PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yang Morks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Slabczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morks comes to the cage accompanied by The Champ. Slabczak comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tom Boxer & Morena feat. J Warner - Deep In Love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marcin Slabczak has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morks
vs
Slabczak

198 cm
28
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yang Morks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcin Slabczak!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slabczak defending well as Morks loads up on a big left hand.
Slabczak shoots for a takedown but Morks saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morks jabs Slabczak to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Slabczak closes the distance and clinches up with Morks, looking for a takedown. Slabczak pushes Morks against the cage but Morks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slabczak slips under a jab from Morks.
Morks misses with a two punch combination.
Morks looks to land a combination but Slabczak avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morks.

Slabczak has closed the distance and engaged Morks in a clinch.
Morks tries to circle away but Slabczak has him pinned against the cage.
Morks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage.
Morks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slabczak goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morks prevents it.
Yang Morks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Slabczak.
Slabczak tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morks tries to circle away but Slabczak has him pinned against the cage.
Morks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Slabczak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Morks is trying to push Slabczak away but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Slabczak is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Morks is defending well.
Morks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morks tries to circle away but Slabczak has him pinned against the cage.
Slabczak has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Morks after a bit of a struggle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slabczak is looking to take this one to the mat.
Slabczak is trying to drag Morks to the mat but Morks just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Slabczak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Slabczak looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Morks's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Slabczak lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Morks wants to get back to his feet.
Slabczak performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Slabczak.
Morks looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yang Morks will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slabczak slips under a jab from Morks.
Morks scores with a head kick.
Morks scores with a decent looking hook.
Yang Morks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Morks as Slabczak shoots in.
Morks misses the shot to the body.
Morks misses with a two punch combination.
Slabczak tries for a takedown but Morks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Slabczak takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slabczak tries to score a body lock takedown but Morks shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yang Morks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Slabczak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slabczak is trying to drag Morks to the mat but Morks just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Morks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Slabczak moves out of range as Morks throws a body kick.
Morks connects with a body shot.
Morks throws a sloppy head kick and Slabczak moves out of range easily.

Slabczak bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morks pushes Slabczak away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Slabczak gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Slabczak scores with punches from side control.
Slabczak is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morks is trying to get back to his feet.
Morks is being controlled here.
Marcin Slabczak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slabczak prevents Morks from escaping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slabczak controls the position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Marcin Slabczak wasn't active enough on the ground.

Slabczak moves into the clinch successfully.
Morks stops a takedown attempt from Slabczak.
Morks prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morks is trying to push Slabczak away but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yang Morks will probably get the nod.
That's time! Morks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Slabczak fails with a takedown attempt.
Morks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Slabczak's head backwards.
Morks misses with a head kick.
Morks connects with a right hand. Slabczak shakes it off.
Morks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Slabczaks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slabczak.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morks drops Slabczak with a huge uppercut! Slabczak drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Morks is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yang Morks!