cracks Morales with a good jab.
Bader lands a right hook to the body.
Bader misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.

Morales fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bader, pushing him back against the cage.
Morales lands with a light punch inside.
Bader wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bader lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bader breaks from the clinch.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bader pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morales tries to clinch there but Bader circles away.
Bader misses with an uppercut. Morales saw that one coming.
Bader wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.
Bader scoring well with a low kick there.

Morales takes the fight into the clinch.
Morales lands a nice shot to the body.
Bader is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bader looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Bader cracks Morales with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Morales clinches.
Morales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot in the inside from Morales.
Morales manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bader tries to circle away but Morales has him pinned against the cage.
Bader comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bader is trying to break the clinch but Morales is controlling him.

Bader's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bader gets tackled into the cage by Morales. Morales maintains the clinch.
Bader is trying to force a seperation but Morales has the dominant position.
Bader has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bader tries to circle away but Morales has him pinned against the cage.
Bader being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Bader.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bader is keeping busy.

Bader's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bader moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Hector Morales has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales tries to clinch up.
Bader connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morales's hands.

Morales is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morales tries to clinch but Bader moves out of range.
Morales is still on wobbly legs! Can Bader finish him?
Bader sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Morales's defenses. It connects perfectly with Morales's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Timo Bader!
Timo Bader thanked the fans post fight for their support.