PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Morano (ranked 5805 p4p, 6231 weight class) and Gu Young Min (ranked 0 p4p, 255 weight class). Glenn Morano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morano
vs
Young Min

168 cm
24
138
4 - 1 - 0

150 cm
26
135
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Glenn Morano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gu Young Min!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morano throws a nice looking combination but Young Min bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young Min misses with an uppercut. Morano saw that one coming.
Young Min throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Young Min on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Young Min throws a lazy uppercut
letting Morano counter with a right hand.
Young Min defending well as Morano loads up on a big left hand.
Morano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morano feinted with a counter takedown.
Young Min catches Morano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Morano has closed the distance and engaged Young Min in a clinch.
Young Min tries to throw a body punch but Morano avoids it by throwing Young Min back against the cage.
Young Min working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young Min misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young Min tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young Min lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Young Min lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Young Min.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young Min misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morano blocks an uppercut.
Morano prevents a body shot from Young Min.
Young Min fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young Min throws a head punch that misses.
Young Min working aggressively here.
Young Min softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young Min misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young Min is pressed up against the cage. Morano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young Min down to the mat. Young Min avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young Min misses with a hook.
Young Min lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min moves out of range.
Young Min digs a good body shot into Morano's ribs.
Young Min throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young Min misses with a series of wild punches.
Morano moves away from the strike by Young Min.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morano wants to clinch.

Morano closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Young Min.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young Min doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young Min misses with the head strike.
Young Min misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young Min lands a shoulder strike.
Young Min should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Young Min lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morano backwards.
Young Min tries a body shot but Morano blocks it.
Young Min gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Morano.
Young Min is pressed up against the cage. Morano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young Min down to the mat. Young Min avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glenn Morano. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young Min connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morano momentarily.
Young Min throws a hook to the side of Morano's head but Morano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young Min lands a lovely overhand right.
Morano doesn't manage to clinch there - Young Min circles away.
Young Min bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Young Min misses with an uppercut. Morano saw that one coming.
Young Min swats away the attempt to clinch by Morano.
Young Min waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morano.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gu Young Min seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice straight punches there by Young Min. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young Min.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young Min. Morano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morano is looking to clinch but Young Min is avoiding it.
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!
Morano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Young Min has eaten all the pies!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young Min keeps the fight on the outside.
Morano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min moves out of range.
Young Min swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Morano pushes Young Min up against the cage in a clinch.
Young Min swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young Min struggles to land a body shot inside as Morano controls his hands.
Morano throws a punch but it's blocked by Young Min.
Young Min lands an uppercut.
Young Min misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morano.
A right hook to the body lands for Young Min.
Young Min tries to throw a body punch but Morano avoids it by throwing Young Min back against the cage.
Young Min swings wildly with an uppercut but Morano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young Min misses with a punch on the inside.
Young Min has a couple of punches blocked by Morano.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gu Young Min dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morano throws a series of punches but Young Min moves out of range.
Morano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Young Min might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morano tries to clinch up.
Morano misses with a two punch combination.
Morano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young Min looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min moves out of range.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Young Min was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young Min with a nice cross.
Young Min lands a jab.
Young Min feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Moranos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morano is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young Min misses with an uppercut.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young Min swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young Min lands a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Young Min.
Young Min pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morano tries to clinch up but Young Min circles away and keeps his distance.
Young Min has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morano blocks a jab.
Morano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morano doesn't manage to clinch there - Young Min circles away.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Morano.
Nice straight punches there by Young Min. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young Min.
Glenn Morano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Young Min misses.
Morano is looking to clinch but Young Min is avoiding it.
Morano doesn't manage to clinch there - Young Min circles away.
Young Min throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young Min lands a really nice looking cross but Morano seems unphased.
Young Min connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young Min swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young Min misses with a wild body shot.
Young Min throws a body punch but Morano moves out of range.
Young Min scores with a punch to the head.
Young Min lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morano lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young Min.
Morano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from Young Min misses.
Morano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young Min misses with a body shot.
Morano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morano walks into a stiff left hand from Young Min.
Morano moves out of range as Young Min strikes.
Young Min cracks Morano with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young Min lands with a cross.
Morano 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.
Young Min misses with a hook.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min is having none of it.
Morano is looking to clinch but Young Min is avoiding it.
Morano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young Min throws a hook but Morano avoids it easily.
Young Min throws a shot from downtown. Morano moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Young Min misses its intended target.
Young Min throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morano on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morano takes one on the button.
Morano wants to clinch up but Young Min keeps it at a distance.
Morano slips a jab from Young Min.
Morano tries to counter by clinching up but Young Min breaks away and moves out of range.
Morano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young Min moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morano tries to close the distance and clinch but Young Min swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young Min is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morano.
Gu Young Min seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young Min moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from Young Min misses.
Young Min misses with a hook.
Young Min looks to throw the jab but Morano is out of range.
Morano seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morano moves forwards but Young Min connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Young Min misses with a straight left.
Morano doesn't manage to clinch there - Young Min circles away.
Morano shoots for a double leg takedown but Young Min sprawls well. He's pushed Morano's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Young Min as he avoids it easily.
Morano takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Young Min ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morano takes one to the side of the head.
Morano closes this distance looking for a takedown but Young Min circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gu Young Min showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Young Min circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young Min.
Morano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young Min jabs Morano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morano moves in looking to clinch but Young Min pushes him off.
Morano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Young Min misses with a straight left.
Young Min lands with an overhand left.
Morano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morano ducks under a wild hook from Young Min.
A jab from Young Min misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young Min lands with a nice body punch.
Young Min throws out a loose jab but Morano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morano wants to clinch.
Young Min thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morano takes one to the side of the head.
Young Min circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morano fails with the takedown.
Young Min fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morano manages to avoid it.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young Min lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Young Min cracks a nice hook into Morano's ribs.
Morano slips under a jab from Young Min.
Young Min misses with a hook. Morano ducked under it nicely.
Morano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young Min lands a glancing blow to the side of Morano's head.
Morano avoids the body shot from Young Min.
Gu Young Min is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morano tries to clinch up but Young Min circles away and keeps his distance.
Young Min swats away the attempt to clinch by Morano.
Young Min scores with a punch to the head.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young Min tests Morano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morano wants to clinch up but Young Min keeps it at a distance.
Young Min connects with the punch.
Morano tries to clinch up but Young Min circles away and keeps his distance.
Young Min scores with a nice strike.
Morano throws out a loose jab but Young Min uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morano throws a nice looking combination but Young Min bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young Min. Morano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young Min throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morano counters with a left and a right that stings Young Min.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young Min avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Young Min catches Morano right on the button with a cross.
Gu Young Min is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young Min scores with a punch to the head.
Young Min lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young Min keeps the fight on the outside.
Young Min looks to land a right hand but Morano moved out of range.
Morano moves in looking to clinch but Young Min pushes him off.
Morano is looking to clinch but Young Min is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Young Min! But no joy.
Morano wants to clinch up but Young Min keeps it at a distance.
Morano wants to clinch up but Young Min keeps it at a distance.
Young Min moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morano tries to clinch there but Young Min circles away.
Young Min throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young Min circles away quickly and effectively.
Young Min stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Young Min smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Young Min lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young Min circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young Min throws the left hand but Morano avoids the punch easily.
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!
Young Min scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morano in his tracks.
Young Min thuds his right hand into Morano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young Min swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young Min moves away from the strike by Morano.
Morano tries to clinch but Young Min is having none of it.
Young Min avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young Min looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young Min misses with a hook. Morano ducked under it nicely.
Morano slips under a jab from Young Min.
Young Min thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young Min manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morano doesn't manage to clinch there - Young Min circles away.
Morano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young Min misses with a looping right.
Glenn Morano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gu Young Min comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young Min has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gu Young Min!