PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the ring accompanied by On March The Saints. Morrow has chosen Final Countdown as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Morrow

170 cm
25
159 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

162 cm
27
159 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrow feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Morrow.
Morrow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Morrow doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Morrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson 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.
Crunch! Morrow slams his shin into Johnson's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrow.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Morrow takes one to the side of the head.
Morrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Morrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Morrow moved out of range.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Morrow's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrow tries to avoid it.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrow manages to avoid it.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Morrow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
Johnson thumps Morrow with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow misses with a looping right.
Morrow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Morrow tries to counter with a clinch but Johnson shakes him off and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Morrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Morrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrow.
Johnson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morrow sprawls and moves away.
Morrow lands with a nice combination. Johnson backs away looking to recover.
Morrow scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alex Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Morrow jumps back.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrow misses.
A slow jab from Morrow misses its intended target.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow throws a shot to the body.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Morrow scores with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Morrow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morrow there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson misses with the body kick
and Morrow counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Johnson misses
enabling Morrow to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morrow takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a front kick aimed at Morrow's knee but Morrow avoids it well.
Morrow throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Morrow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morrow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrow on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morrow throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Morrow avoids the body shot from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Morrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Morrow.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Morrow checks a leg kick.

Morrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrow lands a right hand.
Morrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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 Nick Johnson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morrow lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the ropes and back into range.
Morrow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Morrow has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Johnson is looking for a takedown.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Morrow is defending well.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morrow dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morrow gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrow.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Morrow pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morrow lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morrow's sensitive parts.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow blocks a low kick nicely.
Morrow ducks right into an uppercut from Johnson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Morrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrow feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morrow can pounce on him.
Morrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nick Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrow connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow misses with a wild body shot.
Morrow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Morrow misses.
Morrow misses with the combination.
Morrow tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Morrow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morrow.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Morrow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrow working aggressively here.
Morrow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morrow.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Johnson eats them both and turns towards Morrow to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nick Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrow is just out of range.
Morrow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch but Morrow moves out of range.
Morrow is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Morrow.
Morrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alex Morrow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrow content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alex Morrow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrow.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrow counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Morrow misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morrow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Morrow lands with a right hand.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.

Johnson rushes Morrow and presses him up against the ropes.
Morrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrow.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morrow is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morrow misses with a hook to the ribs.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Morrow back into the ropes.
Morrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrow has Johnson pressed against the ropes.
Johnson taking a breather.
Morrow has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Morrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrow can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson is working for takedown but Morrow is calmly controlling the position for now.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Morrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the ropes.
Morrow tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morrow as Johnson tries to tie him up.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrow just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrow.
Morrow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Morrow is out of range.
Morrow buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morrow slips a jab from Johnson.
Morrow is looking for the big counter here.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morrow.
A combination from Morrow does no damage.
Johnson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morrow sprawls and moves away.
Morrow lands a body shot.
Morrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
Morrow takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morrow to score with a decent uppercut.
Morrow is looking to land body kicks.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Morrow saw it coming and moves away.
Morrow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johnson throws a body punch but Morrow moves out of range.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Morrow checks it.
Johnson thows a body kick. Morrow tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Morrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Jab from Morrow.
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
Morrow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Johnson!
Nick Johnson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.