PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bart Meesters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Morawski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bart Meesters has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Meesters
vs
Morawski

180 cm
31
145 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

169 cm
21
148 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bart Meesters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krzysztof Morawski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morawski clinches with his opponent.
Meesters is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morawski lands a body shot.
Morawski lands with a short shot to the head.
Meesters has Morawski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morawski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Morawski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krzysztof Morawski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morawski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meesters has his takedown stuffed
and Morawski counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bart Meesters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morawski.

Morawski moves into range and clinches up with Meesters.
Meesters is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morawski lands a shoulder strike.
Morawski scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morawski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morawski scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morawski'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.
Morawski lands a left hand.
Meesters tries to score a body lock takedown but Morawski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Meesters really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morawski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morawski gets through Meesters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morawski lands with a short shot to the head.
Morawski digs a right hand underneath Meesters's ribcage. Meesters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Meesters tries for a takedown but Morawski manages to get underhooks.
Meesters is breathing heavily.
Meesters's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morawski lands a hook that snaps the head of Meesters backwards.
Morawski lands a right hand.
A short right from Morawski on the inside.
Morawski scores with a shot to the side of Meesters's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Morawski.
Meesters takes a shot to the head.
Morawski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morawski.
Morawski lands with a light punch inside.
Morawski lands a left hand.
Morawski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morawski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morawski scores with a shot to the side of Meesters's head.
Morawski lands with a short shot to the head.
Morawski scores with a shot to the side of Meesters's head.
Morawski lands with a right to the head.

Meesters is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Morawski.
Oh Meesters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morawski lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Morawski.
Meesters seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morawski lands a nice shot to the body.
Morawski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morawski lands a hook that snaps the head of Meesters backwards.
Morawski scores with a shoulder strike.
Morawski is leaning against Meesters and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morawski lands a left hand.
Morawski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morawski'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.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morawski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morawski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Morawski.
Meesters takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morawski lands a nice uppercut.
Morawski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morawski gets through Meesters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meesters wants a takedown but no success here.
Morawski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Morawski.
Morawski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morawski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morawski scores with a shoulder strike.
Morawski lands a right hand.
Morawski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morawski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Morawski.
Morawski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Meesters has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Morawski after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morawski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meesters is trying to drag Morawski to the mat but Morawski just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Meesters tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morawski smiles and moves away.

Morawski rushes Meesters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morawski slowing the pace effectively.
Morawski works on Meesters's body with a couple of short punches.
Morawski scores with a shoulder strike.
Morawski gets through Meesters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morawski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morawski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morawski lands an uppercut.
Morawski lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morawski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morawski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morawski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bart Meesters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morawski scores with a crisp jab that stopped Meesters in his tracks.

Morawski darts in and clinches Meesters up against the cage.
A short right from Morawski.
Morawski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Morawski.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morawski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morawski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morawski lands a left hand.
Morawski scores with a hook to the body.
Krzysztof Morawski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Morawski breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morawski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morawski throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morawski.
Morawski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meesters.

Morawski darts in and clinches Meesters up against the cage.
Morawski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morawski scores with a shot to the side of Meesters's head.
Morawski lands a shot to the body.
Morawski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meesters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morawski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morawski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morawski is leaning against Meesters and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morawski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morawski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morawski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meesters backwards.
A short right from Morawski on the inside.
Morawski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morawski is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bart Meesters. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morawski breaks the clinch.

Morawski gets a clinch.
Morawski is pressed up against the cage. Meesters has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morawski down to the mat. Morawski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Morawski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meesters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morawski.
Morawski lands with a hook. Meesters tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morawski lands a front kick.
Morawski lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morawski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Meesters eats them both and turns towards Morawski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Morawski rushes Meesters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morawski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Morawski.
Morawski lands a shoulder strike.
Morawski creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Meesters's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Meesters drops to his knees and Morawski pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krzysztof Morawski!
A relieved looking Krzysztof Morawski thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.