PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hercules Rockefeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rockefeller comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mars, the Bringer of War kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morozov
vs
Rockefeller

190 cm
29
290 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

225 cm
22
301 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hercules Rockefeller!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockefeller misses with a head kick.
Rockefeller lands a right hook to the body.
Morozov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morozov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Morozov misses the target.
Morozov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Rockefeller instigates a clinch.
Morozov is trying to pull guard but Rockefeller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morozov is trying to pull guard but Rockefeller has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rockefeller scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Rockefeller fails to land.
Morozov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rockefeller walks away with a smile on his face. Morozov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Morozov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morozov gets tackled into the cage by Rockefeller. Rockefeller maintains the clinch.
Rockefeller lands a shot to the body.
Morozov is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rockefeller scores with a shoulder strike.
Rockefeller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rockefeller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morozov tries to pull guard but Rockefeller won't allow it.
Morozov is trying to pull guard but Rockefeller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Morozov manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockefeller is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Hercules Rockefeller wasn't active enough on the ground.
A big right from Morozov misses.
Rockefeller throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Morozov coming out on top.

It looks like Hercules Rockefeller has been cut.
Rockefeller wants to clinch up but Morozov keeps it at a distance.
Rockefeller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rockefeller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking cross lands there for Rockefeller.

It looks like Pavel Morozov has been cut.
Rockefeller blocks a head kick by Morozov.
Nice shot by Rockefeller.
Morozov misses with an uppercut.
Rockefeller throws a series of punches but Morozov avoids them all with ease.
Rockefeller misses with a straight right.
Rockefeller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rockefeller is looking to land body kicks.
Rockefeller misses with a looping left.
Morozov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rockefeller misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Morozov. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morozov moves away.
Rockefeller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rockefeller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rockefeller misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Morozov.
Morozov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morozov throws a hook to the side of Rockefeller's head but Rockefeller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morozov throws a body kick that misses.
Morozov throws a series of punches but Rockefeller avoids them all with ease.
Morozov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rockefeller misses with a lunging right hand
and Morozov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morozov misses with a head kick.
Morozov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morozov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rockefeller missing with a left hand there. Morozov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morozov misses with a kick to the body.
Rockefeller misses with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rockefeller.
Rockefeller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morozov.
Morozov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Morozov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rockefeller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rockefeller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morozov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Rockefeller misses.
Morozov swings widly with a right hand
and Rockefeller counters with a leg kick.
Rockefeller wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rockefeller takes a swing at Morozov's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hercules Rockefeller dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rockefeller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morozov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That kick from Rockefeller tenderised Morozov's leg. Morozov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rockefeller lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rockefeller.
Morozov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rockefeller connects with a nice looking jab.

Morozov is rocked!
Morozov gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hercules Rockefeller!
During a confident post fight interview, Hercules Rockefeller thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.