PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Morimoto (ranked 3863 p4p, 3072 weight class) and Owen Fernandez (ranked 472 p4p, 408 weight class). Owen Fernandez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Morimoto
vs
Fernandez

186 cm
23
205
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
200
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Morimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Owen Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morimoto fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fernandez to the ground. Morimoto is now in Fernandez's guard.
Morimoto lands a couple of elbows.
Fernandez has momentary wrist control but Morimoto slips an elbow through the middle.
Morimoto throws a big elbow that misses.
Morimoto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morimoto postures up in Fernandez's guard and throws a big left but Fernandez blocks it.
Morimoto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fernandez's head.
Morimoto is in close to Fernandez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fernandez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morimoto puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morimoto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morimoto slips a nice elbow through Fernandez's hands, connecting with Fernandez's forehead.
Fernandez works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morimoto is working Fernandez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimoto landing some decent shots from guard.
Morimoto chips away with some ground and pound.
Morimoto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morimoto postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fernandez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morimoto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morimoto distracts Fernandez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morimoto cracks Fernandez with a solid left hand.
Fernandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morimoto is one step ahead there.
Fernandez is trying to keep Morimoto in close.
Morimoto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto connects with a couple of short punches.
Fernandez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morimoto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fernandez is trying to control the position but Morimoto postures up.
Morimoto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fernandez's head.
Morimoto looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Morimoto lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morimoto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fernandez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morimoto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morimoto content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morimoto with a nice head shot there.

Fernandez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez wants to sweep but no luck.
Morimoto cracks Fernandez with a solid left hand.
Fernandez is still in real trouble! Can Morimoto finish him?
Morimoto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fernandez seems to have recovered his senses.
Morimoto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fernandez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morimoto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morimoto landing with the ground and pound.
Morimoto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fernandez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morimoto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fernandez's head.
Morimoto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morimoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto is working Fernandez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morimoto distracts Fernandez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morimoto with a nice head shot there.
Morimoto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morimoto works over Fernandez with some ground and pound from guard.
Morimoto working some strikes from top position.
Morimoto loads up on a big left hand. Fernandez felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Morimoto looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Fernandez can't hide his disappointment, as Morimoto celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takashi Morimoto!
Takashi Morimoto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.