PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sabry Teboulbi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko has chosen The Sound Of Thunder as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Esko Morko enters the cage!

Teboulbi
vs
Morko

180 cm
22
213 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sabry Teboulbi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko is looking to slow Teboulbi down with leg kicks.
Morko moves out of range as Teboulbi strikes.
A slow jab from Teboulbi misses its intended target.
Morko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Teboulbi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Teboulbi misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Morko misses.
Teboulbi swings for the body but Morko moves out of range.
Teboulbi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by Teboulbi.
Morko lands a jab to the nose.
Teboulbi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teboulbi. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sabry Teboulbi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teboulbi misses with a jab, cross combination.

Morko moves into the clinch successfully.
Teboulbi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morko has Teboulbi pressed against the cage, preventing Teboulbi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Teboulbi fails to land.
Morko blocks an uppercut.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sabry Teboulbi has been cut.
Morko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morko lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teboulbi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teboulbi swings wildly with an uppercut but Morko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Teboulbis head.
Teboulbi is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Morko working Teboulbi over with knees to the body.
Teboulbi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Teboulbi looking to throw knees to the head but Morko is blocking nicely.
Morko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Morko.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Teboulbi is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Morko.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Teboulbi's ribcage.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Morko on the inside.
Morko has Teboulbi pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Morko's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Morko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Teboulbi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Morko - that landed with a thud.
Stalling in the clinch from Morko.
Morko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
Morko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko with a knee to the head.
Morko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morko is struggling to control the position.
Teboulbi is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morko obliges.
A bit of stalling here from Morko.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Teboulbi's efforts to push away.
Teboulbi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teboulbi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morko.
A shot in the inside from Morko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morko.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko lands a nice shot to the body.
Teboulbi letting Morko take a breather here.
Morko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Teboulbi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Come on Morko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Teboulbi's face.
Morko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
Morko lands with a short shot to the head.
Morko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Teboulbi up against the cage.
Teboulbi scores with a shoulder strike.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teboulbi blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Teboulbi misses with the head strike.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Teboulbi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Teboulbi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Teboulbi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko missing with knees to the body.
Morko landing knees to the head.

Teboulbi manages to break the clinch.
Morko thumps Teboulbi with a low kick.
Morko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Teboulbi scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko throws a leg kick but Teboulbi checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morko.
A punch combination from Teboulbi misses.
Morko connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morko.
Morko moves in looking to clinch but Teboulbi pushes him off.
Morko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morko tests Teboulbi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morko defending well as Teboulbi loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teboulbi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morko blocks a jab.
Morko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morko thumps Teboulbi with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sabry Teboulbi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morko lands a head kick. Teboulbi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Teboulbi looks to score with a jab to the body but Morko is just out of range.
Teboulbi moves out of range of the strikes.
Sabry Teboulbi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Teboulbi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morko counters with a low kick, right behind Teboulbi 's knee.
Morko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morko is looking to clinch but Teboulbi is avoiding it.
Teboulbi misses with a body punch
and Morko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Teboulbi walks into a left hand.
Teboulbi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Morko rushes Teboulbi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Teboulbi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Teboulbi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Teboulbi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morko lands a body shot.
Teboulbi is working Morko over against the cage.
Teboulbi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Teboulbi misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teboulbi has a couple of punches blocked by Morko.
Morko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Teboulbi is keeping busy.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Teboulbi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teboulbi throws a head punch that misses.
Morko is leaning against Teboulbi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Morko.
Morko works on Teboulbi's body with a couple of short punches.
Morko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short left from Morko.
Morko lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Teboulbi won't want to take too many of those.
Stalling in the clinch from Morko.
Morko trying to control the position but instead, Teboulbi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morko into the cage.
Morko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teboulbi or not.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morko lands a hook that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
Teboulbi looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hand to the body from Morko.
Morko leaning against his opponent.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Teboulbi's face.

Sabry Teboulbi's cut is getting worse.
Morko works on Teboulbi's body with a couple of short punches.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.
Teboulbi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teboulbi blocks it with crossed arms.
Teboulbi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Teboulbi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Teboulbi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko landing knees to the body.
Morko landing knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morko keeps control of Teboulbi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morko.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morko.
Morko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee calls for Morko to work.
Nice body punch from Morko.
Morko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morko looking to stall.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Teboulbi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teboulbi or not.
Morko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morko obliges.
A body shot lands from Morko.
Morko lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees to the body from Morko.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morko lands with a light punch inside.
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Teboulbi won't want to take too many of those.
Morko lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a nice knee to the body.
Morko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morko stalling.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Esko Morko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Teboulbi trying to land knees to the body.
Morko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Teboulbi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Teboulbis head.
Teboulbi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teboulbi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morko avoids it.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
Morko digs a right hand into Teboulbi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Teboulbi's gas tank.
Teboulbi is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Teboulbi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Morko.
Morko looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Teboulbi fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morko.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Teboulbi struggles to land a body shot inside as Morko controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teboulbi wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Teboulbi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morko landing knees to the body.
Teboulbi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right handed body shot lands from Morko.
Morko looking to stall.
Teboulbi misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Morko.
Morko working Teboulbi over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Morko - that landed with a thud.
Teboulbi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko digs a right hand into Teboulbi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Teboulbi's gas tank.
Good body shot from Morko.
Morko is trying to maintain a safe position but Teboulbi gets an underhook and turns Morko into the cage.
Teboulbi tries to circle away but Morko has him pinned against the cage.
Morko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Teboulbi fails to land.
Morko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sabry Teboulbi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morko has closed the distance and engaged Teboulbi in a clinch.
Teboulbi tries to work over Morko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Teboulbi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morko.
A left hand lands to the body for Morko.
A body shot lands from Morko.
Morko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morko stalls.
Morko lands a hook that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
Morko lands with a left to the head.
Morko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
Teboulbi looking to throw knees to the head but Morko is blocking nicely.
Morko scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Morko - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Morko looking to stall.
Morko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Teboulbi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Morko.
Teboulbi is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Teboulbi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morko lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Morko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Morko.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Morko is leaning against Teboulbi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko is working Teboulbi over against the cage.
Teboulbi misses with a punch on the inside.
Morko is stalling here.
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Teboulbi won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Morko - that landed with a thud.

Teboulbi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morko lands with a cross.
Morko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Teboulbi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Teboulbi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morko counters with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Morko.
Morko throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sabry Teboulbi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morko.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Teboulbi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko prevents Teboulbi from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Morko.
Morko scores with a shot to the side of Teboulbi's head.
Morko is pushing Teboulbi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice elbow from Morko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko blocking some punches.
Teboulbi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Teboulbi is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Morko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teboulbi pushes Morko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Teboulbi wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Morko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teboulbi backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short left from Morko.
Teboulbi is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Teboulbi lands a left hand.
Teboulbi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Teboulbi lands a nice uppercut.
Morko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morko scores with a shoulder strike.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Teboulbi misses with the head strike.
Morko stalling.
Morko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Teboulbi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morko lands a nice knee to the body.
Morko pushes Teboulbi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morko prevents Teboulbi from breaking the clinch.
Morko lands with a left to the head.
Morko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morko presses Teboulbi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morko lands with a short shot to the head.
Morko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morko lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teboulbi managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Teboulbi.
Teboulbi lands a right hand.
Morko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morko throws a head punch that misses.
Morko is trying to maintain a safe position but Teboulbi gets an underhook and turns Morko into the cage.
Teboulbi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Teboulbi is defending well for now.
Teboulbi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Teboulbi lands with a short shot to the head.
Teboulbi is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.

Teboulbi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morko throws a hook but Teboulbi avoids it easily.
Morko ducks under a wild hook from Teboulbi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morko ducks under a wild hook from Teboulbi.
Morko scoring well with a low kick there.
Teboulbi misses with a hook to the body
and Morko counters with an outside leg kick.
Morko throws out a powerful jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Esko Morko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 25:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Morko!