PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bolt Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Guloev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes to the cage accompanied by MMMBop. Bolt Morris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ruslan Guloev's chin.

Morris
vs
Guloev

185 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

179 cm
29
209 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition
Conquer

LOD: Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bolt Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruslan Guloev!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Morris. Guloev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guloev throws a jab when Morris was well out of range.
Guloev misses with a hook.
Guloev takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Ruslan Guloev has been cut.
Guloev takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
Guloev throws a right and a left that Morris avoids nicely.
Morris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Guloev misses with a left hand
and Morris counters with a nice leg kick.
Guloev throws the left hand but Morris avoids the punch easily.
Morris connects with a solid leg kick.
Guloev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris defending well as Guloev loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris throws a wild body kick that Guloev sees coming a mile off.

Guloev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Guloev showed some decent athleticism there.
Guloev throwing shots but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morris tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morris manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morris is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Morris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Guloev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Guloev throwing strikes from guard but Morris blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guloev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guloev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Guloev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Guloev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guloev wants to pass the guard but Morris is keeping the position.
Morris wants to control the position but Guloev says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Morris holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Guloev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morris's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guloev looks to land a strike but Morris avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Guloev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guloev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morris is trying to control the position but Guloev postures up.
Guloev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Guloev works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Guloev with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Guloev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morris wants to get back to full guard.
Morris gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guloev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morris has his hands on Guloev's head, controlling the position.
Morris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Guloev passes Morris's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guloev tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morris knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Guloev.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Guloev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ruslan Guloev will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Guloev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morris lands a jab to Guloev's midsection.
Morris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Guloev slips a jab from Morris.
Morris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morris leaves Guloev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morris.
Guloev jabs at Morris's body.
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guloev throws a hook but Morris blocks it.
Morris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bolt Morris is winning the standup battle so far.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Guloev.
Guloev misses with the ground and pound.
Morris regains half guard, as Guloev was trying to land strikes.
Guloev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morris trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Guloev thowing shots but they're missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Guloev is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but Guloev has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guloev keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.

Guloev pushes Morris off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morris.
Guloev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guloev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morris as he jumps to the side.
Morris swings for the body but Guloev moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands a nice hook to Guloev's body. Guloev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morris moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Guloev scores with a kick to the midsection.
Morris misses with a low kick.
Morris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morris is looking to wear down Guloev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Guloev misses with an uppercut
and Morris counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guloev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morris cracks Guloev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bolt Morris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Guloev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A combination from Guloev does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Morris there.
Ruslan Guloev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guloev takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Guloev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Guloev is out of range.
Guloev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morris.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Guloev is out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Morris. No joy for Guloev on that attempt.
Guloev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guloev throws a sloppy body shot
and Morris counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guloev shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morris but Morris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guloev.
Morris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morris slips a jab from Guloev.
A telegraphed right hand from Guloev misses the target.
A big right from Guloev misses.
A jab from Guloev misses.
Guloev looks to score with a jab to the body but Morris is just out of range.
Guloev throws a right hand that misses
and Morris counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Guloev.
Bolt Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruslan Guloev.
Morris misses with a low kick.
Morris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guloev manages to avoid it.
Guloev doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morris counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guloev lands a nice hook to Morris's body. Morris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morris. Guloev shrugs it off though.
Morris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Guloev takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Morris tenderised Guloev's leg. Guloev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morris cracks the inside of Guloev's front leg.
Guloev looks to land a right hand but Morris moved out of range.
Morris wants to slow Guloev down by chopping away at his legs.
Guloev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Guloev moves out of range as Morris throws a body kick.
Morris is looking to slow Guloev down with leg kicks.
Morris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guloev connects with a looping right hand.
Morris lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guloev blocks a head kick by Morris.
Morris lands with an overhand left.
Guloev misses with an uppercut. Morris saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guloev swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Guloev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guloev throws a big shot that misses.
Morris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morris stuns Guloev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guloev closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morris circles away.
Guloev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morris counters with a solid body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bolt Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bolt Morris!
During a confident post fight interview, Bolt Morris thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.