PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjo Hadzija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hadzija's choice of entrance music: Bos ili Hadžija. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morrison
vs
Hadzija

175 cm
25
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
143 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjo Hadzija!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hadzija tests Morrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hadzija bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hadzija swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hadzija swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morrison there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morrison misses with a takedown attempt

and Hadzija counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hadzija.

Morrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hadzija stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison striking off his back but it's not causing Hadzija any problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hadzija gets to his feet - Morrison follows without any prompting.
Morrison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Hadzija shoots in and bounces Morrison off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Hadzija decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morrison, up you get!
Hadzija misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison fails with the takedown
and Hadzija counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrison takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Morrison gets caught napping as Hadzija dives in and scores a takedown. Morrison manages to retain guard.

Hadzija gets to his feet - Morrison follows without any prompting.
Morrison blocks a leg kick.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Hadzija circles away easily
enabling Hadzija to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hadzija cracks Morrison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Hadzija.
Hadzija clobbers Morrison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Hadzija closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Morrison quickly recovers to half guard.

Hadzija decides to stand up.
Morrison is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hadzija closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Morrison quickly recovers to half guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but Hadzija has passed to side control!
Hadzija gets to mount! Morrison was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

Hadzija gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Morrison. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Hadzija shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hadzija was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hadzija is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hadzija cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadzija lands a right hook to the body.
Hadzija scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benjo Hadzija seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hadzija swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrison.
Morrison takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hadzija lands a glancing blow to the side of Morrison's head.

Morrison is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hadzija throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrison on the side of the head.
Oh Morrison is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hadzija steps in with a hook that catches Morrison right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Hadzija follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Morrison looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjo Hadzija!