PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Malurky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Alive. Malurky has chosen I'm On a Boat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dan Malurky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morrison
vs
Malurky

180 cm
24
157 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
162 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Morrison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Malurky!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malurky throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morrison misses with a low kick as Malurky jumps back.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malurky swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Morrison has managed to clinch.
Morrison stalls.
Morrison is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Malurky wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrison controlling the action here for a moment.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malurky dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
Malurky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Malurky avoids them all with ease.
Malurky misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Malurky stuns Morrison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Malurky lunges at Morrison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morrison's hand.
Morrison scores with a head kick. Malurky tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malurky.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morrison.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malurky loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Malurky checks a leg kick.
Malurky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morrison. Morrison obviously looking to wear him down.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Malurky misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Morrison.
Morrison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Malurky to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Tommy Morrison has been cut.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Malurky avoids them all with ease.
Malurky misses the shot to the body.
Malurky digs a good body shot into Morrison's ribs.
Malurky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malurky throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Malurky is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morrison rather than just go for the knockout.
Morrison swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Malurky counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Morrison is rocked!
Morrison drops his hands for a split second and Malurky immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Morrison face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Malurky follows up with a right hand that knocks Morrison into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dan Malurky!
Dan Malurky is the new lightweight champion!