PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morozov comes to the cage accompanied by Young Thug feat. Gucci Mane – Again. On his way into the cage it seems that Fedor Morozov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Fedor Morozov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Morozov
vs
Poulter

189 cm
28
185 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

189 cm
42
171 lbs
42 - 26 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 26 - 2, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morozov moves into the clinch.
Poulter tries to work over Morozov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poulter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morozov is trying to break free.
Poulter avoiding damage.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poulter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Poulter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Poulter throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morozov managing to block the knees to the body from Poulter.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch but Poulter keeps him there for the moment.
Poulter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morozov up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Poulter misses with a knee to the head.
Morozov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poulter stalls.
Poulter connects with a knee to the head.
Morozov is trying to break free.
Poulter landing knees to the head.
Morozov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Poulter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Poulter misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morozov manages to break the clinch.
Morozov tries to bum rush Poulter with a series of wild strikes but Poulter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morozov scores with a sloppy right hand. Poulter should have avoided that one.

Morozov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morozov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Morozov breaks the clinch.

Morozov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poulter, pushing him back against the cage.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the head but Morozov blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Morozov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morozov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morozov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poulter has Morozov pressed against the cage, preventing Morozov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morozov wants to break free but Poulter has control.
Morozov avoiding damage as Poulter throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov being controlled against the cage.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch but Poulter keeps him there for the moment.
Poulter stalling against the cage.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morozov working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Poulter.
Morozov can't break the clinch.
Poulter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Poulter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poulter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Poulter is struggling to control the position.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morozov avoids it.
A short right from Poulter on the inside.
Poulter has Morozov pressed against the cage, preventing Morozov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poulter gets through Morozov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Poulter misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poulter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Poulter tries to land knees in the clinch but Morozov avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Poulter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morozov fails with a takedown attempt.
Morozov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morozov throws a lazy head kick
and Poulter counters with a head kick. That will keep Morozov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Morozov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Paul Poulter has been cut.

Morozov scores with a takedown into Poulter's guard.
Poulter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morozov.
Morozov postures up in Poulter's guard and throws a big left but Poulter blocks it.
Morozov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morozov prevents Poulter from getting back to his feet.
Poulter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morozov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morozov 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.
Morozov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov throwing strikes but missing.
Poulter keeping moving, preventing Morozov from controlling successfully.
Morozov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Poulter is looking to stand up but Morozov isn't so interested in that idea.
Morozov throws a strike but Poulter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poulter stays in close to Morozov's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poulter passes into half guard.
Morozov gets full guard.
Poulter stopping the sweep attempt from Morozov.
Poulter showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Morozov looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Poulter passes into side control.
Morozov tries to bench press Poulter off him but Poulter keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Morozov stalling.
Morozov is trying to control. Poulter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morozov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morozov with the ground and pound but Poulter uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Poulter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morozov.
Morozov throws a strike but Poulter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Morozov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Poulter is aware though and is defending well.
Poulter works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poulter controlling the action here.
Poulter works his way into side control.

Poulter stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Poulter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morozov looks to throw the jab but Poulter is out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters circling - Morozov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poulter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morozov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Fedor Morozov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Poulter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morozov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Poulter pinned against the cage. Poulter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Morozov catches Poulter napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Poulter to the canvas!

Poulter is rocked!
Morozov gets to his feet and stands over Poulter, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Poulter felt that one! Morozov unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Poulter from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Morozov!
Fedor Morozov looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Russian do not surrender! I will prove to you that the Russian people is strong, not only physically, but also the spirit! Old glory !!'.