PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Morimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Blackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi Morimoto had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 172.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Morimoto
vs
Blackman

184 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yoshi Morimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kris Blackman!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morimoto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blackman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morimoto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morimoto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blackman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Morimoto is rocked!
Blackman fails with the takedown.

Blackman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blackman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morimoto.
Blackman wants to get back to his feet but Morimoto is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blackman kicks Morimoto off and gets to his feet.
Blackman tries to clinch up.
Morimoto circles away from the clinch attempt.

Morimoto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morimoto showed some decent athleticism there.
Morimoto is breathing heavily.
Blackman won't allow Morimoto to pass to mount.
Blackman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blackman tries to kick Morimoto off but Morimoto keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackman is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Morimoto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morimoto is thwarting Blackman's attempts to control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blackman's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Blackman duly obliges.
Morimoto misses with a takedown attempt
and Blackman counters with a three punch combo that has Morimoto backing up. Morimoto nods at Blackman to acknowledge the strikes.
Oh Morimoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blackman tries to clinch but Morimoto is having none of it.
Morimoto misses with a takedown attempt
and Blackman counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Morimoto to take - he tumbles to the cavas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Blackman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kris Blackman!