PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Itshak Rabinovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itshak Rabinovitch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rabinovitch
vs
Morrison

182 cm
32
194 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

180 cm
32
200 lbs
20 - 13 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Itshak Rabinovitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Grant Morrison!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabinovitch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Rabinovitch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison walks into a straight right hand from Rabinovitch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Rabinovitch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Rabinovitch slips the punch.
Rabinovitch lands a jab to the nose.
Itshak Rabinovitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch throws a leg kick but Morrison moved away.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morrison! But no joy.
Morrison throws a hook but Rabinovitch blocks it.
That kick from Rabinovitch tenderised Morrison's leg. Morrison is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Rabinovitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRabinovitch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rabinovitch works the jab nicely.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Rabinovitch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rabinovitch tests Morrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Rabinovitch misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Rabinovitch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison connects with a looping right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Rabinovitch. That snapped Morrison's head back.
Morrison throws a hook but Rabinovitch avoids it easily.
Rabinovitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rabinovitch throws a quick counter kick to the body but Morrison avoids it.
Rabinovitch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rabinovitch thows a body kick. Morrison tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rabinovitch lands a leg kick that knocks Morrison off balance momentarily.
Rabinovitch connects with a leg kick. Morrison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rabinovitch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morrison checks a leg kick.
Rabinovitch tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rabinovitch counters with a big head kick but Morrison shrugs it off.
Morrison misses with a hook. Rabinovitch ducked under it nicely.
Rabinovitch is looking to counter with head kicks.
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!
Rabinovitch pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Rabinovitch saw that one coming.
Morrison lands with a nice body punch.
Rabinovitch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison tries to move into range but Rabinovitch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rabinovitch.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rabinovitch manages to avoid it.
Morrison misses with a series of wild punches.
Rabinovitch is looking to land body kicks.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rabinovitch throws a sloppy head kick and Morrison moves out of range easily.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rabinovitch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rabinovitch. That's going to slow Morrison down.
Rabinovitch thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Morrison if he has to take too many more of those.
Rabinovitch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morrison's calf.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rabinovitch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morrison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rabinovitch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Rabinovitch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Rabinovitch ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rabinovitch moves away.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rabinovitch misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rabinovitch. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rabinovitch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Rabinovitch looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Rabinovitch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morrison. That did some damage!
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rabinovitchs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rabinovitch misses with a kick to the body.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Rabinovitch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rabinovitch is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rabinovitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rabinovitch at a distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rabinovitch.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Rabinovitch is just out of range.
Rabinovitch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rabinovitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Rabinovitch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy body kick from Rabinovitch
and Morrison counters with a lovely straight right 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 Itshak Rabinovitch will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rabinovitch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rabinovitch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rabinovitch avoids the body shot from Morrison.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut lands for Morrison. That snapped Rabinovitch's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Rabinovitch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rabinovitch lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morrison's sensitive parts.
Morrison throws a right hand that misses
and Rabinovitch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Rabinovitch misses
and Morrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Rabinovitch throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
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!
Rabinovitch throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison takes one to the chin there.
Morrison scores with a jab. Rabinovitch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Rabinovitch moves away and avoids it.
Morrison takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rabinovitch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morrison lands with a shot to the body.
Rabinovitch scores with a kick to the midsection.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rabinovitch to score with a decent uppercut.
Rabinovitch slips a straight right by Morrison.
Rabinovitch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Rabinovitch ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Itshak Rabinovitch is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison checks a low kick from Rabinovitch.
Morrison has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rabinovitch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rabinovitch lunges at Morrison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morrison's hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rabinovitch, right into the meat.
Morrison's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rabinovitch connects with a high kick.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Rabinovitch's shoulder, as Rabinovitch tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Rabinovitch slips the punch.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Rabinovitch's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rabinovitch darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rabinovitch scores with a push kick.
Rabinovitch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rabinovitch lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Rabinovitch's corner calls for a 1-2. Rabinovitch obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rabinovitch misses with a body kick.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Morrison.
Rabinovitch lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rabinovitch was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
And Rabinovitch counters with a quick kick to the body but Morrison blocks it.
Rabinovitch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morrison moves out of range as Rabinovitch throws a body kick.
Rabinovitch lands with a nice combination. Morrison backs away looking to recover.
Rabinovitch misses with an uppercut.
Morrison connects with a jab.
Morrison cracks Rabinovitch with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rabinovitch cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Rabinovitch moves away and avoids it.
Rabinovitch misses with an uppercut.
Rabinovitch scores with a nice body kick.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rabinovitch moves out of range of the strikes.
Rabinovitch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch tries a head kick but it misses.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rabinovitch connects with a jab.
Morrison looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rabinovitch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Rabinovitch finds it's way through Morrison's defenses.
Rabinovitch keeps Morrison at a distance using the push kick.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rabinovitch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morrison takes a swing at Rabinovitch's ribcage but misses.
Rabinovitch misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Rabinovitch. That snapped Morrison's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itshak Rabinovitch dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Morrison takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison misses the body punch
and Rabinovitch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rabinovitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Rabinovitch goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Rabinovitch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rabinovitch - that will leave a mark!
A jab from Morrison does it's job there.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Rabinovitch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morrison can do to turn this around?
Morrison on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Morrison keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch throws a combination. Morrison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Rabinovitch slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Morrison avoids the head kick by Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch tries a head kick but it misses.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses.
Morrison lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing.
Morrison throws a hook to the side of Rabinovitch's head but Rabinovitch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison lands with a straight right. Rabinovitch didn't see that one coming.
Rabinovitch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rabinovitch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rabinovitch just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison throws the left hand but Rabinovitch avoids the punch easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Morrison might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rabinovitch has got the better of the exchanges.
Rabinovitch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rabinovitch misses with a head kick.
Rabinovitch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morrison has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rabinovitch moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Morrison defending well as Rabinovitch loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Rabinovitch is just out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Morrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Morrison lands a jab to the nose.
Morrison connects with the punch.
Rabinovitch looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Rabinovitch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rabinovitch lands a nice shot that snaps Morrison's head back.
Rabinovitch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison takes a swing at Rabinovitch's ribcage but misses.
Rabinovitch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Itshak Rabinovitch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Rabinovitch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rabinovitch scores with a jab.
Rabinovitch tries a head kick but it misses.
Rabinovitch 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.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rabinovitch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Rabinovitch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot lands for Rabinovitch.
Morrison takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rabinovitch lands with a good body shot.
Rabinovitch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morrison. That did some damage!
Rabinovitch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Grant Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rabinovitch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Morrison misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a nice right hand.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morrison takes one on the button.
Morrison has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morrison keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rabinovitch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses.
Rabinovitch looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Rabinovitch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison lands with an uppercut that bounces Rabinovitch off the cage and back into range.
Rabinovitch lands a really nice looking cross but Morrison seems unphased.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Rabinovitch throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Rabinovitch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Itshak Rabinovitch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rabinovitch 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itshak Rabinovitch!