PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Goran Spaten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Morse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spaten's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Knockin Boots by Candyman. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Spaten
vs
Morse

185 cm
27
168 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

172 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Crushed Designs

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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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Goran Spaten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morse!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morse throws a right hand that Spaten ducks under and follows up with a left that Spaten also avoids with ease.

Spaten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morse, pushing him back against the ropes.
Spaten lands a good knee to the midsection. Morse won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spaten.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Spaten lands a nice knee to the body.
Morse makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Spaten.
Spaten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Morse.
Morse managing to block the knees to the body from Spaten.
Spaten landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spaten obliges.
Morse looks gassed!
Spaten is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Morse is defending well.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Spaten prevents Morse from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spaten connects with a knee to the head.

Spaten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spaten shoots for a double leg takedown but Morse sprawls well. He's pushed Spaten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Spaten lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Spaten has managed to clinch.
Spaten trying to stall but Morse improves his position.
Morse looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spaten is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Spaten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spaten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morse is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goran Spaten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morse takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spaten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Spaten breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spaten rushes Morse and presses him up against the ropes.
Spaten landing knees to the body.
Spaten content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Spaten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spaten scores a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morse as Spaten tries to tie him up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spaten.
Spaten stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spaten lands a knee to the head.
Spaten is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morse pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Spaten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Spaten has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Spaten.
Spaten looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morse working hard to break the clinch.

Spaten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morse throws a series of punches but Spaten avoids them all with ease.

Spaten has closed the distance and engaged Morse in a clinch.
Spaten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Spaten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spaten crunches a lovely knee into Morse's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spaten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Spaten turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Morse takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Spaten working the body and head with strikes.
Morse is letting Spaten control him for a moment.
Morse is not content to let Spaten control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spaten is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morse knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Spaten landing strikes.
Morse is trying to buck Spaten off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morse can't do much from the bottom here.

Spaten stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Spaten dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Spaten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Spaten throws a quick inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spaten drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morse gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Spaten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spaten pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Spaten lands a left hand.
Spaten dodges an elbow strike from Morse.
Morse is trying to force a seperation but Spaten has the dominant position.
Morse is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morse gets underhooks to prevent Spaten's takedown attempt.
Spaten leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Spaten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Spaten working Morse over with knees to the body.
Spaten trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spaten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Goran Spaten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spaten scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spaten obliges.
Spaten crunches a lovely knee into Morse's ribcage.
Spaten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spaten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Spaten.
Spaten can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goran Spaten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spaten landing knees to the body.
Spaten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spaten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Spaten crunches a lovely knee into Morse's ribcage.
Spaten missing with knees to the body.
Spaten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morse.
Spaten landing knees to the body.
Spaten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spaten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Spaten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morse can do to turn this around?
Spaten lands an elbow inside.
Spaten trying to land knees to the body.
Spaten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morse avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spaten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morse managing to block the knees to the body from Spaten.
A left hand lands to the body for Spaten.
Spaten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Spaten has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Morse is trying to keep an underhook but Spaten manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Spaten moves nicely into side control.

Spaten is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morse knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spaten has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Morse!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spaten looking to finish Morse with some ground and pound. This is bad for Morse!
Spaten looking to control but Morse is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morse is bucking up trying to escape but Spaten cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Spaten looking for a guillotine from mount but Morse is having none of it.

Spaten is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Spaten closes the distance and pushes Morse back into the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spaten lands a nice knee to the body.
Spaten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spaten wants to take the fight to the mat but Morse manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Spaten dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Spaten gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Spaten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Spaten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morse.
Spaten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Spaten seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Morse is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Morse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spaten lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Spaten to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Spaten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morse takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Spaten feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morse really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spaten. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Spaten advances to half guard.
Spaten content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spaten is trying for a kimura here. Morse looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Spaten wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Goran Spaten!
Goran Spaten made sure to mention his sponsor, Crushed Designs in his post fight interview.