PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guardog Bersosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and danilo morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bersosa
vs
morales

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guardog Bersosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, danilo morales!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bersosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bersosa misses with a head kick.
morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Bersosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
morales stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bersosa.
morales shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bersosa as he avoids it easily.
morales looks for a takedown but Bersosa sprawls well.
Bersosa pushes morales away with a front kick.
Bersosa throws a head kick but morales moves out of range.
Bersosa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Guardog Bersosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
morales tries to clinch up but Bersosa circles away and keeps his distance.
morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
morales looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bersosa is fending him off so far but morales persists. Nope, Bersosa circles away and we're back to standing.
Guardog Bersosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of danilo morales.
morales is looking to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bersosa.
Bersosa throws a nice head kick!
Bersosa lands a nice looking kick to the body. morales takes a step back to recover.
Bersosa scores with a head kick.
Bersosa throws a head kick that misses.
morales is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bersosa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bersosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bersosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
morales tries for a takedown but Bersosa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
morales looks gassed!
Bersosa throws a head kick that misses.
Bersosa cracks the inside of morales's front leg.
Bersosa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bersosa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bersosa pushes morales away with a front kick.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the temple. morales shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bersosa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bersosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the temple. morales shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Bersosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bersosa.
morales takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bersosa throws a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bersosa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bersosa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bersosa lands a nice looking kick to the body. morales takes a step back to recover.
Bersosa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as morales backs up against the cage.
Bersosa scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bersosa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of morales's head.
morales is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bersosa is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for morales.
morales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bersosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. morales will feel that in the morning.
Bersosa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on morales if he has to take too many more of those.
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
morales takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bersosa.
A solid body kick from Bersosa.
Bersosa lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bersosa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bersosa lands with a nice body kick.
Bersosa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Bersosa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid body kick from Bersosa.
Bersosa scoring well with a low kick there.
Bersosa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to morales's calf.
Donk. Bersosa catches morales right on the button with a cross.
Bersosa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
morales takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bersosa!
morales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
morales takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Bersosa.
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bersosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. morales will feel that in the morning.
Bersosa scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.
morales walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bersosa.
morales is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bersosa.
Bersosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bersosa. morales shrugs it off though.
Bersosa thows a body kick. morales tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bersosa throws a one two combo.
Bersosa connects with a solid leg kick.
Bersosa tests morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
morales sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bersosa throws a nice head kick!
morales misses with a jab to the body
and Bersosa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bersosa throws a sloppy head kick and morales moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guardog Bersosa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bersosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
morales shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body kick there by Bersosa.
morales fails with a takedown attempt.
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.
Nice uppercut there from Bersosa.
Bersosa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
morales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bersosa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bersosa lands with a slapping head kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but morales might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bersosa has got the better of the exchanges.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bersosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that morales can do to turn this around?
morales is breathing heavily.
Bersosa lands a high kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! morales crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bersosa - the referee stops the clock and morales gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bersosa. morales manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Guardog Bersosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bersosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
morales has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bersosa.
Crunch! Bersosa slams his shin into morales's torso.
morales has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bersosa.
Bersosa throws a head kick that morales semi-blocks.
Bersosa misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bersosa.
Bersosa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Guardog Bersosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of danilo morales.
Bersosa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bersosa lands a nice looking body kick.
Bersosa scores with a push kick.
Bersosa scoring well with a low kick there.
Bersosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick from Bersosa lands but morales takes it in his stride.
Guardog Bersosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
morales takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
morales takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Bersosa both land. Nice combination.
Bersosa lands a two punch combo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bersosa.
Bersosa lands a high kick!
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.
Bersosa scoring well with a low kick there.
morales tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bersosa throws a sloppy head kick and morales moves out of range easily.
morales misses with a few strikes there.
Bersosa scores with a leg kick.
morales shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bersosa but Bersosa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bersosa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as morales backs up against the cage.
Bersosa lands a head kick. morales smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Bersosa lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
morales is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bersosa.
Bersosa pushes morales away with a front kick.
morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bersosa can pounce on him.
morales is looking to clinch.
Bersosa scores with a spinning back kick!
Bersosa lands with a kick to the temple. morales shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bersosa lands a head kick!
Bersosa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bersosa, right into the meat.
Bersosa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bersosa duly obliges.
Bersosa thuds his shin into the meat of morales's side.
morales takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bersosa is looking to slow morales down with leg kicks.
Bersosa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
morales takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A right-left combo lands from Bersosa.
Bersosa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Some wild striking there from Bersosa.
Donk. Bersosa catches morales right on the button with a cross.
morales walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bersosa.
Nice takedown defense from Bersosa. No joy for morales on that attempt.
Bersosa throws a nice head kick!
Bersosa scores with a push kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bersosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
morales on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bersosa thuds his shin into the meat of morales's side.
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bersosa scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guardog Bersosa 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!

Bersosa throws a head kick that morales semi-blocks.
morales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bersosa misses with a body kick.
Bersosa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bersosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
morales misses with a takedown attempt - Bersosa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
morales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bersosa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. morales really felt that one!
Bersosa lands with a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bersosa!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! morales crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bersosa - the referee stops the clock and morales gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bersosa. morales manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bersosa. That's going to slow morales down.
Bersosa clobbers morales with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bersosa fakes the leg kick and cracks morales in the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bersosa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bersosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guardog Bersosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Bersosa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the temple. morales shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bersosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bersosa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by morales.
Bersosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on morales. That did some damage!
Bersosa keeps morales at a distance using the push kick.
Bersosa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bersosa lands a head kick!
Bersosa lands a head kick. morales smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
morales tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bersosa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by morales.
Bersosa tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bersosa works over morales's head and body with a nice combination.
Bersosa is working the combinations to good effect here.
morales takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
morales gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
morales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bersosa tries to avoid it but morales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bersosa to the ground. Bersosa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bersosa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of morales's head.
Bersosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on morales. That did some damage!
morales takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
morales on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bersosa scores with a spinning back kick!
Bersosa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bersosa lands a two punch combo.
Bersosa keeps the fight on the outside.
Bersosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bersosa lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bersosa tries to bum rush morales with a series of wild strikes but morales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
morales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bersosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for morales with that takedown attempt.
Guardog Bersosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of danilo morales.
Bersosa throws a head kick that misses.
Bersosa lands a nice looking kick to the body. morales takes a step back to recover.
Bersosa lands with a nice body kick.
morales moves out of range of the body kick from Bersosa.
Bersosa throws a head kick that half lands.
morales fails with a takedown attempt.
morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bersosa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
morales takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bersosa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bersosa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bersosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bersosa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Crunch! Bersosa slams his shin into morales's torso.
morales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by morales.
Nice cross by Bersosa.
Bersosa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bersosa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to morales's calf.
morales takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bersosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
morales misses with a takedown attempt - Bersosa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
danilo morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guardog Bersosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bersosa connects with a high kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guardog Bersosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bersosa 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guardog Bersosa!