PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Araki Kenjiro (ranked 2438 p4p, 297 weight class) and Martin Morales (ranked 4415 p4p, 459 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kenjiro
vs
Morales

176 cm
25
181 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Araki Kenjiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Morales!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenjiro throws a leg kick which misses Morales's front leg but catches the back leg as Morales tries to avoid it.
Morales scores with a sloppy right hand. Kenjiro should have avoided that one.
Kenjiro swings for the body but Morales moves out of range.

Kenjiro clinches up against the cage.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Morales takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kenjiro scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro landing knees to the body.
Kenjiro working Morales over with knees to the body.
Morales looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Kenjiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenjiro landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kenjiro.
Kenjiro lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
Kenjiro lands an elbow inside.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Kenjiro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Kenjiro has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kenjiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kenjiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenjiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kenjiro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kenjiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morales's face.
Kenjiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenjiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kenjiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kenjiro landing knees to the body.
Kenjiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morales's elbow.
Kenjiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Morales controls his hands.
Kenjiro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morales takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kenjiro scores with a knee to the head.
Kenjiro lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kenjiro scores a nice knee to the body.
Kenjiro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kenjiro lands a nice elbow.
Kenjiro crunches a lovely knee into Morales's ribcage.
Kenjiro misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales blocking some punches.
Kenjiro tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Morales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenjiro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kenjiro scores a nice knee to the body.
Kenjiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kenjiro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Kenjiro lands a nice knee to the body.
Kenjiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kenjiro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kenjiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kenjiro landing knees to the head.
Kenjiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kenjiro.
Kenjiro misses with a body punch.
Kenjiro lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Knees to the body from Kenjiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenjiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Kenjiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kenjiro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kenjiro connects with a knee to the head.
Kenjiro misses with a punch to the body.
Morales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kenjiro crunches a lovely knee into Morales's ribcage.
Kenjiro lands a damaging elbow.
Kenjiro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kenjiro.
Kenjiro crunches a lovely knee into Morales's ribcage.
Kenjiro lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Morales fails to land.
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro crunches a lovely knee into Morales's ribcage.
Morales prevents a body shot from Kenjiro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kenjiro with a knee to the head.
Kenjiro lands a nice knee to the body.
Kenjiro lands with a right to the head.
Kenjiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Morales won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kenjiro obliges.
Kenjiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenjiro lands a knee to the body.
Morales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenjiro.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kenjiro obliges.
Kenjiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morales's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenjiro scores with a knee to the head.

Morales is rocked!
Kenjiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Kenjiro scores with a knee to the head.
Kenjiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Araki Kenjiro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A swing and a miss from Morales.

Kenjiro has Morales up against the cage in a clinch.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Kenjiro lands a nice knee to the body.
Kenjiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenjiro tries to work over Morales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morales misses with a punch on the inside.
Kenjiro working aggressively here.
Morales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kenjiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
A knee to the head by Kenjiro.
Morales is still on wobbly legs! Can Kenjiro finish him?
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kenjiro.
Kenjiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Morales controls his hands.
Kenjiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morales seems to have recovered his senses.
Kenjiro with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenjiro lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
Kenjiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morales's face.
Morales is breathing heavily.
Kenjiro lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenjiro throws a head punch that misses.
Kenjiro tries to work over Morales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro lands a damaging elbow.
Kenjiro landing knees to the head.
Kenjiro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Araki Kenjiro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kenjiro lands a big knee to the head and Morales goes down! Kenjiro pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Araki Kenjiro!
Our winner, Araki Kenjiro, 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.