PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between George Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey The Razor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey The Razor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George Morris's chin.

Morris
vs
The Razor

184 cm
25
222 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light 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, George Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joey The Razor!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Razor has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.
Morris lands an elbow just above The Razor 's eye.

It looks like Joey The Razor has been cut.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Razor is keeping busy.
The Razor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Razor working aggressively here.
The Razor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morris up against the cage.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Razor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Razor misses with the head strike.
Morris scores a nice knee to the body.
Morris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Razor.
A short left from The Razor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris crunches a lovely knee into The Razor's ribcage.
The Razor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
The Razor looks winded!
The Razor takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
Morris scores with a knee to the head.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Razor's elbow.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Razor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Razor throws a punch but it's blocked by Morris.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
The Razor's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on The Razor's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris blocking some punches.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
The Razor swings wildly with an uppercut but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris lands a shoulder strike.
Morris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Razor looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Razor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morris missing with knees to the body.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
The Razor stalling in the clinch but Morris improves position.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris takes a shot to the head.
Morris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.

The Razor breaks from the clinch.

The Razor darts in and clinches Morris up against the cage.
The Razor misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morris obliges.
Morris lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Razor tries to break free but Morris pushes him back against the cage.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris lands an elbow inside that The Razor shrugs off.
The Razor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morris cracks The Razor with a nice body shot.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
Morris is trying to stall.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
Morris with a knee to the head.
The Razor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morris is keeping busy.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morris throws an elbow but misses.
The Razor is trying to maintain a safe position but Morris gets an underhook and turns The Razor into the cage.
A short right from Morris.
Morris tries to work over The Razor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Razor tries to stall but Morris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morris trying to control the position but instead, The Razor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morris into the cage.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor misses with an elbow strike.
Morris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
Morris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Razor's efforts to push away.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Morris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Razor's defenses.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
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!

The Razor breaks from the clinch.
Morris throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Razor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Razor throws a head kick that misses.
Morris throws a wild body kick that The Razor sees coming a mile off.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morris gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Morris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Razor takes a kick to the side of the head.
Morris wants to clinch but The Razor slips to the side
and The Razor counters with a stiff right hand.
The Razor lands with a nice body punch.

The Razor closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
Morris connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Razor's face.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.

The Razor manages to break the clinch.
The Razor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Morris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The Razor moves out of range as Morris throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Razor misses with a right hand
and Morris counters with a low kick, right behind The Razor 's knee.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

The Razor moves into the clinch.

The Razor breaks from the clinch.
Morris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Razor raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The Razor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Razor clobbers Morris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morris misses with a wild body shot.
The Razor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Razor tries a head kick but it misses.
The Razor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Razor shapes to counter with a head kick.
Morris throws a lazy head kick
letting The Razor counter with a right hand.

The Razor moves into the clinch.
The Razor working hard to break the clinch.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but The Razor avoids the damage to the body.
The Razor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor is trying to break the clinch but Morris has him pressed against the cage.
The Razor has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morris.
The Razor tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Morris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Razor working aggressively here.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Morris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
The Razor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris blocking some punches.
Morris gets through The Razor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Morris scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey The Razor's cut.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The Razor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morris.

Morris moves into range and clinches up with The Razor.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
Morris lands an elbow that stopped The Razor in his tracks for a moment.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor working hard to break the clinch.
Morris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Razor is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morris.
The Razor misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
The Razor stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Razor throws a punch but it's blocked by Morris.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Razor pushes off an throws an elbow but Morris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Razor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on The Razor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Razor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris crunches a lovely knee into The Razor's ribcage.
The Razor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Razor is breathing heavily.
Morris lands with a right to the head.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Razor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Razor takes an elbow to the temple.
The Razor misses with some punches.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Morris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 scores with a knee to the head.
The Razor takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Razor has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Morris tries a knee to the head but The Razor blocks it.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris wants to stall.
Morris tries a knee to the head but The Razor blocks it.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
Morris lands an elbow inside.
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Razor throws an elbow but misses.
The Razor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
Morris lands a good knee to the midsection. The Razor won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Razor can do to turn this around?
Morris blocking some punches.
The Razor misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morris lands a hook that snaps the head of The Razor backwards.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morris avoids a wild elbow strike from The Razor.
The Razor misses with some punches.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.
Morris trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Razor takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from The Razor.
The Razor lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
Morris lands an elbow just above The Razor 's eye.
Morris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Razor is defending well for now.
The Razor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Razor tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Morris is looking to control The Razor's arms but The Razor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morris has his back to the cage.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Morris as the two fighters clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but The Razor is blocking nicely.

The Razor manages to break the clinch.

Morris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Razor lands a hook that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but The Razor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Razor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Razor is looking to control Morris's arms but Morris gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Razor has his back to the cage.
The Razor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morris as The Razor tries to tie him up.
Morris landing knees to the body.
The Razor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morriss head.
Morris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The Razor throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Razor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris tries a body shot but The Razor blocks it.
The Razor gets through Morris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Razor blocks it with crossed arms.
The Razor trying to land knees to the body.
The Razor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris scores a nice knee to the body.
The Razor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
The Razor wants to get back to striking at distance but Morris won't allow it.
The Razor wants to break free but Morris has control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris lands a nice knee to the body.
The Razor is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
The Razor throws a head punch that misses.
The Razor is trying to stall.
Morris has The Razor pushed against the cage.
Morris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morris just leaning against The Razor, taking a breather.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Morris looking to slow down the pace here.
The Razor misses with some punches.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Razor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris throws a head punch that misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Razor managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
Morris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Razor avoids it.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
The Razor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morriss head.
The Razor can't find room to land a body shot as Morris controls the action.
The Razor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris blocking some punches.
The Razor is trying to break the clinch but Morris is controlling him.
The Razor tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
The Razor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris misses with a body punch.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
The Razor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joey The Razor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by The Razor.
George Morris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Razor misses with the head strike.
The Razor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but The Razor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Razor fails to land.
The Razor missing with knees to the body.
The Razor swings wildly with an uppercut but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as The Razor controls his hands.
Morris trying to stall but The Razor improves his position.
The Razor is looking to control Morris's arms but Morris gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Razor has his back to the cage.
A short body shot lands from Morris as the two fighters clinch.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Razor.
Morris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morris working The Razor over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morris.
The Razor avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.
Morris is trying to maintain a safe position but The Razor gets an underhook and turns Morris into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for George Morris!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for George Morris!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for George Morris!

George Morris wins by unanimous decision!
Joey The Razor spoke after the fight, saying 'Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.....'.