PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akhmad ShugaR (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Morley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think ShugaR might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dagestan. Morley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Power of Dragon Flame. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

ShugaR
vs
Morley

184 cm
22
200 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akhmad ShugaR!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bart Morley!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morley takes a swing at ShugaR's ribcage but misses.
Morley lands a jab.
Morley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ShugaR.
ShugaR doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morley counters with a nice uppercut.
Morley lands with a hook. ShugaR tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
ShugaR needs to keep his hands up - Morley had a free shot at his head there.
ShugaR misses with an uppercut.
Morley throws a right and a left that ShugaR avoids nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Morley misses the target.
ShugaR slips a straight right by Morley.
ShugaR ducks right into an uppercut from Morley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ShugaR jabs Morley right on the nose. Morley blinks but takes it well.
Morley throws a right hand that ShugaR ducks under and follows up with a left that ShugaR also avoids with ease.
ShugaR avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ShugaR.
ShugaR takes one to the side of the head.
ShugaR moves forwards but Morley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. ShugaR eats them both and turns towards Morley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
ShugaR fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morley on the side of the head.
Morley throws an overhand right that lands on ShugaR's shoulder, as ShugaR tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ShugaR is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Morley misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morley thows a body shot but no joy.
Morley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
ShugaR displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morley throws out the jab.
Morley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! ShugaR had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
ShugaR tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morley was well out of range. Poor timing from ShugaR.
A looping hook to the body misses from ShugaR. Morley does a little dance to reset his feet.
ShugaR tests Morley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morley throws a jab when ShugaR was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from ShugaR.
Nice body punch from Morley.
Bart Morley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ShugaR tries to move into range but Morley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morley lands a jab to ShugaR's midsection.
ShugaR throws a hook but Morley blocks it.
ShugaR tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Morley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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Morley connects with a right hand. ShugaR shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
ShugaR closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morley throws a right hand that ShugaR ducks under and follows up with a left that ShugaR also avoids with ease.
ShugaR takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
ShugaR doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morley scores with a hook to the body. ShugaR takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

ShugaR instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morley is leaning against ShugaR and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

ShugaR gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Morley is controlling ShugaR's posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
ShugaR throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Morley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morley lands a jab-cross combination.
ShugaR avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morley throws a sloppy body shot

and ShugaR holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right from Morley.
Morley looking to stall.
ShugaR throws a punch but it's blocked by Morley.
ShugaR lands a nice shot to the body.
ShugaR creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
ShugaR lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morley or not.
Morley effectively controlling the action here.
ShugaR tries a body shot but Morley blocks it.
ShugaR throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morley throws a head punch that misses.
Morley lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morley lands with a right to the head.
ShugaR is working for takedown but Morley is calmly controlling the position for now.
ShugaR wants to take the fight to the mat but Morley manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Morley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Morley breaks from the clinch.
ShugaR fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morley throws a looping overhand right but ShugaR ducks down to avoid it.
Morley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by ShugaR.
ShugaR walks into a stiff left hand from Morley.
ShugaR will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akhmad ShugaR. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by Morley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morley misses with a wild body shot.
ShugaR doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morley lands with a cross.
Morley cracks ShugaR with an open hand slap.
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!
ShugaR throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from ShugaR lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
ShugaR misses with a hook. Morley ducked under it nicely.
Morley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from ShugaR.
Bart Morley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morley misses with a hook
and ShugaR counters with a straight right hand.
Morley moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ShugaR keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
ShugaR uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morley.
A cross from Morley lands.
Morley defending well as ShugaR loads up on a big left hand.
ShugaR misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morley scores with a sloppy right hand. ShugaR should have avoided that one.
Morley connects with a right hand. ShugaR shakes it off.
Bart Morley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ShugaR.
ShugaR moves in looking to clinch but Morley pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Morley.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
ShugaR swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
ShugaR throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
ShugaR wants to clinch.
ShugaR ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morley stuns ShugaR with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Morley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ShugaR moves away.
ShugaR comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
ShugaR steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morley.
Morley takes one on the button.
ShugaR uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morley.
ShugaR takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morley misses with a looping left.
ShugaR looks to throw the jab but Morley is out of range.
Morley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morley missing with a left hand there. ShugaR was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ShugaR fails to land the takedown.
Morley digs a good body shot into ShugaR's ribs.

ShugaR gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
ShugaR misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Morley.
Morley trying to stall but ShugaR improves his position.
ShugaR tries to score a body lock takedown but Morley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
ShugaR is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akhmad ShugaR. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
ShugaR goes for a takedown attempt but Morley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before ShugaR has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morley falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling ShugaR to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
ShugaR darts in trying to clinch
and Morley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Well,ShugaR is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Morley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. ShugaR looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morley. ShugaR does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morley scores with a body shot.
Jab from Morley.
Morley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
ShugaR avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
ShugaR staying out of range there.
ShugaR tries to clinch there but Morley circles away.
ShugaR tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morley throws a big shot that misses.
Morley swings widly with a right hand
and ShugaR counters with a left and a right that stings Morley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morley clobbers ShugaR with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Morley gets caught flat footed, as ShugaR shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
ShugaR with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. ShugaR manages to get himself to full guard.
Akhmad ShugaR has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
ShugaR not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Morley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Morley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morley winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Bart Morley!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Bart Morley!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Bart Morley!

Bart Morley wins by unanimous decision!
Bart Morley made sure to mention his sponsor, Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) in his post fight interview.