PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Skantze Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Skantze Jr
vs
Morrison

176 cm
33
174 lbs
13 - 20 - 0

183 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Skantze Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clayton Morrison!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skantze Jr looks to land a combination but Morrison avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Skantze Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Skantze Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skantze Jr.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Morrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Morrison also avoids with ease.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that Morrison avoids nicely.
John Skantze Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skantze Jr throws a one two combo.
No joy there for Skantze Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skantze Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Morrison.
Skantze Jr misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Morrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Morrison also avoids with ease.
Morrison slips a jab and a cross from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skantze Jr slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.
Skantze Jr misses with a combination
and Morrison counters with a one-two to the body.
Morrison looks winded!
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that Morrison avoids nicely.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Skantze Jr throws a series of strikes that have Morrison backpedaling.
Skantze Jr throws a nice looking combination but Morrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Skantze Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Skantze Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Skantze Jr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Morrison is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Morrison limp body while Skantze Jr jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Skantze Jr!
John Skantze Jr got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'