PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Morris (ranked 89 p4p, 10 weight class) and DeMario Valdez (ranked 630 p4p, 75 weight class). Valdez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Era - Ameno. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morris
vs
Valdez

178 cm
23
167 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
162 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Morris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, DeMario Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valdez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morris.
Valdez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morris slips a jab from Valdez.
Valdez scores with a jab to the head.

Valdez clinches.
Valdez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morris lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Valdez.
A short right from Morris on the inside.
Morris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Valdez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morris lands an uppercut.
Valdez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Valdez is struggling to control the position.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris lands with a short shot to the head.
Valdez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Morris fails to land.
Valdez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Morris seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valdez can turn it around.
Morris digs a right hand underneath Valdez's ribcage. Valdez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Valdez cracks Morris with a nice body shot.
Valdez misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morris stalling in the clinch.
Valdez blocking some punches.
Valdez lands a left hand.
Valdez misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris lands an uppercut.
Morris swings wildly with an uppercut but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Morris on the inside.
Valdez stalling.

Valdez manages to break the clinch.
Valdez misses with a hook
and Morris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Valdez cracks Morris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Valdez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morris counters with a right hand to the body.
Morris lands a nice shot to the body.
Morris thows a leg kick but Valdez checks it
and Valdez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morris thinking.
Valdez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Valdez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valdez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valdez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morris is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Valdez throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Morris counter with a right hand.
Morris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valdez.
Morris throws a quick counter kick to the body but Valdez avoids it.
Valdez missing with a left hand there. Morris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A lazy left from Morris finds it's target.
Morris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morris misses with a wild body shot.
Morris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Morris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Valdez is out of range.
Valdez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Valdez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morris was well out of range. Poor timing from Valdez.
Morris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valdez.
Morris misses with a left hand
and Morris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good shot there by Morris.
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Valdez clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morris.
Morris has a couple of punches blocked by Valdez.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valdez's elbow.
Valdez slowing the pace effectively.
Valdez blocking some punches.
Valdez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Valdez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez is trying to maintain a safe position but Morris gets an underhook and turns Valdez into the cage.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valdez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morris misses with some punches.
Valdez is struggling to control the position.
Morris has a couple of punches blocked by Valdez.
Morris lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valdez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris misses with the head strike.
Morris tries a body shot but Valdez blocks it.
Valdez has a couple of punches blocked by Morris.
Valdez stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Morris dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Morris tries a head kick but it misses.
Morris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morris looks to land a right hand but Valdez moved out of range.
Valdez avoids a kick to the body.
Morris throws an overhand right that lands on Valdez's shoulder, as Valdez tries to avoid the shot.
Morris lands a nice looking kick to the body. Valdez takes a step back to recover.
Good leg kick by Morris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Morris lands a really nice looking cross but Valdez seems unphased.
Valdez misses with a hook. Morris ducked under it nicely.
Morris throws a right and a left that Valdez avoids nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Nice defenses there by Morris.
Nick Morris is winning the standup battle so far.
Valdez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morris with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Valdez looking to slow down the pace here.
Valdez lands a body punch.
Valdez is trying to maintain a safe position but Morris gets an underhook and turns Valdez into the cage.
Morris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Valdez.
A left hand lands to the body for Morris.
Valdez tries to stall but Morris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Morris.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Valdez as Morris tries to tie him up.
Morris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valdez working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Valdez.
Valdez looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valdez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Valdez controlling the action here for a moment.
Valdez pushes Morris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valdez effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by DeMario Valdez.
Valdez moves to clinch but Morris breaks away
and Morris counters with a stiff right hand.
Valdez swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Morris counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
A counter left hand to the body from Morris misses its target.
Morris misses the shot to the body.
Morris misses with a looping right.
Good work by Valdez as he checks the leg kick.
Valdez misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez scores with a jab to the body.
Morris scores with a jab to the body.
Morris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Valdez scores with a sloppy right hand. Morris should have avoided that one.
Morris misses with a looping left.
Valdez swings for the body but Morris moves out of range.
Morris throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Morris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Valdez does it's job there.
A punch combination from Valdez misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris misses with a hook.
Valdez throws a hook but Morris blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morris. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valdez jabs at Morris's body.
Valdez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez misses the shot to the body.
Valdez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A countering left hand to the body from Valdez misses.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valdez throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Morris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
Morris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Valdez in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Morris misses with a looping right.
Valdez misses with an uppercut. Morris saw that one coming.
Morris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morris misses with a body punch
and Valdez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
Valdez throws a jab when Morris was well out of range.
Valdez throws a body punch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Morris dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morris fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valdez on the side of the head.
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Valdez. That did some damage!
Morris throws a body punch but Valdez moves out of range.
Morris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Valdez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morris.
Morris throws a leg kick which misses Valdez's front leg but catches the back leg as Valdez tries to avoid it.
Valdez scores with a jab to the body.
Morris scores with a nice body kick.
Valdez tries to move into range but Morris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Valdez takes the fight into the clinch.
Valdez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morris.
Valdez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morris tries to stall but Valdez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morris misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Valdez misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez lands with a right to the head.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valdez has Morris pushed against the cage.
Nick Morris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Valdez up against the cage.
A short right from Morris on the inside.
Morris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morris throws a head punch that misses.
Valdez misses with a punch to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Valdez.
Morris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Morris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Morris stalling in the clinch but Valdez improves position.
Morris works on Valdez's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morris working aggressively here.

Valdez breaks the clinch.
Morris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Valdez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morris.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valdez tests Morris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valdez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valdez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morris throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Valdez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morris blocks a jab.
Valdez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morris staying out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valdez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valdez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Valdez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Valdez lands a body shot.
DeMario Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valdez blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Valdez misses its intended target.
Morris looks to land a body kick but Valdez moved away.
Morris defending well as Valdez loads up on a big left hand.
Valdez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morris. Morris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Valdez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valdez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Valdez tries to clinch up.
Valdez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valdez takes one on the button.
Morris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morris throws a jab when Valdez was well out of range.
Valdez connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws a jab but it's blocked by Valdez.
Morris looks to land a right hand but Valdez moved out of range.
Valdez scores with a jab to the body.
Morris throws a jab when Valdez was well out of range.
Morris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valdez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morris misses with a body kick.
Valdez throws a body punch but Morris moves out of range.
Valdez scores with a body shot.
Valdez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valdez lands with an overhand left.
Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valdez's sensitive parts.
Valdez takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
Valdez tests Morris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body kick there by Morris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Nick Morris did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Valdez checks the leg kick.
Morris throws a good cross that connects.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valdez just misses with a punch to the body.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Valdez is out of range.
Valdez swings for the body but Morris moves out of range.
Morris throws a body shot but no joy.
Valdez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valdez throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Morris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris lands a leg kick that knocks Valdez off balance momentarily.
Morris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valdez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Morris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valdez finds it's way round the side to connect with Morris's head.
Morris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valdez.
Morris throws a front kick aimed at Valdez's knee but Valdez avoids it well.
Morris throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Morris misses.
Valdez misses with an uppercut.
Morris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valdez moves away.
Valdez looks to land a right hand but Morris moved out of range.
Valdez throws a jab when Morris was well out of range.
Valdez misses with a right hand
and Morris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morris staying out of range there.
Morris thows a body kick. Valdez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Morris throws a hook to the side of Valdez's head but Valdez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valdez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morris was well out of range. Poor timing from Valdez.
Valdez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Valdez slips a jab from Morris.
Valdez checks a leg kick.
Valdez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morris can pounce on him.
Valdez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morris in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris scores with a nice body kick.
Morris motions for Valdez to come forward. Morris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
A low kick from Morris is predictable there
and Valdez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valdez throws a looping overhand right but Morris ducks down to avoid it.
Morris is looking to counter punch.
Morris moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
Valdez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morris momentarily.
Valdez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valdez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Valdez misses the shot to the body.
Valdez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Valdez missing with a left hand there. Morris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valdez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Morris.
Morris moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
Crunch! Morris slams his shin into Valdez's torso.
Valdez is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Morris misses with a looping left.
Valdez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morris scores with a jab. Valdez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez lands with a right hand.
Morris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morris cracks the inside of Valdez's front leg.
A telegraphed right hand from Valdez misses the target.
Morris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Valdez misses with a body shot.
Morris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Valdez missing with a left hand there. Morris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valdez takes one on the button.
Valdez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Morris.
A big left from Valdez misses.
Morris throws a leg kick but Valdez moved away.
Valdez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morris misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Valdez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Morris.
Valdez slips a jab from Morris.
Morris connects with an inside leg kick.
Morris blocks a jab.
Morris blocks a jab.
Morris looks to land a left hand but Valdez moved out of range nicely.
Morris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morris slips a straight right by Valdez.
Morris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Valdez just manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Morris.
Valdez throws a body punch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris misses with a low kick.
Valdez is looking to clinch.
Morris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Valdez throws out a loose jab but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Nick Morris 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!

Morris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valdez.
A little feinted left hand from Morris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Valdez is looking to clinch.
A good leg kick by Morris.
Nice body punch from Valdez.
Morris misses with a hook. Valdez ducked under it nicely.
Valdez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morris slips under a jab.
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Valdez defending well as Morris loads up on a big left hand.
Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valdez's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valdez tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Valdez forces Morris back against the cage and clinches.
Morris throws a head punch that misses.
Morris lands a hook that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez is trying to stall.
Morris misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Valdez stalling.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valdez leaning against his opponent.
Valdez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morris is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by DeMario Valdez.
Morris throws a leg kick but Valdez checks it.
Valdez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Morris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Valdez punishes Morris's body with a nice straight punch.
Valdez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Valdez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Valdez tries to clinch up.
A counter left hand to the body from Morris misses its target.
Morris throws a front kick that sends Valdez stumbling back into the cage.
Valdez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Valdez swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Morris counter with a right hand.
Morris throws a lazy uppercut
and Valdez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valdez doesn't manage to clinch there - Morris circles away.
Morris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Valdez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morris's head backwards.
Morris takes one on the button.
Morris throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valdez takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
Valdez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morris connects with an inside leg kick.
Morris misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Valdez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Morris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Valdez misses the shot to the body.
Morris moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
Valdez swings widly with a right hand
and Morris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fighters circle momentarily. Valdez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Valdez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morris blocks a jab.
Valdez looks to land a left hand but Morris moved out of range nicely.
Valdez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valdez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez throws a body shot but no joy.
Morris throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez lands a jab.
Valdez misses with a wild body shot.
Valdez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valdez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morris avoids the body shot from Valdez.
DeMario Valdez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valdez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Valdez walks into a jab.
Valdez throws out a loose jab but Morris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valdez lands with a nice combination. Morris backs away looking to recover.
Valdez misses with a looping left.
Morris misses the shot to the body.
Morris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to DeMario Valdez.
Well Morris 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Morris!
Nick Morris retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Nick Morris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.