PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Elric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elric is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Wayne - Rolling In The Deep (Sorry 4 The Wait). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morrow
vs
Elric

180 cm
25
277 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Elric!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Elric.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Elric paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrow on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Elric clinches.
Nice elbow from Elric.

Elric escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Elric.
Elric scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morrow is breathing heavily.
Morrow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Elric is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Elric there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice jab there from Elric.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Elric closes the distance and clinches.
Elric misses with an elbow strike.
Elric lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Elric leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elric lands an elbow just above Morrow 's eye.
Elric prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morrow blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Elric gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Elric misses with a knee to the head.
Elric lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Elric misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
Elric trying to land knees to the body.

Elric breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Elric tries to bum rush Morrow with a series of wild strikes but Morrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Elric smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Edward Elric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elric closes the distance but Morrow moves to the side

and Morrow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morrow.
Morrow blocks a body shot from Elric.
Elric lands an elbow inside that Morrow shrugs off.

It looks like Ricky Morrow has been cut.
Morrow dodges an elbow strike from Elric.
Elric lands an elbow inside that Morrow shrugs off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Elric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Elric using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Elric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Morrow's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Morrow shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Elric sprawls well. Elric wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morrow gets slowly back to his feet.
Elric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!

Elric lands a big uppercut and Morrow crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Morrow looks OK. Elric waves Morrow back to his feet!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrow on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric connects with a body shot that sends Morrow's belly button to the back.
Edward Elric seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Elric lands a big right hand that sends Morrow crashing to the mat! Elric stays standing though and waves Morrow back to his feet!

Morrow is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elric fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Morrow square on the jaw! Damn, Morrow is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edward Elric!
Edward Elric thanked the fans post fight for their support.