PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quaa Ludes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sal Morris is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ludes
vs
Morris

180 cm
23
159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quaa Ludes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sal Morris!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ludes throws a sloppy head kick and Morris moves out of range easily.
Morris misses with a body kick.
Ludes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morris throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Morris is looking to land body kicks.

Morris closes the distance and pushes Ludes back into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ludes as Morris tries to tie him up.

Morris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morris.
Morris throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've been informed that Morris has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Some wild striking there from Ludes.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morris thows a body kick. Ludes tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ludes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morris.
Morris tries to clinch but Ludes is having none of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morris.
Morris thumps Ludes with a low kick.

Morris instigates a clinch.
Ludes is looking to break free of the clinch but Morris has double underhooks.

Morris breaks the clinch.
Morris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ludes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ludes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morris backs up against the cage.
Ludes is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris scores with a leg kick.
Ludes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ludes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morris wants to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Morris.

Ludes clinches with his opponent.
Ludes takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Morris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ludes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morris.
Ludes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morris. That one must have hurt.
Morris cracks the inside of Ludes's front leg.
Morris moves in looking to clinch but Ludes pushes him off.
Ludes misses with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Morris finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Morris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ludes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morris - the referee stops the clock and Ludes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morris. Ludes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ludes is breathing heavily.

Morris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Morris breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to clinch up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ludes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morris - the referee stops the clock and Ludes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morris. Ludes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morris throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ludes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Morris throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Morris slams his shin into Ludes's torso.
Sal Morris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morris. Ludes shrugs it off though.
Morris throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morris moves in looking to clinch but Ludes pushes him off.
Morris keeps Ludes at a distance using the push kick.
Morris scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Morris dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris lands a nice looking body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morris.
Ludes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
No joy there for Ludes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Morris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ludes being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ludes controls his hands.
Ludes looking to slow down the pace here.
Ludes takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Morris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morris throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morris.
Morris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ludes's calf.
Nice body kick there by Morris.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ludes swats away the attempt to clinch by Morris.
Sal Morris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ludes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ludes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris scores with a spinning back kick!
Ludes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morris is looking to slow Ludes down with leg kicks.
Morris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ludes if he has to take too many more of those.
Morris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morris throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Morris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ludes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morris delivers a nice body kick.
Morris fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morris.
Ludes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morris circles away quickly and effectively.
Morris doesn't manage to clinch there - Ludes circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris is looking to clinch but Ludes is avoiding it.
Ludes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morris. That one must have hurt.
Ludes throws a leg kick that misses.
Ludes swats away the attempt to clinch by Morris.
Morris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morris.
Morris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morris connects with a leg kick. Ludes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morris scores with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ludes's head.
Morris lands a nice looking body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morris. Ludes shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morris lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice body kick from Morris.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morris, right into the meat.
Ludes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morris lands a head kick. Ludes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morris goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Morris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ludes swats away the attempt to clinch by Morris.
Morris delivers a nice body kick.
Morris throws a front kick that sends Ludes stumbling back into the cage.
Morris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morris throws a head kick that Ludes semi-blocks.
Morris lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Morris gets a clinch.

Morris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris delivers a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Morris.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morris feints and then cracks Ludes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ludes down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ludes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morris - the referee stops the clock and Ludes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morris. Ludes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Morris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ludes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morris scores with a nice body kick.
Morris moves in looking to clinch but Ludes pushes him off.
Morris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ludes.
Morris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ludes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Morris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick from Morris.
Nice body kick there by Morris.
Ludes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Morris.
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!
Morris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ludes takes a kick to the side of the head.
Morris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ludes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Morris closes the distance and clinches.

Morris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morris keeps Ludes at a distance using the push kick.
Morris thuds his shin into the meat of Ludes's side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morris keeps Ludes at a distance using the push kick.
Morris doesn't manage to clinch there - Ludes circles away.

Morris moves into the clinch.
Ludes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Morris.
A frustrated look appears on Ludes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morris lands an elbow just above Ludes 's eye.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ludes avoids it.

Morris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ludes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Morris rushes Ludes and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morris avoiding damage as Ludes throws knees to the body.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ludes controls his hands.
Ludes takes an elbow to the forehead.

Morris manages to break the clinch.
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!
Morris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ludes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Morris fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ludes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quaa Ludes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris tries to clinch up but Ludes circles away and keeps his distance.
Morris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sal Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Morris moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sal Morris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight for Sal Morris!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Sal Morris!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Sal Morris!

Sal Morris wins by unanimous decision!