PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Morozevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Kenobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Morozevich
vs
Kenobi

180 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

183 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Morozevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Kenobi!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kenobi with that takedown attempt.
Kenobi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morozevich but Morozevich pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morozevich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Kenobi shoots in and bounces Morozevich off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kenobi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kenobi wants to pass the guard but Morozevich is keeping the position.
Morozevich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kenobi manages to get himself to full guard.
Morozevich advances position into side control!
Morozevich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Morozevich moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Kenobi struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozevich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kenobi keeps working.
Kenobi is looking to reverse the position.
Kenobi is trying to escape the position but Morozevich is controlling the position.
Morozevich lands an elbow.
Morozevich scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kenobi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kenobi looks gassed!
Morozevich content to control rather than advance.
Kenobi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morozevich.
Morozevich scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich is controlling the pace.
Morozevich wants to free his trapped foot but Kenobi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morozevich seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kenobi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morozevich is working away from the top position though.
Kenobi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morozevich lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morozevich trying to control the action but Kenobi is working from the bottom.
Morozevich is nestled in close to Kenobi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morozevich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morozevich working Kenobi over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi taking some punishment here, with Morozevich in his half guard.
Morozevich is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Morozevich prevents Kenobi from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Morozevich.
Morozevich trying to control but Kenobi is having none of it.
Morozevich controlling his opponent.
Morozevich unloading with bombs!
Morozevich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kenobi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morozevich scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morozevich landing punches.
Morozevich sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morozevich raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich cracks Kenobi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morozevich looking to finish Kenobi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kenobi!
Kenobi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Morozevich.
Morozevich landing punches.
Morozevich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morozevich looking to control but Kenobi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morozevich tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morozevich landing strikes from the mount.
Morozevich trying to control but Kenobi is having none of it.
Morozevich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morozevich lands with a nice body punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenobi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kenobi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morozevich swats away the attempt to clinch by Kenobi.
Morozevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alexander Morozevich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Morozevich does no damage.
Kenobi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morozevich's waist but Morozevich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kenobi off to one side.
Morozevich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morozevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Morozevich looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kenobi is breathing heavily.
Morozevich is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morozevich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozevich sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Morozevich wants to control from the top but Kenobi keeps moving.
Morozevich seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Morozevich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morozevich makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morozevich trying to control but Kenobi is working from the bottom.
Morozevich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kenobi keeping moving, preventing Morozevich from controlling successfully.
Morozevich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kenobi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Morozevich darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alexander Morozevich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich lands with a punch from half guard.
Kenobi wants to improve his position but Morozevich is controlling well.
Morozevich takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morozevich is trying to control the action in half guard but Kenobi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morozevich winds up and cracks Kenobi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morozevich is keen to just control but Kenobi is a slippery customer.
Kenobi is in trouble now - Morozevich has advanced to mount!

Kenobi tries to improve his position but Morozevich has taken his back! Morozevich has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Kenobi tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Morozevich pushes Kenobi away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alexander Morozevich!