PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 1298 p4p, 196 weight class) and Jose Morales (ranked 1092 p4p, 166 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Morales

189 cm
23
216 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

189 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Morales!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morales circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morales backs up against the cage.
An inside leg kick from Johnson misses.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Morales.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morales! But no joy.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morales.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morales! But no joy.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
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!
Morales takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morales, as that shot connected.
Morales scores with a body shot.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Morales.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morales misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Morales looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As Morales looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Morales just gets out of the way.
A jab from Morales misses.
Morales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
Morales connects with a superb combination that knocks Johnson out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Morales before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jose Morales!
After winning the bout, Jose Morales thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.