PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Morawski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MixMaster Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Me has chosen Digital Animal as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Morawski
vs
Me

169 cm
27
148 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

154 cm
33
141 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Just Fight (Everything 7$)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Krzysztof Morawski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, MixMaster Me!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morawski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've been hearing reports that Morawski has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Me tries to clinch but Morawski moves away

and Morawski counters with a shoot takedown. Me fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morawski tries to free his leg and advance position but Me is retaining full guard.
Me wants to sweep but no luck.
Morawski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Morawski wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
Morawski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Me is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Me darts in and clinches Morawski up against the cage.
Morawski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Me is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Me tries to stall but Morawski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morawski tries to score a body lock takedown but Me shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morawski is working for takedown but Me is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krzysztof Morawski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Me tries to break the clinch but Morawski is controlling the position.
Me lands a body punch.
Me tries to work over Morawski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morawski tries to circle away but Me has him pinned against the cage.
Me prevents the takedown attempt.

Morawski has hold of one of Me's legs. Me is fighting the takedown attempt but Morawski gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Me is looking to stand up but Morawski isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morawski wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
Our spies down at at HILITE Fighting Club inform us that Me has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morawski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Me works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morawski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morawski tries to free his leg and advance position but Me is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morawski advances to half guard.
Me is looking to control Morawski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Me avoid being mounted?

Morawski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morawski is keen to just control but Me is a slippery customer.
Morawski moves into full mount! Me won't be happy about that!
Me sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morawski is keen to just control but Me is a slippery customer.
Morawski stops Me from getting back to his feet.

Morawski seems to be looking for submissions.
Me is not content to let Morawski control the position.
Me desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Me is looking to control Morawski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Me avoid being mounted?
Morawski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Me's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me is refusing to be controlled, as Morawski sits in half guard.
Me keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

MixMaster Me has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Me doesn't manage to clinch there - Morawski circles away.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Me tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morawski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Me tries to clinch but Morawski moves out of range.
Me misses with a head kick.
Morawski shoots in looking for a takedown but Me manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morawski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morawski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Me as he jumps to the side.
Me wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morawski circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krzysztof Morawski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Me moves in looking to clinch but Morawski pushes him off.
Me tries to clinch up.
Me fails to land with a series of punches.
Morawski swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.

Morawski gets a double leg takedown into Me's guard.
Morawski trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.
Morawski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Me swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morawski wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
Morawski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Me is controlling Morawski's posture.
Morawski wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Krzysztof Morawski.
Me misses with a few strikes there.
Me looks to clinch
and Morawski counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Me fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morawski, pushing him back against the cage.

Morawski turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
You can see the frustration on Me's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Me stops Morawski from passing to mount.
Morawski lands a decent elbow from side control.
Me is trying to buck Morawski off.
Morawski tries to score with some ground and pound. Me controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morawski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Me keeps working.

Morawski working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Me tries to improve position but can't.
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!
Me is holding Morawski down, trying to stall.
Morawski taking a breather here.

Morawski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Krzysztof Morawski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morawski tries to advance to mount but Me denies him.
Morawski misses with the ground and pound.
Morawski tries to move to full mount but Me actually manages to regain half guard.
Morawski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Me's head.
Morawski is trying to control. Me wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Me kicks Morawski off and gets back to his feet.
Me tries to clinch up.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morawski keeps the fight on the outside.

Morawski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Me to the mat! Me manages to get full guard.
Me keeping moving, preventing Morawski from controlling successfully.
Morawski distracts Me with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Me is looking to stand up but Morawski isn't so interested in that idea.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morawski trying to control the position from guard on top but Me is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morawski wants to pass the guard but Me is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krzysztof Morawski dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Me takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Morawski swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morawski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morawski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morawski throws a leg kick but Me moved away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Me.

It looks like Krzysztof Morawski has been cut.
Morawski goes for a double leg but Me avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Me continues to drive forward.
Morawski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Me's elbow.
Morawski is looking to take this one to the mat.

Me pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Me misses with a double jab.

Me clinches with his opponent.
Morawski wants to take the fight to the mat but Me manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krzysztof Morawski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Me is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Me pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Me blocks a head kick by Morawski.
Me tries to clinch but Morawski is having none of it.
Morawski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me loads up on a big right hand but Morawski slips the punch.
Morawski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morawski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
MixMaster Me is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Me tries to move into range but Morawski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morawski shoots for a takedown but Me saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morawski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.

Morawski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Me did well to prevent Morawski getting side control.
Morawski stops Me from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morawski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Me doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morawski.
Me looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morawski wants to control but Me is keeping him busy.
Me tries to get to full guard but Morawski has control of the leg.
Me has hold of Morawski's hands but Morawski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morawski trying to control the action but Me is working from the bottom.
Me is trying to stand back up but Morawski is controlling him
Morawski is looking to advance position but Me won't allow it.
Me tries to kick Morawski off but Morawski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Morawski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Me keeps working.
Me wants to get back to his feet.
Morawski thows a huge punch but Me dodges it nicely.
Morawski prevents Me from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morawski is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Me defends it well.
Me avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morawski.
Me is looking to control Morawski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Me avoid being mounted?
Morawski wants to advance to full mount but Me doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Me is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morawski is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morawski tries to free his leg and advance position but Me is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but MixMaster Me just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Krzysztof Morawski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice body punch from Morawski.
Morawski swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
MixMaster Me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morawski swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Me wants to clinch up but Morawski keeps it at a distance.
Me tries to clinch there but Morawski circles away.
Morawski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morawski has a takedown stuffed.
Me has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Morawski.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morawski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick by Me misses

and Morawski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
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!

Morawski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Me sees it coming and defends easily.
Me is looking to control Morawski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Me avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morawski trying to control from half guard but Me is working away.

Morawski seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Me is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Krzysztof Morawski!
Krzysztof Morawski retains his bantamweight title!
An out of breath Krzysztof Morawski thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.