PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Crespo (ranked 2981 p4p, 3457 weight class) and David Morrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Morrell has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luis Crespo's chin.

Crespo
vs
Morrell

175 cm
18
175
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Morrell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crespo defending well as Morrell loads up on a big left hand.
As Morrell looks to move away, Crespo throws a big counter combo but Morrell just gets out of the way.
The fighters circling - Morrell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crespo tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morrell throws a big shot that misses.

Morrell feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Crespo sprawling to the canvas! Crespo rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Morrell finish him?!

Crespo is rocked!

It looks like Luis Crespo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crespo with a poor takedown
and Morrell counters with a crisp right that sends Crespo to the canvas! Morrell follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Morrell!
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.