PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Morrison (ranked 20442 p4p, 23173 weight class) and Melankomas Caria (ranked 635 p4p, 615 weight class). Morrison comes to the ring accompanied by Leave Me Alone. Caria is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morrison
vs
Caria

182 cm
33
170
14 - 10 - 1

186 cm
35
162
36 - 16 - 2

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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 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrison.
Caria connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrison throws a low kick, looking for Caria's leg but Caria calmly moves out of range.
Good shot there by Morrison.
Caria misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Good leg kick by Caria.
Caria cracks Morrison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morrison walks forward, straight into a front kick from Caria.
Caria throws a front kick aimed at Morrison's knee but Morrison avoids it well.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Caria checks a leg kick.
Morrison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria throws the kick towards the body but Morrison avoids it.
Caria pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morrison tries a low kick but Caria avoids it.
The crowd cheers as Caria lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morrison doesn't seem phased though.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caria tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morrison is able to avoid easily.
Caria looks for the body kick but Morrison saw that one coming.
Caria tries a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Caria takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morrison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Caria throws out a leg kick but Morrison moves out of range and Caria only half commits.
Caria takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caria looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Caria.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Caria bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Caria moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Caria rushes Morrison and presses him up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Caria.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Morrison throws an elbow that misses.
Caria is trying to maintain a safe position but Morrison gets an underhook and turns Caria into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Caria looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
Caria trying to land knees to the body.
Caria missing with knees to the body.
Caria utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Caria lands an uppercut.
Morrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrison has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Caria takes an elbow to the temple.
Caria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria tries a knee to the head but Morrison blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Caria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caria blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caria working aggressively here.
Caria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Morrison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Morrison.
Caria has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Morrison seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Caria can turn it around.
Caria blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Melankomas Caria dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morrison takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caria lands a head kick. Morrison smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morrison cracks Caria with an open hand slap.
Caria moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrison checks a low kick from Caria.
Morrison throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.

Caria clinches with his opponent.
Caria tries a body shot but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caria.

Morrison breaks the clinch.
Morrison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caria. Caria obviously looking to wear him down.
Caria comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Caria has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caria throws the kick towards the body but Morrison avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria looks to throw a body kick
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caria is looking to land body kicks.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caria throws out the jab.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Caria throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Caria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison lands with a kick to the temple. Caria shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Caria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caria to score with a decent uppercut.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Caria.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Morrison throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.
Morrison lands a nice looking kick to the body. Caria takes a step back to recover.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caria.
Caria goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caria.
Morrison is looking to score with low kicks.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Morrison clinches up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caria obliges.
Melankomas Caria seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Caria crunches a lovely knee into Morrison's ribcage.
Caria throws a knee to the head but misses.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caria thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caria lands a jab.
Caria just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Caria scores with a kick to the midsection.
Caria throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Caria moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morrison.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ray Morrison will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Caria moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Good shot there by Caria.
Morrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria misses with a knee strike.
Caria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morrison lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caria effectively controlling the action here.
Caria lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison connects with a knee to the head.
Morrison scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Morrison.
Caria with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morrison misses with some punches.
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!
Still in the clinch, Caria scores with a nice short uppercut.
Caria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Caria misses with a knee to the head.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Caria.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Caria.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.
Caria looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
Morrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morrison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show 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.
Caria throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morrison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Caria lands a body shot.
Caria works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Caria connects with the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Caria as he connects with a hook.
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!
Caria misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Caria lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Caria plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caria.
Good leg kick by Morrison.
Caria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Caria lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caria throws a low kick, looking for Morrison's leg but Morrison calmly moves out of range.
Caria scores with a hook to the body. Morrison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caria misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Morrison.
Nice uppercut there from Morrison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison lands a jab to the head.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Caria saw that one coming.
Caria lands a really nice looking cross but Morrison seems unphased.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Melankomas Caria really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Caria fakes the leg kick and cracks Morrison in the body.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caria avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Caria paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Caria drives through and clinches with Morrison against the ropes.
Morrison cracks Caria with a nice body shot.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carias head.
Morrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
Caria takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Melankomas Caria has been cut.
Caria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrison misses with a punch on the inside.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Caria forces Morrison back against the ropes and clinches.
Caria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caria takes an elbow to the temple.
Caria dodges an elbow strike from Morrison.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrison controls his hands.
Caria tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caria staying out of range there.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Caria.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria wants to clinch.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caria is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Melankomas Caria seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Caria moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Caria connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morrison. Morrison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Caria thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison digs a good hook to Caria's body.
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.
Caria lands with a straight right. Morrison didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caria.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick lands for Caria.
Morrison throws a leg kick but Caria sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Caria swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morrison is looking to counter punch.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Caria saw that one coming.
Morrison digs a good body shot into Caria's ribs.
Nice cross by Morrison.
Caria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caria lands a really nice looking cross but Morrison seems unphased.
Morrison looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morrison throws a hook but Caria blocks it.
Caria moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Morrison had his way with Melankomas Caria in that round.
The cut man is working on Melankomas Caria's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Caria throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Ray Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison moves out of range as Caria strikes.
Caria gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Caria fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Caria's shoulder, as Caria tries to avoid the shot.
Caria connects with a looping right hand.
Caria looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Caria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caria throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Caria.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
A jab from Caria misses.
Morrison wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caria.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caria to score with a decent uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morrison. That's going to slow Caria down.
Caria throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caria connects with a solid leg kick.
Caria slips under a jab.
Morrison checks a low kick from Caria.
Caria moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caria takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morrison walks into a left hand.
Caria lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Caria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caria scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caria with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria misses with a body shot.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caria.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Morrison is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
Morrison looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Caria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrison lands a jab to Caria's midsection.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Caria just misses with a punch to the body.
Caria scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morrison connects with a body shot.
Caria is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Morrison throws a head kick but Caria moves out of range.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Morrison. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria slips under a jab.
Morrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It seemed like Caria was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Caria scores with a nice head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Melankomas Caria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Caria has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!

Melankomas Caria wins by unanimous decision!
Melankomas Caria is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Melankomas Caria made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.