PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nando Vasquez (ranked 1501 p4p, 1192 weight class) and Richard Morrison (ranked 167 p4p, 137 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vasquez
vs
Morrison

179 cm
40
155
33 - 23 - 1

175 cm
28
145
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nando Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Vasquez!
Vasquez throws a solid leg kick but Morrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vasquez.

Vasquez forces Morrison back against the cage and clinches.
Morrison takes a shot to the head.
Morrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vasquez backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Vasquez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
Vasquez working aggressively here.
Morrison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vasquez.
Vasquez blocks a body shot from Morrison.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vasquezs head.
Vasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morrison.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vasquez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morrison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Vasquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vasquez gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Nando Vasquez has been cut.
Vasquez throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morrison! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Vasquez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Vasquez's shoulder, as Vasquez tries to avoid the shot.
Vasquez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vasquez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morrison lands a jab to Vasquez's midsection.
Vasquez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vasquez throws a leg kick which misses Morrison's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrison tries to avoid it.
Vasquez throws a body shot but no joy.
Vasquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vasquez scores with a spinning back kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison works over Vasquez's head and body with a nice combination.

Vasquez is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richard Morrison!
Richard Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.