PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morales comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Delinquent Habits- Tres Deliquntes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wilson
vs
Morales

184 cm
23
198 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

182 cm
22
198 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shane Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francisco Morales!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson jabs at Morales's body.
Morales throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Wilson shoots in looking for a takedown but Morales manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wilson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wilson.
Morales doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilson circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales closes the distance but Wilson moves to the side
letting Wilson counter with a right hand.
Morales changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilson moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morales.
Morales tries to clinch but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Shane Wilson has been cut.

Morales drives through and clinches with Wilson against the cage.

Wilson has Morales pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Wilson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Morales tumbling to the mat - Wilson dives into Morales's guard.
Wilson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morales is keeping the position for now.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wilson throws a strike but Morales rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Morales stopping the sweep attempt from Wilson.
Wilson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wilson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control the position here.
Morales preventing the sweep.
Morales wants to control from the top but Wilson keeps moving.
Wilson has his hands on Morales's head, controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morales connects with a single shot there.
Francisco Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilson shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
Wilson shoots in but Morales avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Morales slips the punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice takedown defense from Morales. No joy for Wilson on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Morales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Wilson'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.

Morales lands a big uppercut and Wilson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Wilson looks OK. Morales waves Wilson back to his feet!

Wilson is rocked!
Shane Wilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morales throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morales closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Wilson out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francisco Morales!
A very excited looking Francisco Morales made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.