PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Snow (ranked 25125 p4p, 670 weight class) and Ray Morrison (ranked 3244 p4p, 388 weight class). Morrison has chosen Leave Me Alone as his entrance music. Jon Snow has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Snow
vs
Morrison

170 cm
34
160 lbs
10 - 4 - 3

182 cm
28
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 10 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow checks a leg kick.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Snow throws a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Snow throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Snow walks into a straight right hand from Morrison.
Snow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morrison throws a one two combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Snow does a little dance to reset his feet.

Snow clinches up with Morrison and pushes him back against the ropes.
Morrison is trying to push Snow away but Snow has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Snow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
Still in the clinch, Snow scores with a nice short uppercut.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Snow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison throws a body punch but Snow moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morrison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morrison's head backwards.
Snow blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice shot by Morrison.
Snow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Snow.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Snow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Snow's calf.
Snow pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snow blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Morrison throws a hook but Snow avoids it easily.
Morrison tries to score with a low kick but Snow moves his leg out of the way.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Snow seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morrison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Snow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Snow misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves out of range as Snow strikes.
Snow is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Snow blocks a jab.
Snow tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morrison counters with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Snow.
Snow moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMorrison.
Snow throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Snow takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Snow misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Snow moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Snow's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Snow throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Snow.
Snow takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Snow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrison.
Morrison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Snow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Snow throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ray Morrison will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison jabs at Snow's body.

Snow rushes Morrison and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Snow walks into a left hand.
Morrison blocks a leg kick.
Snow misses with a body kick.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Snow throws a head kick that misses.
Snow throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Snow.
Snow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snow throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Snow scores with a hook to the body. Morrison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body kick there by Snow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morrison.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snow cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Snow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison throws a hook to the side of Snow's head but Snow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body punch from Snow.
Snow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Morrison has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Snow.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jon Snow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Snow misses with a body kick.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Snow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison throws a body kick that misses.
Morrison buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Snow fails to land with a series of punches.
Snow throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Morrison misses.
Snow just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrison misses with a hook to the body
and Snow counters with a one-two to the body.

Snow closes the distance and pushes Morrison back into the ropes.
Snow cracks Morrison with a nice body shot.
Morrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snow takes one to the chin there.
Snow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Snow tries to bum rush Morrison with a series of wild strikes but Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Snow lands with a kick to the ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Snow. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Morrison.
Snow doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Snow lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ray Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
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 Jon Snow will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Snow gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Snow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Snow lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.
Snow throws a quick inside leg kick.

Snow darts in and clinches Morrison up against the ropes.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike from Snow.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Snow.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Snow seems unphased.
Morrison blocks a low kick nicely.
Snow is looking to land body kicks.

Snow darts in and clinches Morrison up against the ropes.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Morrison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snow throws a head punch that misses.
Snow working aggressively here.
Snow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snow throws a head kick that misses
and Snow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snow throws a sloppy head kick and Morrison moves out of range easily.
Morrison connects with a leg kick. Snow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Snow throws a nice looking combination but Morrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Snow is looking to land body kicks.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snow.
Morrison is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Snow takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Snow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morrison gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrison misses the body punch
and Snow counters with a left and a right that stings Morrison.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison slips a straight right by Snow.
Morrison throws a hook but Snow blocks it.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Morrison sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Snow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow lands a jab to the nose.
Snow is looking to land body kicks.
Snow does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morrison blocks a head kick by Snow.
Morrison checks the leg kick.
Snow misses with a body kick.
Snow throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Snow saw that one coming.
Morrison cracks Snow with a right hand to the side of the head.
Snow tries to bum rush Morrison with a series of wild strikes but Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morrison scores with a nice right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.

Snow clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Snow is controlling the position.
Snow scores with a hook to the body.
Snow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morrison's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Snow showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Snow 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Snow!