PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound Of Thunder. Vince Borg has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Morko
vs
Borg

190 cm
25
210 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Borg!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borg looks to score with a jab to the body but Morko is just out of range.
Morko tries to close the distance and clinch but Borg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borg. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borg works Morko's body with a nice hook.
Morko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A head kick misses from Morko.
Borg swings for the body but Morko moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Borg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Borg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borg just misses with a punch to the body.
Morko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morko lands with a hook. Borg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Borg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morko.
Borg throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morko dodges the punch combination from Borg.
Morko avoids the body shot from Borg.
Borg misses with a hook. Morko ducked under it nicely.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg takes a swing at Morko's ribcage but misses.
Morko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Borg scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morko throws a low kick, looking for Borg's leg but Borg calmly moves out of range.
Borg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morko was well out of range. Poor timing from Borg.
Morko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Borg lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Borg loads up on a big right hand but Morko slips the punch.
Morko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morko lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morko slips a jab and a cross from Borg.
Borg lands a slapping body shot.

Morko clinches.
Borg tries to break the clinch but Morko is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands with a left to the head.
Morko avoiding damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morko stalling the fight.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borg tries to break free but Morko pushes him back against the cage.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Come on Morko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borg avoids it.
Borg tries to circle away but Morko has him pinned against the cage.
Morko presses Borg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borg is defending well for now.
A short right from Morko on the inside.
Borg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Borg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Borg's face.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morko.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Borg tries to break the clinch but Morko is controlling the position.
Borg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko just leaning against Borg, taking a breather.
Morko misses with a knee strike.
Borg being controlled against the cage.
Borg throws an elbow but it misses.
Morko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borg.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Borg's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko stalling.
Morko is breathing heavily.
Borg is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morko lands a body punch.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borg is trying to maintain a safe position but Morko gets an underhook and turns Borg into the cage.
Morko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Borg can't break the clinch.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borg's efforts to push away.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Borg backwards.
Morko keeps control of Borg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.
Borg has had enough of the clinch but Morko keeps him there for the moment.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borg is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Morko lands a nice uppercut.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borg blocks it with crossed arms.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Morko scores with a shoulder strike.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Morko throws a leg kick which misses Borg's front leg but catches the back leg as Borg tries to avoid it.

Morko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Borg avoiding damage as Morko throws knees to the body.
Borg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morko has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morko keeps control of Borg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Borg tries to break free but Morko pushes him back against the cage.
Morko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Borg is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Borg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Borg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko gets through Borg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Borg up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Borg managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Morko tries to land knees in the clinch but Borg avoids the damage to the body.
Morko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Borg up against the cage.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Borg is blocking nicely.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Borg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morko stalling in the clinch but Borg improves position.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Borg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morko's elbow.
Morko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borg's elbow.
Morko has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morko digs a right hand underneath Borg's ribcage. Borg let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Borg tries to break free but Morko pushes him back against the cage.
Morko tries a knee to the head but Borg blocks it.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Borg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Borg is trying to break free.
Morko misses with a knee strike.
Morko misses with a knee strike.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Morko lands a nice knee to the body.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morko.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borg's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Morko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borg's efforts to push away.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Borg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Borg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borg or not.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borg misses with some punches.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Borg blocks with his arms.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borg blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borg trying to stall but Morko improves his position.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Borg wants to stall.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borg's efforts to push away.
Morko missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morko has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borg is defending well for now.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko is struggling to control the position.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Morko has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Morko working Borg over with knees to the body.
Morko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borg or not.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Borg is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borg.
Borg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borg blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko swings wildly with an uppercut but Borg uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Borg throws a right and a left that both miss.
A cross from Borg lands.
Borg lands with a nice body punch.
Morko throws a leg kick but Borg sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Borg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Borg lands with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Morko misses.
Borg is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morko rather than just go for the knockout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morko.
Jab from Borg.
Morko throws a series of punches but Borg avoids them all with ease.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morko.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borg. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.

Morko gets a clinch.
Morko stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Borg tries to break free but Morko pushes him back against the cage.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.
Borg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko keeps control of Borg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Borg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Borg blocks with his arms.
Morko landing knees to the body.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morko prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Borg blocks with his arms.
Morko is stalling here.
Borg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borg blocks it with crossed arms.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Borg is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Borg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko is controlling him.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Borg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morko is pushing Borg up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Borg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Borg is blocking nicely.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borg's efforts to push away.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
A right hand to the body from Borg.
Esko Morko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Morko effectively controlling the action here.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Borg is blocking nicely.
Borg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borg lands a body punch in the clinch.
Borg can't break the clinch.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Borg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Borg is blocking nicely.
Borg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Borg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Borg has had enough of the clinch but Morko keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Borg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Borg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Borg taking a breather.
Morko tries to land knees in the clinch but Borg avoids the damage to the body.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Morko has the dominant position.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Borg managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Borg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Morko keeps control of Borg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borg wants to break free but Morko has control.
Borg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borg is trying to break free.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Borg has had enough of the clinch but Morko keeps him there for the moment.
Borg is trying to stall.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borg wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morko tries a knee to the head but Borg blocks it.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Borg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morko trying to control the position but instead, Borg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morko into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vince Borg.
I think Morko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Esko Morko!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Esko Morko!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Esko Morko!

Esko Morko wins by unanimous decision!