PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bolt Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valmir Tiberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris's entrance music is MMMBop. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morris
vs
Tiberio

185 cm
25
220 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

195 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition
Conquer

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bolt Morris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Valmir Tiberio!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiberio tests Morris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morris is looking to slow Tiberio down with leg kicks.
Tiberio tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Tiberio gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Morris wants to control from the top but Tiberio keeps moving.
Morris throws a strike but Tiberio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tiberio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tiberio trying to control the position but Morris is working away.
Tiberio happy to just control the position for now.
Morris manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tiberio's best efforts.
Morris has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tiberio is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to get to full guard but Tiberio has control of the leg.
Tiberio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morris keeps working.
Morris tries to get to full guard but Tiberio has control of the leg.
Tiberio is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morris is trying to get back to full guard.
Tiberio is trying to control the action in half guard but Morris is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Valmir Tiberio hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Morris looks for the body kick but Tiberio saw that one coming.
Tiberio misses the shot to the body.
Morris misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a leg kick but Tiberio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tiberio avoids the body shot from Morris.
Morris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tiberio takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
Tiberio thuds his right hand into Morris's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Tiberio misses with a straight right.
Tiberio stuffs the takedown.
Morris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tiberio.
Tiberio misses with a hook. Morris ducked under it nicely.
Tiberio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Tiberio throws a hook to the side of Morris's head but Morris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tiberio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a body kick.
Tiberio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morris.
Tiberio lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiberio throws a body punch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiberio throws out the jab.
An inside leg kick from Morris misses.
Morris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Morris. Those never looked like landing.
Tiberio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morris at a distance.
Tiberio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Valmir Tiberio will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tiberio jabs at Morris's body.
Tiberio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morris rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tiberio. Morris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tiberio looks to score with a jab to the body but Morris is just out of range.
Morris fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tiberio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tiberio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Morris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tiberio was covering up waiting for the punch and Morris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tiberio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris throws a strike but Tiberio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Tiberio from controlling successfully.
Morris controls Tiberio momentarily but Tiberio frees himself.
Tiberio forces his way into half guard.
Morris is looking for a sweep. Tiberio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morris trying to control from the bottom.
Morris is refusing to be controlled, as Tiberio sits in half guard.
Morris wants to improve his position but Tiberio is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris is trying to maintain the position but Tiberio is very close to passing his half guard.
Morris is not content to let Tiberio control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tiberio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Tiberio misses the shot to the body.
Tiberio scores with a shot to the body.
Morris misses with a body shot.
Morris is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Morris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiberio.
Tiberio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiberio misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Valmir Tiberio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tiberio throws a shot from downtown. Morris moves away and avoids it.
Tiberio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tiberio jabs at Morris's body.
Morris tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tiberio defends well and Morris ends up having to push Tiberio into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Tiberio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morris takes a shot to the head.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris can't find room to land a body shot as Tiberio controls the action.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Morris lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morris throws a head punch that misses.
Morris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tiberio or not.
A body shot lands from Tiberio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to throw a body punch but Tiberio avoids it by throwing Morris back against the cage.
Tiberio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tiberio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morris tries a body shot but Tiberio blocks it.
Tiberio misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiberio.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris misses with a hook from the clinch.

Tiberio manages to break the clinch.
Tiberio scores with a jab. Morris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tiberio connects with a right hand. Morris shakes it off.
Valmir Tiberio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiberio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valmir Tiberio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Tiberio.
Tiberio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tiberio misses the body punch
and Morris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tiberio is lucky that one didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valmir Tiberio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tiberio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morris. That did some damage!
A clash of legs there as Tiberio blocks the low kick.
Tiberio throws a hook but Morris blocks it.
Tiberio lands a lovely overhand right.
Tiberio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tiberio connects with the punch.
Tiberio throws a looping overhand right but Morris ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Tiberio misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Tiberio. That snapped Morris's head back.
Tiberio misses with a hook
enabling Morris to counter with a crisp jab.
Morris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiberio.
Tiberio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morris takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris scores with a leg kick.
Tiberio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morris slips under a jab from Tiberio.
Tiberio cracks Morris with an open hand slap.

Morris is rocked!
Tiberio lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Morris up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Tiberio from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Morris's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Valmir Tiberio! Valmir Tiberio retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Valmir Tiberio thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.