PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lezema (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Morison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lezema might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Weird Al Yankovic - Fat song. Morison has chosen Riot Maker as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lezema
vs
Morison

185 cm
22
257 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
218 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Solid
ZSTAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Lezema!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Morison!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lezema goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Morison finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Morison moves out of range as Lezema strikes.

Morison has Lezema up against the cage in a clinch.
Morison prevents Lezema from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Morison.

It looks like Diego Lezema has been cut.
Morison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Morison breaks the clinch.

Lezema tries to keep at a distance but Morison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lezema wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lezema scores with a hook to the body.
Morison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lezema has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morison looking to stall.
Lezema has a couple of punches blocked by Morison.
Lezema wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Lezema tries to break the clinch but Morison is controlling the position.
Morison keeps control of Lezema as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Morison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Morison has closed the distance and engaged Lezema in a clinch.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Morison looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lezema wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Lezema has had enough of the clinch but Morison keeps him there for the moment.
Lezema wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morison stops a takedown attempt from Lezema.
Morison has Lezema pushed against the cage.
Lezema trying to stall but Morison improves his position.
Morison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lezema blocks it with crossed arms.
Lezema wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morison crunches a lovely knee into Lezema's ribcage.
Morison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lezema.
Lezema is breathing heavily.
Lezema tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morison scores with a knee to the head.
Lezema takes a knee right on the jaw!

Lezema is rocked!
Morison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lezema lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oh Lezema is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lezema is looking to break free of the clinch but Morison has double underhooks.
Morison's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lezema seems to have got his legs back now.
Morison lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morison lands a shoulder strike.
Lezema wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lezema is trying to break the clinch but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Lezema misses with some punches.
Morison just leaning against Lezema, taking a breather.
Morison connects with a knee to the head.
Morison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lezema wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morison avoiding damage.
Morison lands a damaging elbow.
Morison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lezema wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lezema drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Lezema. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lezema wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lezema wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morison controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lezema tries a body shot but Morison blocks it.
Morison crunches a lovely knee into Lezema's ribcage.
Morison lands a knee to the head.
Lezema is working for takedown but Morison is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lezema can't break the clinch.
Morison misses with a knee strike.
Morison lands a knee to the head.
Morison crunches a lovely knee into Lezema's ribcage.
Morison trying to stall but Lezema improves his position.
Morison is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lezema has had enough of the clinch but Morison keeps him there for the moment.
Lezema looking to slow down the pace here.
Lezema wants to break free but Morison has control.
Morison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lezema.
Morison prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morison landing knees to the body.
Morison stalls.
Lezema wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lezema can't break the clinch.
Morison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morison prevents Lezema from breaking the clinch.
Morison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morison looking to throw knees to the head but Lezema is blocking nicely.
Morison lands an elbow just above Lezema 's eye.
Morison lands an elbow just above Lezema 's eye.
Morison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lezema has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lezema is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morison lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morison.
Lezema trying to stall but Morison improves his position.
Morison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lezema tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morison misses with a punch on the inside.
Lezema jumps guard but Morison stands there with Lezema around his waist. Lezema gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morison manages to break the clinch.
Morison throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Lezema wants to clinch
and Morison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Morison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Lezema's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lezema's sensitive parts.
Morison throws a body punch but Lezema moves out of range.
Diego Lezema seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lezema closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morison counters with a nice leg kick.
Morison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lezema paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diego Lezema is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morison throws a hook to the side of Lezema's head but Lezema sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Morison forces Lezema back against the cage and clinches.
Lezema can't break the clinch.

Morison breaks from the clinch.

Morison closes the distance and clinches.
Lezema is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morison scores a nice knee to the body.

Morison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morison throws a sloppy head kick and Lezema moves out of range easily.
Lezema looks to clinch
and Morison counters with a head kick. That will keep Lezema thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lezema throws the left hand but Morison avoids the punch easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lezema uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morison.
Lezema tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Morison counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lezema up against the cage.
Morison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morison is stalling here.
Morison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lezema backwards.
Morison lands a knee to the head.
Morison blocks an uppercut.
Jimmy Morison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lezema is trying to maintain a safe position but Morison gets an underhook and turns Lezema into the cage.
Lezema goes for a takedown attempt but Morison pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lezema paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lezema misses with a double jab
and Morison counters with a nice body kick.

Morison drives through and clinches with Lezema against the cage.
Lezema takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morison's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morison connects with a knee to the head.
Lezema wants to break free but Morison has control.
Morison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lezema up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Morison.
Morison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lezema is trying to break the clinch but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Lezema misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Morison to work.
Lezema wants to break free but Morison has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lezema can't find room to land a body shot as Morison controls the action.
Morison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lezema lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lezema wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morison's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lezema misses with a punch on the inside.
Lezema wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Morison is pressed up against the cage. Lezema has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morison down to the mat. Morison avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Lezema. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morison connects with a high kick.
Lezema throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morison counters with a straight right hand.
Morison throws a leg kick which misses Lezema's front leg but catches the back leg as Lezema tries to avoid it.
Lezema clinches but Morison breaks the clinch
and Morison counters with a good low kick that Lezema was not able to check.
Morison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jimmy Morison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morison tries to clinch up but Lezema circles away and keeps his distance.
Lezema throws a combination that misses
and Morison counters with a head kick. That will keep Lezema thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lezema lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morison backs up against the cage.

It looks like Jimmy Morison has been cut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lezema.

Morison is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy body kick from Lezema
and Morison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lezema manages to avoid it.
Lezema lands the left hand.
Morison is still on wobbly legs! Can Lezema finish him?
Lezema throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Morison stumbling backwards into the cage! Morison bounces back off the cage towards Lezema, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Lezema lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Lezema celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Diego Lezema!