PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chikere Morce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trunk Slamchest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morce
vs
Slamchest

196 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chikere Morce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Trunk Slamchest!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morce takes a swing at Slamchest's ribcage but misses.
Morce tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Slamchest is able to avoid easily.

Morce gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slamchest wants a takedown.
Slamchest's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Slamchest's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Morce is pushing Slamchest up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Slamchest wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slamchest has Morce pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morce manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morce misses with an elbow over the top.
Morce throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Slamchests head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slamchest letting Morce take a breather here.
Slamchest can't break the clinch.
Morce misses with an elbow strike.
Slamchest blocking some punches.
Morce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slamchest blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morce is struggling to control the position.
Morce misses with a knee strike.
Slamchest fails to pull guard.
Chikere Morce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trunk Slamchest.
Slamchest throws an elbow but it misses.
Morce digs a right hand underneath Slamchest's ribcage. Slamchest let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morce's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Slamchest tries to score a body lock takedown but Morce shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morce lands with a left to the head.
Slamchest wants a takedown but no success here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morce takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Morce misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Slamchest up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morce for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Morce looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Slamchest jumps guard but Morce stands there with Slamchest around his waist. Slamchest gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morce.
Slamchest has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morce avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morce is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slamchest.
Morce landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morce is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Slamchest has Morce pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morce manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morce.
Morce crunches a lovely knee into Slamchest's ribcage.
Slamchest being controlled against the cage.
Morce lands a nice knee to the body.
Slamchest looks winded!
Morce stalling.
Slamchest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morce fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Morce gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morce has Slamchest pushed against the cage.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Slamchest avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Morce swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Slamchest letting Morce take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chikere Morce.
Morce misses the shot to the body.
Morce throws a body shot but no joy.

Morce clinches up with Slamchest and pushes him back against the cage.
Slamchest wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Slamchest lands a body shot.
Morce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morce unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee calls for Morce to work.
Slamchest can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chikere Morce dominated that 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.

Slamchest tries for a takedown but Morce sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Slamchest 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.
Morce throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Trunk Slamchest has been cut.
Morce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morce throws a head kick that misses.

Morce forces Slamchest back against the cage and clinches.
Slamchest is trying to pull guard but Morce has him pressed against the cage.
Morce misses with a punch on the inside.
Slamchest managing to block the knees to the body from Morce.

Slamchest pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morce controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slamchest can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Slamchest is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morce is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Slamchest looking for subs off his back but Morce has passed one foot through into half guard.
Morce looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Morce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slamchest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morce slaps away a takedown attempt from Slamchest, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chikere Morce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trunk Slamchest.

Slamchest rushes Morce and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morce holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slamchest lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Slamchest is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Morce.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Morce has Slamchest pressed against the cage.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morce stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morce with a knee to the head.
Slamchest trying to land knees to the body.
Morce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slamchest's elbow.
Chikere Morce has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morce slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slamchest is working for takedown but Morce is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morce lands a damaging elbow.
Slamchest pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice elbow from Morce.

That has opened up Trunk Slamchest's cut even more.
Morce utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morce presses Slamchest against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morce lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Morce.
Morce works on Slamchest's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chikere Morce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Trunk Slamchest's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morce gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morce obliges.
Morce stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Slamchest wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morce has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morce obliges.
Morce has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morce lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slamchest tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morce smiles and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morce.
Slamchest takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slamchest takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Morce swings for the body but Slamchest moves out of range.
Chikere Morce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morce misses with the combination.
Morce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chikere Morce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Morce.
Morce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morce just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morce!
Morce lands a front kick.

Slamchest gets tackled into the cage by Morce. Morce maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Morce as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morce creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morce will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Slamchest up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morce lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Slamchest.
Morce lands a good knee to the midsection. Slamchest won't want to take too many of those.
Morce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slamchest blocks it with crossed arms.
Morce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slamchest has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morce is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morce misses with a punch on the inside.
Morce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Morce.
Morce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slamchest blocks a body shot from Morce.
Slamchest blocks an uppercut.
Morce creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Slamchest's defenses.
Morce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morce stalling the fight.
Slamchest trying to land knees to the body.
Morce misses with a knee to the head.
Morce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morce holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Slamchest lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slamchest is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morce trying to control the position but instead, Slamchest has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morce into the cage.
Slamchest is trying to force a seperation but Morce has the dominant position.
Slamchest avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Morce taking a breather.
Slamchest is trying to push Morce away but Morce has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Slamchest manages to pull guard.
Morce advances to half guard.
Morce is thwarting Slamchest's attempts to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chikere Morce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morce, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:25
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chikere Morce!