PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tourney Man (ranked 5372 p4p, 158 weight class) and Morgan Freedman (ranked 24425 p4p, 192 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man
vs
Freedman

200 cm
23
294 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
283 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Big heart

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tourney Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morgan Freedman!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Man misses with a body punch
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Man cracks Freedman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Freedman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Freedman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Freedman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freedman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Freedman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Freedman drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Man defends it well.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a straight right hand.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
Man misses with a straight right.
Man misses with a body shot.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Freedman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Freedman feints the counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Freedman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freedman.
Freedman tries to counter with a clinch but Man shakes him off and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Man.
Freedman moves away from the strike by Man.
And Freedman tries to counter it with a takedown but Man pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Freedman slips a jab from Man.
Freedman tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freedman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Man.
Freedman tries to counter with a clinch but Man shakes him off and moves away.
Man scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Freedman doesn't seem bothered though.
Man cracks a nice hook into Freedman's ribs.
Man looks to land a left hand but Freedman moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Freedman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freedman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a hook but Freedman avoids it easily.
Freedman slips a jab from Man.
Good standup being displayed there by Man as he connects with a hook.
Freedman blocks a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Freedman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tourney Man will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Freedman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Freedman throws out a counter right but Man avoids it with no problem.
Man misses the body punch
and Freedman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Man misses with an uppercut.
Freedman with the counter takedown but Man avoids it easily.
Tourney Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Man throws an off balance right hand
letting Freedman counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man misses with a left hand
and Freedman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Man misses with a straight left.
Freedman is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a hook.
Man missing with a left hand there. Freedman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man throws an off balance right hand
and Freedman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Man.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Freedman! But no joy.
A jab from Man misses.
Freedman tries to counter by closing the distance.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freedman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.
Freedman tries to counter by closing the distance.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a straight right hand.
Man throws a hook but Freedman blocks it.
Man misses the body punch
and Freedman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Man misses with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freedman is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freedman.
Freedman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Man misses with a looping right.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Freedman counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a right hand
and Freedman counters with a straight right hand.
Man misses with a straight left.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freedman blocks a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Freedman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Freedman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Morgan Freedman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freedman.
Freedman moves out of range of the strikes.
Freedman blocks a jab.
Freedman wants to counter with a clinch but Man pushes him away.
Man throws out a loose jab but Freedman uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man misses with an uppercut.
Freedman is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Man smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Freedman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man misses with a left hand
and Freedman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Freedman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Freedman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Freedman avoids the body shot from Man.
Freedman feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a hook
and Freedman counters with a nice uppercut.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Freedman's shoulder, as Freedman tries to avoid the shot.
Freedman feints the counter takedown.
Man missing with a left hand there. Freedman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Freedman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Man throws a big shot that misses.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Freedman counters with a straight right hand.
Man looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throws the left hand but Freedman avoids the punch easily.
Man throws a jab when Freedman was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Freedman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Man misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Freedman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Freedman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man takes a swing at Freedman's ribcage but misses.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man swings away with a body shot that misses
and Freedman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab lands there for Man.
Freedman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Freedman ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Man sets himself, and Freedman steps forward looking for the clinch! Man avoids it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tourney Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tourney Man!