PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Mortis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mortis's entrance music is Crush 'em by Megadeth. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mortis
vs
Giant

190 cm
26
218 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

184 cm
23
203 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Mortis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Humberto Giant!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giant thumps Mortis with a low kick.
Mortis throws a shot from downtown. Giant moves away and avoids it.
Mortis avoids a kick to the body.
Mortis lands a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Giant.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mortis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Giant - the referee stops the clock and Mortis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Giant. Mortis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mortis misses with a left hand
and Mortis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mortis swings for the body but Giant moves out of range.
Giant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mortis takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mortis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Giant ducks under a wild hook from Mortis.
Mortis throws a series of punches but Giant moves out of range.
Mortis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Giant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kyle Mortis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mortis.
Giant throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Giant misses with an uppercut. Mortis saw that one coming.
Giant delivers a nice body kick.
Giant throws a wild body kick that Mortis sees coming a mile off.
Humberto Giant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mortis looks to land a combination but Giant avoids it well.
Mortis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Giant scoring well with a low kick there.
Giant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giant is looking to clinch.
Giant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mortis's hands.
Giant lands a slapping body shot.
Giant scores with a punch to the head.
Giant misses the jab.
Giant scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mortis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Giant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mortis manages to avoid it.
Mortis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Giant misses with a body shot.
Giant throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mortis is breathing heavily.
Giant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mortis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mortis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mortis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giant with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giant.
Giant moves out of range of the strikes.
Giant thows a body kick. Mortis tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Giant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Giant misses with an attempted mid kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Giant, as that shot connected.
Mortis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mortis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Giant just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Giant dominated that round.
That's time! Mortis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Giant misses with an uppercut.
Giant motions for Mortis to come forward. Giant throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mortis moves out of range of the body kick from Giant.
Mortis steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Giant. That one must have hurt.

Giant closes the distance and pushes Mortis back into the cage.
Mortis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Giant trying to land knees to the body.
Giant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Giant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Giant displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mortis up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Giant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good leg kick by Giant there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Giant has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Giant scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Giant, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Giant, right into the meat.

Giant closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Giant tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Giant works his way into full mount!
Mortis is in a horrible position here. Giant smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant controlling the pace for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Humberto Giant was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Giant fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mortis moves out of range of the body kick from Giant.
Mortis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sloppy strikes from Giant. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giant throws a leg kick which misses Mortis's front leg but catches the back leg as Mortis tries to avoid it.
Mortis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Giant throws out a loose jab but Mortis uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Giant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mortis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giant misses with a kick to the body.
Mortis throws a looping overhand right but Giant ducks down to avoid it.
Kyle Mortis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mortis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mortis slips a jab and a cross from Giant.
Giant takes a swing at Mortis's ribcage but misses.
Giant's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mortis under the eye.
A clash of legs there as Giant blocks the low kick.
Giant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mortis.
Mortis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Giant gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Giant is looking to clinch but Mortis is avoiding it.
Mortis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Giant misses with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giant.
Giant connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Giant chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Giant takes a swing at Mortis's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Giant slams his shin into Mortis's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giant scores with a punch to the head.

Giant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Giant content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Mortis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mortis checks a low kick from Giant.
A slapping body kick lands there for Giant.
Humberto Giant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mortis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mortis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giant.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mortis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Giant looks to land a right hand but Mortis moved out of range.
Mortis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Giant lands the left hand.
Giant connects with a body shot that sends Mortis's belly button to the back.
Giant tries to clinch up.
Giant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mortis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mortis slips a straight right by Giant.
Mortis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mortis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mortis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Giant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mortis.
Giant connects with a solid leg kick.
Giant throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mortis. That did some damage!
Giant throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Giant really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Giant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Giant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mortis.
Mortis staying out of range there.
Mortis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giant.
Giant looks to throw the jab but Mortis is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giant throws a body punch but Mortis moves out of range.
Mortis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giant moves away.
Mortis misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant throws a lazy right hand but Mortis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mortis blocks the body kick.
Giant scores with a kick to the body.
Mortis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Giant misses with a low kick.
Mortis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Giant can pounce on him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Giant takes a swing at Mortis's ribcage but misses.
Giant missing with a left hand there. Mortis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Giant connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with a body kick.
Giant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mortis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Giant misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mortis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mortis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Giant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mortis.
Giant scores with a leg kick.
Giant misses with a kick to the body.
Mortis takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mortis was well out of range. Poor timing from Giant.
Giant throws a hook but Mortis avoids it easily.
Giant digs a good body shot into Mortis's ribs.
Giant is looking to slow Mortis down with leg kicks.
Mortis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Giant looks to land a body kick but Mortis moved away.
Giant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mortis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Giant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant lands a jab to the head.
Giant moves in looking to clinch but Mortis pushes him off.
Giant lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mortis misses with a straight right.
Mortis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A head kick from Giant lands but Mortis takes it in his stride.
Mortis lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giant takes a swing at Mortis's ribcage but misses.
Giant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Giant dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mortis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Giant. Giant circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Giant misses with a lunging right hand
and Mortis counters with a right hand to the body.
Mortis looks to score with a jab to the body but Giant is just out of range.
Mortis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giant.
A big right from Giant misses.
Mortis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Giant feints and then cracks Mortis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mortis down.
Giant lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mortis's sensitive parts.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Mortis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant throws a wild body kick that Mortis sees coming a mile off.
Giant looks to land a left hand but Mortis moved out of range nicely.
Mortis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giant tries to land a front kick but Mortis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mortis misses with an uppercut
enabling Giant to counter with a crisp jab.
Mortis steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Giant. That one must have hurt.
Mortis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Giant throws a front kick that sends Mortis stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with a wild combination.
Giant lands with a straight right. Mortis didn't see that one coming.
Giant wants to clinch up but Mortis keeps it at a distance.
Giant lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mortis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mortis staying out of range there.
Giant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mortis throws out the jab.

Giant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kyle Mortis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Giant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mortis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giant was well out of range. Poor timing from Mortis.
Giant connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mortis looks to land a combination but Giant avoids it well.
Giant tries to close the distance and clinch but Mortis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mortis slips under a jab from Giant.
Giant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Giant.
Nice jab there from Giant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant ducks under a wild hook from Mortis.
Giant throws a shot to the body.
Giant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mortis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Giant.
Giant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mortis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giant moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Giant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Humberto Giant is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mortis misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Giant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Giant has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 43:50
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 44:50
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberto Giant!
Humberto Giant is the new light heavyweight champion!