PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martial Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Law's entrance music is Go Hard. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Law
vs
Morales

188 cm
26
195 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

187 cm
21
194 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martial Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Pablo Morales!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales misses with a combination
and Law counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Law throws a right and a left that Morales avoids nicely.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morales throws a right and a left that Law avoids nicely.
Pablo Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Law's hands.
Law throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Morales throws a series of punches but Law moves out of range.
Law misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Law's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morales connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Law scrambles back to his feet.
Law is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Law's head backwards.
Morales scores with a punch to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Morales. Those never looked like landing.

Law shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is squirming around, avoiding Law's attempts to control the action.
Morales tries to reverse the position but Law maintains control.
Law looking to control but Morales is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Law is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Morales has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Morales tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morales tries to hold on but Law postures up.
Morales keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Law tries to control but Morales wriggling away.
Morales really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to lock up and control but Law gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Law throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Morales is in all sorts of trouble here.
Law trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morales manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morales wants to sweep but no luck.
Morales is trying to keep Law in close.
Morales keeping moving, preventing Law from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morales controlling Law's posture.
Morales's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

We're going to have a standup here because Martial Law wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Law showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Morales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Law.
Morales lands with a nice combination. Law backs away looking to recover.
Pablo Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Law takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice uppercut there from Morales.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Law shoots in and drives through. Morales sprawls well.
Law showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Morales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Law's hands.
Law throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A lazy left from Morales finds it's target.
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!
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Law showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Law tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morales feints a jab promting Law to slip. Morales then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Law slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morales throws a right and a left that both miss.
Law throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morales cracks Law with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Morales dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Law makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Morales really felt that one!
Law dodges the punch combination from Morales.
Morales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morales looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martial Law is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Law showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Pablo Morales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Law showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Sloppy strikes from Morales. Those never looked like landing.
Law moves in looking to clinch but Morales pushes him off.
Morales lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morales throws a right and a left that Law avoids nicely.

Law gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Law tries to score a body lock takedown but Morales shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Law fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Law is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morales pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martial Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales looking to slow down the pace here.
Law looking for a takedown.
Law tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morales gets through Law's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morales gets underhooks to prevent Law's takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morales stops a takedown attempt from Law.
A short right from Morales.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Morales.
A shot in the inside from Morales.
Morales scores with a hook to the body.
Morales lands a hook that snaps the head of Law backwards.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.

Law is rocked!
Morales lands with a left to the head.
Oh Law is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morales creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Law's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Law drops to his knees and Morales pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Morales!