PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Morbolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fitzgerald
vs
Morbolev

180 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Alpha Nutrition HIGHEST QUALITY ON THE ISLAND

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Franklin Fitzgerald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charlie Morbolev!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzgerald clobbers Morbolev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fitzgerald swings widly with a right hand
and Morbolev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morbolev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fitzgerald circles away quickly and effectively.
Fitzgerald moves forwards but Morbolev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morbolev lands a nice hook to Fitzgerald's body. Fitzgerald takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morbolev ducks under a wild hook from Fitzgerald.
Morbolev throws a low kick but Fitzgerald moves out of range easily.
Fitzgerald throws a leg kick
and Morbolev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fitzgerald lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morbolev circles away quickly and effectively.
Fitzgerald misses with a head kick.
Fitzgerald takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzgerald misses the jab.
Morbolev lands a jab to Fitzgerald's midsection.
Morbolev tried to score with a low kick but Fitzgerald checks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Fitzgerald. That snapped Morbolev's head back.
Fitzgerald thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morbolev staying out of range there.
Morbolev takes a swing at Fitzgerald's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morbolev.
Fitzgerald went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Fitzgerald fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morbolev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morbolev slips a jab and a cross from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fitzgerald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morbolev.
Fitzgerald lands a jab-cross combination.
Fitzgerald misses with a looping right.
Morbolev moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald throws a jab when Morbolev was well out of range.
Fitzgerald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Fitzgerald.
Morbolev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fitzgerald moves out of range of the strikes.
Morbolev throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Fitzgerald. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fitzgerald.
Morbolev walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morbolev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fitzgerald cracks Morbolev with an open hand slap.

Morbolev is rocked!
Morbolev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morbolev is still on wobbly legs! Can Fitzgerald finish him?
Fitzgerald lands a jab to Morbolev's midsection.
Fitzgerald and Morbolev are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Fitzgerald throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Morbolev into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Fitzgerald knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Franklin Fitzgerald!