PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Funches (ranked 539 p4p, 2566 weight class) and Richard Morrison (ranked 65 p4p, 266 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Funches
vs
Morrison

175 cm
23
151
8 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
145
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ron Funches!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funches thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it

and Morrison counters with a crisp one two that drops Funches! Morrison thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Funches to his feet! Funches is in big trouble!
Funches misses with a hook to the body
and Morrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Funches's knee momentarily.
Morrison on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Funches throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Funches to counter with a crisp jab.
Funches swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Funches throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funches misses with a leg kick.
Morrison unleashes a big counter combination but Funches bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Funches cracks Morrison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Funches throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Funches moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison feints a counter leg kick.
Funches throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Funches.
Funches has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Razor Sharp Training Systems in the buildup to the fight.
Funches throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funches feints and then cracks Morrison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrison down.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison shapes to counter with a head kick.
Funches avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Funches swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morrison counters with a thumping low kick.

Funches closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Funches.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Funches controls his hands.
Funches is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morrison is defending well for now.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Funches takes a shot to the head.
Funches throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrison prevents a body shot from Funches.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Funches swings wildly with an uppercut but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Funches working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison digs a right hand underneath Funches's ribcage. Funches let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Funches working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Funches tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Funches tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Morrison.
Morrison works on Funches's body with a couple of short punches.
Morrison lands an uppercut.
Funches looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.
Funches blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Morrison on the inside.
A short right from Morrison on the inside.
Morrison misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Funches controls the action.
Funches takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Funches.
Funches tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funches swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Morrison misses with a punch on the inside.
Funches lands a body shot.
Funches jumps guard but Morrison stands there with Funches around his waist. Funches gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Funches tries to land a knee to the head but Morrison blocks with his arms.
Funches blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Funches controls his hands.
Morrison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morrison lands a right hand.

Funches successfully pulls guard.
Funches looking for a sweep. Not yet Funches, not yet.
Funches is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Funches has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Funches trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Funches swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Funches working a defensive guard here.
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Funches misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
Ron Funches seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funches tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Funches fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morrison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Funches looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Morrison dominated that round.
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.

Funches throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Funches.
Funches throws a low kick but Morrison avoids it.
Funches throws a good cross that connects.
Funches throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrison counters with a solid body kick.
Funches scores with a hook.
Funches attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Funches takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morrison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Funches tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Funches.
Funches uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morrison has time to react.
Funches connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Funches stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funches lands a right hook to the body.
Ron Funches is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Funches scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison misses with a low kick.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Funches.
Funches throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Funches. Beautiful body shot.
Funches tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Morrison is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Funches tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Morrison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Funches.

Funches moves into the clinch.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Funches avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the cage.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Funches controls the action.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Funches misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Funches swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrison blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Funches.
Funches can't find room to land a body shot as Morrison controls the action.
Morrison working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Funches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funches blocks an uppercut.
Funches tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison misses with a punch on the inside.
Funches lands a nice uppercut.
Funches blocks an uppercut.
Morrison misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Funches fails to land.
Morrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Funches misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Funches.
Funches lands a right hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Funches obliges.
A shot in the inside from Funches.
Morrison misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funches scores with a shoulder strike.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Funches controls his hands.
Funches tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morrison's elbow.
Funches lands an uppercut.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Funches digs a right hand underneath Morrison's ribcage. Morrison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Funches backwards.
Morrison works on Funches's body with a couple of short punches.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Funchess head.
Funches throws a punch but it's blocked by Morrison.
Richard Morrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrison gets through Funches's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Funches tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Funches cracks Morrison with a nice body shot.
A short right from Funches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrison.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Funches lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Funches tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
Funches lands with a light punch inside.
Morrison tries a body shot but Funches blocks it.
Funches working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.

Funches jumps guard.

Funches looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Funches has a hand on Morrison's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Morrison takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Morrison avoids the attempt from Funches to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Funches is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Funches dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Funches gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Funches tests Morrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Funches throws a front kick aimed at Morrison's knee but Morrison avoids it well.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Funches avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Funches throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Funches clinches up with Morrison and pushes him back against the cage.
Funches misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Funches swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrison makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morrison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Funches misses with a short punch on the inside.
Funches lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
A right hand to the body from Funches.
Morrison blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Funches misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Funches on the inside.
Funches misses with a punch on the inside.
Morrison lands with a short shot to the head.
Funches lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morrison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Funches or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.
Funches tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morrison's elbow.
Morrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Funches backwards.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Funches's elbow.
Morrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Funches uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Morrison.
A short left from Morrison.
Morrison lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morrison.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Funches misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrison.
Funches tries a body shot but Morrison blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
Funches tries a body shot but Morrison blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Funches controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Funches obliges.
Funches tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrison just stands there and leans against the cage.
Good body shot from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
Morrison lands a left hand.
Morrison lands a nice uppercut.
Funches blocks a body shot from Morrison.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Morrison gets through Funches's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrison lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Morrison as the two fighters clinch.
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Funches backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrison.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Funches misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a body punch.

Funches gets control of Morrison's arms and successfully pulls guard. Funches will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.
Funches looking to control.
Morrison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Funches has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Funches keeps moving.
Funches looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Funches trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Funches scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Funches connects with a right hand. Morrison shakes it off.
Funches lands the left hand.
Morrison misses with a leg kick.
Funches is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Morrison.

Funches moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Morrison!
After winning the bout, Richard Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.