PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound Of Thunder. Thompson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cruel Summer. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Morko
vs
Thompson

190 cm
27
210 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morko motions for Thompson to come forward. Morko throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Morko closes the distance and pushes Thompson back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thompson.
Morko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Morko.
Thompson looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson taking a breather.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morko controlling the action here for a moment.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko landing knees to the body.
Morko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Morko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morko leaning against his opponent.
Morko throws a head punch that misses.
Morko lands a body punch.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Morko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thompson up against the cage.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Morko lands a nice shot to the body.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson avoiding damage as Morko throws knees to the body.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thompson's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morko as Thompson tries to tie him up.
Morko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson tries to break free but Morko pushes him back against the cage.

Thompson jumps guard.
Morko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morko's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morko looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Thompson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morko's sensitive parts.
Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morko counters with a thumping low kick.
Morko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morko works the jab nicely.
Brock Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morko counters with a straight right hand.
Morko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morko wants to land a leg kick but Thompson is out of range.
A head kick from Thompson lands but Morko takes it in his stride.
Morko lunges at Thompson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thompson's hand.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Morko moves out of range easily.
Thompson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thompson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morko's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morko blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Thompson throws the kick towards the body but Morko avoids it.
Thompson slips a jab and a cross from Morko.
Morko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Morko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thompson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Thompson.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Morko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thompson throws a lazy head kick
and Morko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thompson's knee momentarily.
Thompson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Thompson tries to work over Morko's front leg with a kick but Morko checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko moves out of range as Thompson throws a body kick.
Thompson tries a low kick but Morko avoids it.
Morko sizes up Thompson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thompson throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thompson throws a leg kick that misses.
Morko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morko throws a head kick that misses
and Thompson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thompson lands a high kick!
Nice body punch from Thompson.

Morko has managed to clinch.
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!
A short right from Morko.
Morko trying to land knees to the body.
Morko throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Esko Morko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Morko - that landed with a thud.
Thompson trying to control the position but instead, Morko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thompson into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Morko.
Morko works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morko.
Morko scores with a shoulder strike.
Morko throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Morko missing with knees to the body.
Morko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Morko presses Thompson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Morko.
Morko lands a right hand.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson tries to stall but Morko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morko landing knees to the body.
Thompson letting Morko take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Morko.
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!
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morko pushes Thompson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morko controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Morko moves into the clinch successfully.
Morko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morko gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morko lands with a left to the head.
Morko lands with a light punch inside.
Morko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Knees to the body from Morko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morko digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko lands a shot to the body.
Morko tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Morko lands a shot to the body.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Morko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
A right handed body shot lands from Morko.
Morko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thompson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morko lands a nice shot to the body.
Morko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Morko pushes Thompson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morko with a knee to the head.
Morko just leaning against Thompson, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko scores with a hook to the body.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko lands a left hand.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morko throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Morko lands a right hand.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Morko.
Morko lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Morko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Morko won't allow it.
The referee calls for Morko to work.
Morko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Morko tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Morko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morko pushes Thompson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morko leaning his opponent against the cage.
Thompson avoiding damage as Morko throws knees to the body.
Brock Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morko gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson leaning against his opponent.
A right handed body shot lands from Morko.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morko tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morko swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson struggles to land a body shot inside as Morko controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Esko Morko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Morko!