PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Adebisi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Go Go Adebisi. Morko has chosen The Sound Of Thunder as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Adebisi
vs
Morko

181 cm
26
210 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

190 cm
29
210 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Esko Morko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morko throws a chopping leg kick but Adebisi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Adebisi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morko.
Morko misses with a low kick.
Adebisi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A leg kick checked by Adebisi.
Adebisi moves out of range of the leg kick from Morko.
Adebisi digs a good hook to Morko's body.
Adebisi throws a low kick, looking for Morko's leg but Morko calmly moves out of range.
Morko tries to close the distance and clinch but Adebisi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adebisi misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi takes a swing at Morko's ribcage but misses.
Morko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adebisi misses the shot to the body.
Adebisi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morko!
Morko tries to clinch but Adebisi is having none of it.
Morko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Morko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morko is looking to land body kicks.
Adebisi throws a body punch but Morko moves out of range.
Morko throws a jab when Adebisi was well out of range.
Adebisi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Adebisi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morko sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Adebisi somewhat.
Morko misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morko.
A swing and a miss from Morko.
Morko throws out a leg kick but Adebisi moves out of range and Morko only half commits.
Adebisi blocks a head kick by Morko.
Adebisi's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Adebisi duly obliges.
Morko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Adebisi.
Esko Morko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adebisi misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adebisi. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adebisi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Adebisi digs a good body shot into Morko's ribs.
Morko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adebisi is looking to wear down Morko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Adebisi's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morko sprawls well. Morko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adebisi gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko 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.

Morko is looking to slow Adebisi down with leg kicks.
Adebisi takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Adebisi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Adebisi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adebisi being controlled here momentarily.
Adebisi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Adebisi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi won't allow Morko to sweep him here.
Adebisi trying to move into half guard but instead Morko has managed to sweep!
Morko must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morko wants to control from the top but Adebisi keeps moving.

Adebisi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morko not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi is trying to control the position but Morko postures up.
Morko is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Esko Morko was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Morko does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
A clash of legs there as Adebisi blocks the low kick.
Morko throws a nice head kick!
Esko Morko seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a nice shot to the body.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Morko lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adebisi. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morko is looking to chop away at Adebisi's legs.
Morko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adebisi sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Adebisi tries to keep at a distance but Morko has taken the fight into the clinch.

Morko breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adebisi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Morko scores with a four punch combination!
Morko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi throws a shot from downtown. Morko moves away and avoids it.

Adebisi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morko did well to prevent Adebisi getting side control.
Adebisi is keen to just control but Morko is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Adebisi wants to take a breather but Morko is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adebisi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Adebisi throws a body punch but Morko moves out of range.
Adebisi closes the distance and clinches up with Morko, looking for a takedown. Adebisi pushes Morko against the cage but Morko circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Morko throws the left hand but Adebisi avoids the punch easily.
Adebisi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko misses with a wild combination.
Morko jabs at Adebisi's body.
Adebisi shoots in looking for a takedown but Morko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Adebisi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Adebisi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adebisi.
Adebisi takes a swing at Morko's ribcage but misses.
Morko misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Adebisi checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Morko. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adebisi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adebisi ducks under a wild hook from Morko.
Adebisi thows a leg kick but Morko checks it
and Morko counters with a head kick.
Morko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morko avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Morko lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adebisi was well out of range. Poor timing from Morko.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown but Morko shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Adebisi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morko's corner calls for a 1-2. Morko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adebisi blocks a jab.
Adebisi misses the jab.
Morko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adebisi takes a swing at Morko's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adebisi. Morko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morko misses with a leg kick.
Morko takes one to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adebisi misses with a body shot.
Adebisi throws an overhand right that lands on Morko's shoulder, as Morko tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Adebisi closes the distance and clinches up with Morko, looking for a takedown. Adebisi pushes Morko against the cage but Morko circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adebisi moves out of range of the body kick from Morko.
Morko moves forwards but Adebisi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morko takes one to the chin there.
Morko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Adebisi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Adebisi on the side of the head.
Adebisi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adebisi fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi misses with a straight right.
Adebisi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adebisi thows a body shot but no joy.
Adebisi connects with the punch.
Adebisi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi moves out of range of the leg kick from Morko.
Adebisi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morko pinned against the cage. Morko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Adebisi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morko scores with a nice head shot.
Adebisi lands a nice looking body shot.
Adebisi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adebisi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Adebisi misses
and Morko counters with a thumping low kick.
Morko misses with a hook to the body
and Morko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morko tests Adebisi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adebisi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adebisi there as he acknowledges the shot.
A leg kick checked by Adebisi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi moves out of range of the strikes.
Adebisi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morko's corner calls for a 1-2. Morko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adebisi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A jab from Morko misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bone on bone clash there as Adebisi blocks the leg kick.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morko as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Adebisi misses with the combination.
Morko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adebisi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morko.
Adebisi blocks a leg kick.
Morko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adebisi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adebisi lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi throws out a powerful jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Morko!
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.

Adebisi is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morko's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Adebisi.
Morko is controlling Adebisi's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Morko wants to improve his position but Adebisi is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi wants to control from the top but Morko keeps moving.
Morko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Adebisi wants to control from the top but Morko keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Adebisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Morko.
Morko swings for the body but Adebisi moves out of range.
Simon Adebisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morko cracks Adebisi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adebisi ducks under a wild hook from Morko.
Morko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adebisi.
Adebisi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Adebisi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morko counters with a stiff right hand.
Adebisi blocks a head kick by Morko.
Adebisi throws a jab but it's blocked by Morko.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morko slips a straight right by Adebisi.
Adebisi misses the body punch
and Morko counters with a good low kick that Adebisi was not able to check.

And that's the end of the fight!
Esko Morko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 45:50
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50

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