PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bart Morley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorma Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morley comes into the arena with Power of Dragon Flame blaring out of the sound system. Jorma Johnson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Morley
vs
Johnson

180 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 St Petersburg, Bart Morley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorma Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morley misses with a wild body shot.
Morley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson moves forwards but Morley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morley misses with a series of wild punches.
Morley lands a body shot.
Morley takes a jab right on the kisser.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Morley.
Morley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Morley is just out of range.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morley.
Morley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Morley looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morley looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morley cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Morley stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jorma Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Morley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morley is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice combination there by Morley.
Morley throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morley.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Morley checks it.
Morley throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Morley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morley duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morley throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Morley misses with a straight left.
Morley throws a combination that misses
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson defending well as Morley loads up on a big left hand.
Morley misses with a wild body shot.
Morley tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morley jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Morley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Morley loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Morley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morley slips under a jab.
Morley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morley throws a combination that misses
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morley throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morley wants it to stay on the feet.
Morley swinging wildly here.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson wants to slow Morley down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morley defends it nicely.
Bart Morley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorma Johnson.
Morley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morley misses with a two punch combination.
Morley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Morley circles away.
Morley misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morley throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Morley scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morley ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Morley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bart Morley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morley misses with a body shot.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Morley.
Morley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morley takes one to the side of the head.
Morley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Morley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Morley throws a shot to the body.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morley cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Morley connects with a crisp jab.
Morley swinging wildly here.
Morley misses the jab.
Johnson stuns Morley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morley misses with a body shot.
Johnson lands a jab.
Morley feints a jab promting Johnson to slip. Morley then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Johnson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Morley circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morley.
Johnson takes a swing at Morley's ribcage but misses.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morley.
Johnson tries to clinch but Morley is having none of it.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morley circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson shoots and misses
and Morley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morley connects with the punch.
Morley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Morley.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morley.
Morley cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Morley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morley.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morley thows a body shot but no joy.
Morley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Morley punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morley scores with a punch to the head.
Morley lands a jab to the nose.
Morley throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.

Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Morley wants to control but Johnson postures up.
Morley tries to improve position but can't.
Morley trying to control but Johnson flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morley wants to escape the position.

Johnson tightening his grip on Morley, looking for the choke.
Morley rolls, trying to escape but Johnson keeps control of the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Johnson's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Morley can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morley showing good submission defense here.
Johnson doesn't have the hooks in and Morley manages to turn into his guard.
Morley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morley pushing down on Johnson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morley trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
Still in half guard, Morley seems content to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Morley controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Morley dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Morley throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson slips under a jab from Morley.
Morley throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Morley misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Morley tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morley works the jab nicely.
A big right from Morley misses.
Johnson cracks Morley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Bart Morley is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Morley.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Morley misses with a straight left.
Johnson is looking to clinch.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Morley is trying to stall.
Morley swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morley has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morley is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Morley effectively controlling the action here.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morley is trying to break free.

Morley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Morley.
Johnson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morley misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morley throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Morley misses with a hook.
Morley misses the shot to the body.
Morley swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Morley lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morley.
Morley swings away with a body shot that misses

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Morley trying to control the position.
Morley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Morley is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Morley keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morley controlling Johnson's posture.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Morley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bart Morley wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Morley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Jorma Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morley scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Morley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Bart Morley!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Bart Morley!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Bart Morley!

Bart Morley wins by unanimous decision!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Bart Morley made sure he mentioned FinnFighter Nutrition (Only 160Q supps!), along with how happy he was to win his fight.