PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morozov has chosen Young Thug feat. Gucci Mane – Again as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tyyp
vs
Morozov

190 cm
30
185 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

189 cm
26
185 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mingi Tyyp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Morozov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown but Tyyp shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morozov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Horrible takedown attempt by Morozov or perhaps it was just good defense by Tyyp, which made it look bad.
Morozov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyyp.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tyyp.

Tyyp closes the distance and clinches.
Tyyp struggles to land a body shot inside as Morozov controls his hands.
Tyyp misses with the head strike.
Morozov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tyyp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morozov backwards.
Morozov tries to break the clinch but Tyyp is controlling the position.
Morozov avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Morozov managing to block the knees to the body from Tyyp.
Tyyp tries to work over Morozov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morozov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morozov tries to break the clinch but Tyyp is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morozov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tyyp has him pressed against the cage.
Tyyp misses with the head strike.
Tyyp is pushing Morozov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Morozov tries to circle away but Tyyp has him pinned against the cage.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyyp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyyp misses with the head strike.
Morozov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Our sources have told us that Tyyp has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyyp.
Morozov tries to break the clinch but Tyyp is controlling the position.
Tyyp leaning against his opponent.
Tyyp landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Tyyp.
Morozov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Tyyp looking to throw knees to the head but Morozov is blocking nicely.
Morozov wants to break free but Tyyp has control.
Tyyp working aggressively here.
Tyyp misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyyp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov is trying to force a seperation but Tyyp has the dominant position.
Tyyp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morozov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tyyp has him pressed against the cage.
Tyyp lands a body punch.
Tyyp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morozov's face.

Morozov breaks from the clinch.

Morozov rushes Tyyp and presses him up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Morozov manages to break the clinch.
Morozov throws a head kick that half lands.

Tyyp darts in and clinches Morozov up against the cage.
Tyyp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morozov.
Tyyp lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morozov.
Morozov is looking to break free of the clinch but Tyyp has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Tyyp throws a push kick but Morozov slaps the foot to one side.
As Tyyp backs off Morozov throws a huge counter combo but Tyyp manages to avoid it all.
Tyyp throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Morozov there.
Morozov throws a combination that misses

and Tyyp holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Morozov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morozov avoids it.
Tyyp stalling in the clinch.
Tyyp scores with a shot to the side of Morozov's head.
A frustrated look appears on Morozov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morozov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morozov's elbow.
Tyyp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tyyp has a couple of punches blocked by Morozov.
Tyyp misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mingi Tyyp dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tyyp displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morozov.
Tyyp tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morozov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morozov misses with a double jab
and Tyyp counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morozov throws a shot from downtown. Tyyp moves away and avoids it.
Morozov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyyp.
Morozov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tyyp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morozov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tyyp doesn't seem bothered though.

Tyyp moves into the clinch.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morozov avoids it.
Tyyp scores with a shot to the side of Morozov's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyyp unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morozov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tyyp misses with a punch to the body.
Tyyp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morozov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tyyp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyyp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morozov can do to turn this around?
Tyyp tries a body shot but Morozov blocks it.
Tyyp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morozov is defending well for now.
Tyyp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morozov blocks it with crossed arms.
Tyyp misses with a knee strike.

Morozov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Morozov.
It seemed like Morozov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morozov throws a sloppy head kick and Tyyp moves out of range easily.
Nice straight punches there by Morozov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morozov.

Morozov gets tackled into the cage by Tyyp. Tyyp maintains the clinch.
Morozov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tyyp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp missing with knees to the body.
Tyyp trying to land knees to the body.

Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Tyyp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyyp lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses.
Morozov throws a lazy uppercut
and Tyyp makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyyp 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.
Tyyp darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tyyp moves in looking to clinch but Morozov pushes him off.
Morozov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morozov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tyyp swivels and escapes.
Mingi Tyyp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Morozov.
A right-left combo lands from Morozov.
Morozov throws a head kick but Tyyp moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Tyyp. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyyp moves out of range of the leg kick from Morozov.
Crunch! Tyyp slams his shin into Morozov's torso.
Morozov is breathing heavily.
Morozov lands a glancing blow to the side of Tyyp's head.
Tyyp feints and then cracks Morozov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morozov down.
Tyyp swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Morozov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tyyp has his hands on Morozov's head, controlling the position.
Tyyp preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morozov wants to control from the top but Tyyp keeps moving.
Tyyp not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp working a defensive guard but Morozov passes into half guard.
Morozov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tyyp is positioning himself well to prevent Morozov advancing to mount.
Tyyp regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Morozov.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morozov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morozov throwing strikes but missing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morozov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mingi Tyyp will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morozov moves out of range of the body kick from Tyyp.
Tyyp attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tyyp tries to land a body kick
and Morozov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyyp misses with a left hand
and Morozov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morozov shoots in but no luck this time.
Tyyp is looking to counter the offense by Morozov and move into the clinch.

Morozov has closed the distance and engaged Tyyp in a clinch.
Morozov takes a shot to the head.
Tyyp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morozov's efforts to push away.
Morozov wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyyp misses with a knee to the head.
Tyyp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morozov's face.
Tyyp lands a nice uppercut.
Tyyp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morozov or not.
Tyyp comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyyp will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morozov up against the cage.
Tyyp lands a good knee to the midsection. Morozov won't want to take too many of those.
Tyyp lands a good knee to the midsection. Morozov won't want to take too many of those.
Morozov prevents a body shot from Tyyp.
Tyyp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morozov's efforts to push away.
Morozov working hard to break the clinch.
Morozov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tyyp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp working Morozov over with knees to the body.
Morozov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tyyp lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morozov backwards.
Tyyp tries to work over Morozov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyyp keeps control of Morozov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Tyyp.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyyp.
Morozov is trying to force a seperation but Tyyp has the dominant position.
Tyyp pushes off an throws an elbow but Morozov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morozov working hard to break the clinch.
Morozov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morozov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morozov avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Morozov managing to block the knees to the body from Tyyp.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp lands a right hand.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morozov avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tyyp obliges.
Tyyp pushes Morozov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyyp is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyyp.
Tyyp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morozov's efforts to push away.
Tyyp landing knees to the head.
Tyyp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyyp scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp just leaning against Morozov, taking a breather.
Tyyp landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tyyp tries a knee to the head but Morozov blocks it.
Tyyp is struggling to control the position.
Tyyp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyyp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Morozov is rocked!
Tyyp lands with a light punch inside.
Morozov is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyyp finish him?
Tyyp lands a big knee! That's hurt Morozov! Oh, he's all over the place! Tyyp lands another knee that sends Morozov to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mingi Tyyp!
The defeated Fedor Morozov had this to say: 'i want rematch'.