PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Erran Morad (ranked 2715 p4p, 3870 weight class) and Mike Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles has chosen Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine as his entrance music. Erran Morad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morad
vs
Charles

178 cm
38
157
20 - 20 - 0

175 cm
44
158
23 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Morad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morad finds it's way round the side to connect with Charles's head.
Charles takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Morad misses the target.
Morad pivots, looking for a leg kick but Charles is out of range and Morad settles back down.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles with a nice cross.
Morad looks to land a right hand but Charles moved out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Morad has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Charles tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morad lands with a right hand.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Morad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Charles is out of range.
Good shot there by Morad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Charles blocks the leg kick.
Morad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice sprawl there from Morad as Charles shoots in.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.

Charles gets the takedown into side control.
Charles trying to control the position but Morad is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morad knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Charles has knee on belly momentarily but Morad bucks him off and regains half guard.
Morad tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Morad keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
My spies in Kamp Krusty inform me that Charles has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Charles is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Charles wants to work for an arm triangle but Morad is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morad trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up.

Morad is defending against the submission attempts here by Charles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morad pulls Charles in close to his closed guard and prevents Charles from doing any damage or advancing position.
Morad keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.
Morad trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morad misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Morad throws a big shot that misses.
Charles shoots in but Morad avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Charles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morad swivels and escapes.
Morad connects with a body shot.
Morad turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morad swinging wildly here.
Charles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morad avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morad misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Erran Morad dominated that round.
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.

Morad lands a right hook to the body.
Charles moves away from the strike by Morad.
Morad tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Charles is able to avoid easily.
Morad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charles goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morad slips a jab from Charles.
Morad fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Charles closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Charles lands in his opponent's guard.

Morad uses the cage to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morad misses with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Morad there.
Morad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morad sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Erran Morad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Charles there as he acknowledges the shot.
Charles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morad lands with a right hand.
Morad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mike Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morad misses with a hook.
Charles is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Charles moves out of range as Morad strikes.
Charles moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morad. That's going to slow Charles down.
Morad missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morad.
Charles looks for a takedown but Morad sprawls well.
Morad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morad defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Charles.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Morad lands a right hook to the body.
Morad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Morad misses

and Charles counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morad controlling Charles's posture.
Morad can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Charles controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
Morad wants to hit a sweep here but Charles passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morad there!
Charles avoids the attempt from Morad to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Charles wants to control the pace but Morad is squirming around nicely.
Morad is trying to escape the mount but Charles keeps good control and instead manages to take Morad's back.
Morad wants to control his opponent's hands but Charles gets his hands free.
Morad is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Charles not allowing Morad to control his hands.
Charles is looking to control Morad but Morad is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Charles is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Morad defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Charles is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Morad is defending well though. Charles let's go of the attempt for now.

Charles looking for the choke from the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Erran Morad dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morad throws a body shot but no joy.
Morad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Charles drops his hands momentarily and Morad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morad with a hook.
Charles ducks right into an uppercut from Morad.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Charles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Charles throws a lazy right hand but Morad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Charles blocks a jab.
Morad stuffs the takedown attempt from Charles. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
Charles fails to land the takedown.
Charles shoots in and drives through. Morad sprawls well.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Morad throws a leg kick which misses Charles's front leg but catches the back leg as Charles tries to avoid 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!
Morad throws out a loose jab but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erran Morad is winning the standup battle so far.
Morad throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles slips under a jab.
Morad connects with a looping right hand.
A jab lands there for Morad.
Nice body punch from Morad.
Morad throws a hook to the side of Charles's head but Charles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morad scores with a crisp jab that stopped Charles in his tracks.
Morad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Charles is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Morad lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Charles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Charles is rocked!
Morad lands with a right hand.
Charles is still on wobbly legs! Can Morad finish him?
Morad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morad drops Charles with a huge uppercut! Charles drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Morad is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erran Morad!
After the fight, Erran Morad was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.