PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lugh Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blackburn comes to the cage accompanied by When the Man Comes Down. Morales has chosen Delinquent Habits- Tres Deliquntes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blackburn
vs
Morales

187 cm
21
200 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
22
198 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lugh Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francisco Morales!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Blackburn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morales fails to land with a series of punches.
Morales avoids the body shot from Blackburn.
Morales defending well as Blackburn loads up on a big left hand.
Blackburn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blackburn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blackburn.
The fighters circling - Morales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Blackburn moved out of range nicely.
Morales stuns Blackburn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab from Blackburn.
Morales throws an overhand right that lands on Blackburn's shoulder, as Blackburn tries to avoid the shot.
Morales blocks a jab.

Morales forces Blackburn back against the cage and clinches.

Morales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales throws an overhand right that lands on Blackburn's shoulder, as Blackburn tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackburn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morales.
Lugh Blackburn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Morales needs to keep his hands up - Blackburn had a free shot at his head there.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blackburn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blackburn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blackburn misses with a hook.
Blackburn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Blackburn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morales. Morales obviously looking to wear him down.
Blackburn misses with an uppercut. Morales saw that one coming.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Morales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackburn.
Blackburn misses with a right hand
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morales moves out of range as Blackburn strikes.
A left and a right from Morales both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales lands a jab.
Morales moves out of range of the strikes.
Blackburn digs a good body shot into Morales's ribs.
Morales misses with a hook. Blackburn ducked under it nicely.
Blackburn throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Blackburn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blackburn. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Blackburn misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blackburn.
Blackburn misses with a body shot.
Blackburn takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
Morales throws a body punch but Blackburn moves out of range.
Morales waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blackburn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn misses the body punch
and Morales counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morales slips under a jab.
Morales throws a body punch but Blackburn moves out of range.
Blackburn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blackburn looks to land a left hand but Morales moved out of range nicely.
Blackburn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackburn.
Blackburn looks to land a left hand but Morales moved out of range nicely.
Morales avoids the body shot from Blackburn.
Nice shot by Blackburn.
Morales throws a hook but Blackburn blocks it.
Morales just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Morales misses.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Blackburn moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn misses with a left hand
and Morales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blackburn lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blackburn. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blackburn throws the left hand but Morales avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackburn misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
Blackburn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blackburn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morales.
Blackburn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blackburn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morales on the side of the head.
Jab by Blackburn.
Blackburn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blackburn throws a hook but Morales avoids it easily.
Blackburn lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lugh Blackburn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Blackburn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morales takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blackburn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blackburn misses with a looping right.
Blackburn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blackburn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blackburn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blackburn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Blackburn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blackburn.
Blackburn takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
Blackburn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
Morales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Morales takes a swing at Blackburn's ribcage but misses.
Morales moves out of range as Blackburn strikes.
Morales staying out of range there.
Morales throws a front kick aimed at Blackburn's knee but Blackburn avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Blackburn misses.
Blackburn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blackburn scores with a nice right hand.
Morales is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blackburn.
Blackburn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morales slips under a jab from Blackburn.
Blackburn throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Blackburn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morales jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blackburn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Blackburn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackburn.
A big left from Blackburn misses.
Blackburn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn staying out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by Blackburn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blackburn.
Blackburn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morales's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackburn misses with a straight left.
Morales scores with a nice right hand.
Blackburn throws a shot from downtown. Morales moves away and avoids it.
Blackburn misses with an uppercut. Morales saw that one coming.
Morales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blackburn throws out the jab.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Blackburn.
Morales connects with a leg kick. Blackburn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Morales ducks under a wild hook from Blackburn.
Morales misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn lands the left hand.
Blackburn throws a hook to the side of Morales's head but Morales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morales drops his hands momentarily and Blackburn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Morales gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blackburn throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales.

Morales breaks from the clinch.
Blackburn throws a hook but Morales blocks it.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Blackburn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Blackburn throws a shot to the body.
Blackburn scores with a body shot.
Blackburn throws out a loose jab but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.

Morales moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blackburn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blackburn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
A short left from Blackburn.
Blackburn lands a right hand.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blackburn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morales's face.
Morales is breathing heavily.
Blackburn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Blackburn.

Morales is rocked!
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales tries to work over Blackburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blackburn lands a left hand.
Morales is still on wobbly legs! Can Blackburn finish him?
Blackburn misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blackburn.
Still in the clinch, Morales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morales seems to have recovered his senses.
Blackburn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blackburn's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lugh Blackburn dominated that second round.
That's time! Blackburn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Blackburn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Morales misses with a wild combination.
A punch lands to the side of Morales 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lugh Blackburn is winning the standup battle so far.
Morales scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blackburn cracks Morales with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slow jab from Blackburn misses its intended target.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blackburn manages to avoid it.
Morales is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackburn looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blackburn throws a lazy right hand but Morales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blackburn throws out a loose jab but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Blackburn lands.
Morales thuds a left hand into Blackburn's body.
Blackburn throws a looping overhand right but Morales ducks down to avoid it.
Blackburn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blackburn looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Blackburn misses with a looping right.
Morales takes one to the side of the head.
Blackburn scores with a decent looking hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Blackburn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales moves out of range of the strikes.
Blackburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blackburn.
Blackburn scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackburn.
Morales has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morales there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales throws a hook but Blackburn blocks it.
Blackburn misses with a right hand
and Morales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Francisco Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morales throws a nice looking combination but Blackburn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blackburn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Blackburn moved out of range nicely.
Blackburn throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Blackburn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morales on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Blackburn throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Morales.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn cracks Morales with a good jab.
Blackburn throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Morales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morales looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blackburn.
Morales moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blackburn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lugh Blackburn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Blackburn.
A combination from Morales does no damage.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A combination from Morales does no damage.
Blackburn swings for the body but Morales moves out of range.
A left lands for Blackburn.
Blackburn digs a good body shot into Morales's ribs.

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!
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice uppercut there from Blackburn.
Morales takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blackburn.
Nice jab there from Blackburn.
Blackburn punishes Morales's body with a nice straight punch.
Blackburn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Moraless jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morales takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blackburn jabs Morales to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blackburn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blackburn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blackburn cracks Morales with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lugh Blackburn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blackburn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lugh Blackburn!
Lugh Blackburn really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AnonymouS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.