PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sota Kalkkuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalkkuna comes to the cage accompanied by Resurrection by Fear Factory. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kalkkuna
vs
Morrison

164 cm
22
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
22
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sota Kalkkuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Morrison!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalkkuna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Morrison closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Morrison lands in his opponent's guard.
Morrison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Kalkkuna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Kalkkuna.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kalkkuna is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily.
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Kalkkuna throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalkkuna manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.

Morrison uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Kalkkuna tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Kalkkuna showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrison.

Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The strikes coming from Morrison are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kalkkuna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kalkkuna looking for a sweep but Morrison has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kalkkuna wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Kalkkuna tries to escape the position.
Morrison lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Kalkkuna tries to break free.
Will Morrison go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Morrison has Kalkkuna flattened out and is raining down punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Morrison dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kalkkuna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison throws a head kick but Kalkkuna moves out of range.
Kalkkuna is looking to clinch.

Morrison closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison just leaning against Kalkkuna, taking a breather.
Morrison jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kalkkuna walks away with a smile on his face. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Morrison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Morrison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kalkkuna really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kalkkuna sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kalkkuna's head.

Kalkkuna actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morrison in particular looking to stall.
Kalkkuna gets back to full guard.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kalkkuna's head.
Morrison not doing much here.

Kalkkuna is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalkkuna tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.

Morrison is working for an americana but Kalkkuna has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Morrison was thinking about the submission.
Morrison is breathing heavily.
Kalkkuna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Kalkkuna keeps moving.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kalkkuna manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
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 Sota Kalkkuna will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kalkkuna tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Morrison counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Morrison successfully pulls guard.
Kalkkuna won't allow Morrison to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kalkkuna works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kalkkuna wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kalkkuna jumps into side control!
Morrison is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kalkkuna off and has taken his back!
Kalkkuna is really stuck here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to stick to Kalkkuna's back but Kalkkuna is turning into Morrison. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morrison's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kalkkuna.
Morrison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kalkkuna passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kalkkuna wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but Kalkkuna has passed into side control.
Kalkkuna seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Morrison is holding on tight.
Jim Morrison has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morrison is trying desperately to improve position.
Kalkkuna takes Morrison's back.

Kalkkuna working for the choke.

Kalkkuna working for a choke but Morrison is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to escape but Kalkkuna has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Kalkkuna looking for the choke from the back.
Morrison looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Kalkkuna has got his arm under Morrison's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Morrison has spun round into Kalkkuna's guard beautifully! Well done that man!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stays in close to Kalkkuna's body and controls the position.
Morrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Morrison decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kalkkuna, up you get!

And that's the end of the fight!
Sota Kalkkuna showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kalkkuna has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sota Kalkkuna!