PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kris Kringle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mackin Morning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kringle
vs
Morning

189 cm
25
175 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

180 cm
26
176 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kris Kringle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mackin Morning!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morning leaves Kringle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morning falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kringle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kringle moves away from the strike by Morning.
Morning rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kringle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Kringle drives through and clinches with Morning against the cage.

Kringle turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Kringle decides to stand up, so the ref orders Morning to his feet.
Kringle closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morning circles away.
Morning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morning lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morning throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morning throws a series of punches but Kringle avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kringle defending well as Morning loads up on a big left hand.
Kringle avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morning slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Morning misses.
Kringle shoots in looking for a takedown but Morning manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kringle's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kris Kringle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kringle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morning.

Kringle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morning wants to hold on but Kringle pushes him away.
Kringle punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kringle lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Morning that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Mackin Morning has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morning in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morning is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kringle looking to ground and pound but Morning is blocking nicely.
Kringle loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Morning scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kringle land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kringle stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kris Kringle!