PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ron Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrico Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Morris
vs
Vargas

185 cm
23
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 Helsinki, Ron Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enrico Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris shoots for a double leg takedown but Vargas sprawls well. He's pushed Morris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vargas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vargas. That did some damage!
Vargas leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vargas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Vargas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morris. Morris obviously looking to wear him down.
Vargas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morris lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morris tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris fails with the takedown.
Vargas tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris is looking to land body kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morris wants to clinch.
Morris moves in looking to clinch but Vargas pushes him off.
Vargas misses with the combination.
Vargas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vargas lands with a nice combination. Morris backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris moves in looking to clinch but Vargas pushes him off.
Morris tries to clinch but Vargas moves out of range.
Vargas tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris is looking to clinch.
Morris tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Vargas misses with a head kick.
Morris tries for a takedown but Vargas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vargas tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morris.

That's four 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.
Morris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vargas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vargas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morris. Morris obviously looking to wear him down.
Vargas works over Morris's head and body with a nice combination.
Morris tries to clinch there but Vargas circles away.
Morris throws a head kick that misses
and Vargas counters with a left and a right that stings Morris.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vargas swats away the attempt to clinch by Morris.
Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vargas's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ron Morris will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morris throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morris. That's going to slow Vargas down.
A head kick misses from Vargas.
Morris looks to clinch
and Vargas counters with a head kick. That will keep Morris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Morris scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morris tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vargas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Danga de danga de dang - Vargas scores with a four punch combination!
Morris with a poor takedown
and Vargas counters with a head kick. That will keep Morris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Morris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris fails with the takedown
and Vargas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Morris misses with a double jab.
Vargas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morris is looking to land body kicks.
Vargas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Morris closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vargas counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to clinch but Vargas is having none of it.
Morris tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Ron Morris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Vargas.
A head kick by Vargas misses

and Morris counters with a shoot takedown. Vargas fights it but they end up in guard.
Morris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morris prevents Vargas from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vargas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vargas's guard.
Vargas is looking to stand up but Morris isn't so interested in that idea.
Vargas keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.
Morris is looking to stand up but Vargas won't let him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt
and Vargas counters with a series of strikes. Morris will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morris misses with a few strikes there.
Vargas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morris circles away quickly and effectively.
Morris falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vargas counters with a left and a right that stings Morris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Morris dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Morris or perhaps it was just good defense by Vargas which made him look bad.
Morris blocks a head kick by Vargas.
Morris tries to clinch but Vargas moves away
and Vargas counters with a head kick. That will keep Morris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Morris doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Morris wants to clinch but Vargas slips to the side
and Vargas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vargas fails to land with a series of punches.
Morris is looking to slow Vargas down with leg kicks.
Vargas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morris.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vargas checks a leg kick.
Morris tries to clinch but Vargas moves out of range.
Vargas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morris tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris tries to clinch up.
Vargas throws a sloppy head kick
and Morris counters with a two punch combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morris.
Morris wants to clinch up but Vargas keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morris tries for a takedown but Vargas circles away easily
and Vargas counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid body kick from Morris.
Morris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vargas.
Morris lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vargas will feel that in the morning.
Vargas throws a head kick but Morris moves out of range.
Morris shoots and misses
and Vargas counters with a series of strikes. Morris will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vargas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morris.
Enrico Vargas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vargas counters with a two punch combo.
Vargas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vargas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vargas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morris fails with the takedown
and Vargas counters with a big head kick but Morris shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morris tries to clinch but Vargas is having none of it.
Vargas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Morris.
Morris throws a combination that misses
and Vargas counters with a one-two to the body.
Vargas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morris counters with a solid body kick.
Ron Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morris misses with a leg kick.
Vargas throws a nice looking combination but Morris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrico Vargas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morris 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Morris!