PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Monroe (ranked 5400 p4p, 5356 weight class) and Aden Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Monroe
vs
Morrison

195 cm
18
205
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francesco Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aden Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Monroe throws a nice looking combination but Morrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Monroe moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Monroe misses with a jab to the body
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.

It looks like Francesco Monroe has been cut.
Monroe swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Monroe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Monroe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Monroe throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Monroe misses.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Monroe.
Monroe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monroe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Monroe blocks a jab.
Monroe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Aden Morrison has been cut.
Morrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Monroe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Monroe.
Morrison works Monroe's body with a nice hook.
Monroe jabs at Morrison's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Monroe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison slips a straight right by Monroe.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Monroe moves away and avoids it.
Monroe looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Monroe.
Morrison swings widly with a right hand
letting Monroe counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Monroe misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a lazy right hand but Monroe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Monroe saw that one coming.
Monroe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Monroe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morrison counters with a nice uppercut.
Monroe looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Monroe throws out the jab.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Monroe.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Monroe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Monroe misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monroe connects with a body shot that sends Morrison's belly button to the back.
Morrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Monroe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morrison thinking.
Monroe takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Monroe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison 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.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Monroe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Monroe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Monroe lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Monroe.
Monroe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Monroe moved out of range nicely.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Monroe manages to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Monroe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monroe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Monroe lands with a straight right. Morrison didn't see that one coming.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Monroe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Monroe walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Morrison drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Monroe swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Morrison's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francesco Monroe!