PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Amzi Morgan (ranked 5576 p4p, 423 weight class) and Silo Zama (ranked 5909 p4p, 438 weight class). Zama is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Paint it Black. Amzi Morgan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morgan
vs
Zama

200 cm
25
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
252 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amzi Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Silo Zama!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zama misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan throws a hook but Zama blocks it.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Zama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Zama to counter with a crisp jab.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan lands with a hook. Zama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgan misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zama stuns Morgan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zama walks into a left hand.
Zama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Zama missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Zama.
Morgan misses with the head strike.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Zama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Zama misses with a knee strike.
Zama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zama misses with a knee to the head.
Zama tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Morgan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan works on Zama's body with a couple of short punches.
Zama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zama misses with some punches.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zama looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Zama blocks an uppercut.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Zama misses with a punch on the inside.
Zama's coach down at Temp Spar Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Zama's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Zama looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Zama tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Zama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
Zama blocking some punches.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Zama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zama taking a breather.
Zama is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zama has his back to the ropes.
Zama tries a body shot but Morgan blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Zama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zama swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan gets through Zama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zama creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zama misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Zama taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Zama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Zama misses with some punches.
Morgan prevents a body shot from Zama.
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Zama's ribcage. Zama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zama as Morgan tries to tie him up.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
Zama is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Morgan lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amzi Morgan dominated that 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.

Zama gets tackled into the ropes by Morgan. Morgan maintains the clinch.
A hook to the body from Zama.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Zama avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
A short right from Morgan.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zama.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Zama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morgan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zama trying to control the position but instead, Morgan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zama into the ropes.
Zama lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zama.
Zama throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zama backwards.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zama can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zama trying to control the position but instead, Morgan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zama into the ropes.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Zama tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Zama back against the ropes.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Zama's head.
Zama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zama looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Morgan tries a body shot but Zama blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan misses with a punch on the inside.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Zama's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.
Zama misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zama.
Zama stalling in the clinch but Morgan improves position.
Zama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zama can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.
Zama trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan pushes Zama back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Zama is rocked!
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Zama.
Zama is still on wobbly legs! Can Morgan finish him?
Zama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Zama seems to have recovered his senses.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Amzi Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zama is breathing heavily.
Zama is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan cracks Zama with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Zama goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Zama wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Amzi Morgan!
After the fight, Amzi Morgan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Silo Zama stepped up to the mic, saying 'Do you know what the good thing about pain is? It shows you that you are still alive.'.