PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Slash Shredder (ranked 984 p4p, 1288 weight class) and Richard Morrison (ranked 108 p4p, 145 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Shredder
vs
Morrison

178 cm
25
152
12 - 10 - 2

175 cm
29
145
17 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Slash Shredder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shredder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shredder with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Shredder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shredder throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Shredder misses with a left hand
and Morrison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morrison misses with a hook. Shredder ducked under it nicely.
Morrison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shredder 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.
Shredder lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shredder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shredder jabs Morrison to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shredder cracks a nice hook into Morrison's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morrison there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morrison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shredder misses with a looping left.
Morrison throws a lazy right hand but Shredder sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shredder connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morrison's hands.
A big left from Shredder misses.
The fighters circling - Shredder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shredder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Shredder.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morrison will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Morrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shredder ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shredder misses with a looping right.
Morrison throws out a counter right but Shredder avoids it with no problem.
Shredder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shredder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Shredder.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Morrison is looking for the big counter here.
Shredder digs a good body shot into Morrison's ribs.
Shredder connects with the punch.
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shredder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Shredder.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shredder dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
Nice jab there from Shredder.
Morrison walks into a straight right hand from Shredder.
Shredder connects with a body shot.
Shredder throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
Shredder misses with a looping right.
Shredder missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shredder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Slash Shredder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Shredder punishes Morrison's body with a nice straight punch.
Shredder misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Slash Shredder has been cut.
Morrison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shredder looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shredder scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shredder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Morrison takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shredder throws out the jab.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shredder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Shredder was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shredder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shredder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shredder slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shredder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shredder moves away.
Shredder throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Shredder missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Shredder misses.
Morrison looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Shredder jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shredder works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shredder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison throws a body punch but Shredder moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Shredder on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shredder throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
Morrison slips a jab from Shredder.
Morrison feints a counter leg kick.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shredder throws out the jab.
A cross from Shredder lands.
Shredder throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Shredder throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shredder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shredder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Shredder.
Shredder slips under a jab from Morrison.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slash Shredder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Slash Shredder's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shredder misses the shot to the body.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Slash Shredder is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Shredder slips the punch.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shredder.
Shredder connects with a crisp jab.
Shredder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morrison can do to turn this around?
Shredder lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Morrison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shredder steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morrison. That one must have hurt.
Shredder connects with a body shot that sends Morrison's belly button to the back.
Morrison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shredder walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Shredder moved out of range.
Shredder swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrison.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Morrison might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Shredder has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shredder moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shredder.
Shredder fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morrison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A swing and a miss from Shredder.
Shredder misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
A big right from Shredder misses.
Shredder throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Shredder getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shredder on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shredder looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison misses with a low kick.
Shredder is looking to counter punch.
Shredder throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shredder misses with a wild body shot.
Shredder misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morrison darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shredder misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Shredder checks a low kick from Morrison.
Morrison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shredder's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shredder takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shredder blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and Shredder moves out of range easily.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison feints a counter leg kick.
Richard Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shredder scores with a hook.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Shredder connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Shredder moved out of range nicely.
Shredder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Shredder dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
Shredder scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Shredder.
Shredder misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Morrison moves out of range as Shredder strikes.
Shredder connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morrison momentarily.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Shredder.
Shredder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Shredder.
A jab lands there for Shredder.
Morrison defending well as Shredder loads up on a big left hand.
Shredder throws a body shot but no joy.
Shredder looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morrison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shredder looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrison is just out of range.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Morrison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shredder.
Shredder was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Shredder lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Shredder lands with a good body shot.
Shredder digs a good body shot into Morrison's ribs.
Shredder misses the shot to the body.
Morrison throws a fast counter high kick but Shredder manages to duck under it in time.
Shredder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Shredder avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Shredder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison throws a fast counter high kick but Shredder manages to duck under it in time.
Nice jab there from Shredder.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slash Shredder dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Slash Shredder's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Shredder loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Shredder defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Shredder throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shredder connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morrison momentarily.
Shredder dips to his left and cracks Morrison with an uppercut!
Shredder misses with a looping right.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shredder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Shredder swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shredder misses with a body shot.
Shredder lands a nice shot to the body.
Morrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shredder throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shredder throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shredder digs a good hook to Morrison's body.
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrison swings for the body but Shredder moves out of range.
Morrison drops his hands momentarily and Shredder takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body punch from Shredder.
Morrison looks to land a combination but Shredder avoids it well.
Shredder looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrison is just out of range.
Shredder rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrison counters with a three punch combo that has Shredder backing up. Shredder nods at Morrison to acknowledge the strikes.
Shredder lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison is trying to counter with his kicks.
Shredder connects with a body shot.
Shredder misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Slash Shredder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Shredder's shoulder, as Shredder tries to avoid the shot.
Shredder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Shredder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Morrison lands.
Shredder shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison throws a leg kick but Shredder sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shredder was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shredder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shredder misses with a looping right.
Shredder missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shredder 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.
Shredder cracks Morrison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shredder misses with a right hand
and Morrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Shredder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shredder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Shredder.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shredder.
Shredder throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Shredder throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shredder. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Shredder throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison tries a quick counter leg kick but Shredder is wise to it.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrison has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shredder misses with a looping right.
Shredder staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrison.
Shredder loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison lands a nice shot that snaps Shredder's head back.
Shredder throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shredder moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMorrison.
Shredder connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Shredder.
Morrison steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Shredder bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morrison's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shredder throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice shot by Shredder.
Shredder throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Shredder.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shredder.
Shredder throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Shredder misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shredder.
Morrison appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shredder.
Shredder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from 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 Slash Shredder.
Well Shredder has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slash Shredder!