PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zoran Paunovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Paunovic
vs
Morgan

186 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite 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 Los Angeles, Zoran Paunovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Paunovic, as that shot connected.

Paunovic clinches up against the cage.
Paunovic misses with some punches.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paunovic lands with a right to the head.
Morgan can't find room to land a body shot as Paunovic controls the action.
Paunovic lands an uppercut.
Paunovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Paunovic.
Morgan blocks the elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Paunovic.
Paunovic lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Paunovic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paunovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.
Paunovic misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic trying to land knees to the body.
Paunovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgan's efforts to push away.
Paunovic throws an elbow that misses.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Paunovic working aggressively here.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Paunovic.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paunovic lands a right hook to the body.
Paunovic lands an overhand right.
Paunovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morgan throws out a counter right but Paunovic avoids it with no problem.
Paunovic stuns Morgan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Paunovic moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
A head punch on the inside from Paunovic fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paunovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paunovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Paunovic misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paunovic.
Paunovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Paunovic is controlling him.
A short left from Paunovic.
Paunovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Paunovic.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Paunovic misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short left from Paunovic.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Paunovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paunovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
Paunovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan looks winded!
Paunovic lands with a right to the head.
Paunovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Paunovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Paunovic works on Morgan's body with a couple of short punches.
Paunovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paunovic lands with a light punch inside.
Paunovic pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic scores with a nice hook to the head.

Morgan is rocked!
Paunovic creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Morgan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Morgan drops to his knees and Paunovic pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoran Paunovic!
Zoran Paunovic very nearly forgot to thank FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.