PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges Laraque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morales
vs
Laraque

200 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
290 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Hades ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carlos Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Laraque!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morales gets the takedown into side control.
Laraque is looking for a sweep.

Morales decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Laraque closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Morales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morales desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Laraque thows a huge punch but Morales dodges it nicely.
Laraque looks to land a strike but Morales avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Morales looking to hit a scissor sweep but Laraque is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Laraque's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laraque wants to pass the guard but Morales is keeping the position.
Laraque stands and throws Morales's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Morales is not content to let Laraque control the position.
Morales managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Laraque.
Laraque looking to control but instead Morales has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Laraque sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morales defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Laraque is looking to take a break and control but Morales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Laraque thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morales's head.
Laraque trying to mount his opponent but Morales defends it.
Laraque scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Laraque trying to control from half guard but Morales is working away.
Morales wants to get back to full guard.
Laraque trying to control the action but Morales is working from the bottom.
Laraque is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laraque is pressing down on Morales's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morales is holding on for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Laraque not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Morales has one foot on Laraque's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A clash of legs there as Morales blocks the low kick.
Morales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laraque.

Morales drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Laraque has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Laraque trying to keep a closed guard but Morales is proving a slippery customer.
Morales controlling from the top position.
Morales postures up in Laraque's guard and throws a big left but Laraque blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Laraque looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morales puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Laraque gets full guard.
Morales controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morales has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Laraque is proving hard to escape from.
Laraque being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Morales 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.

Morales misses with a hook. Laraque ducked under it nicely.
Laraque throws a big shot that misses.
Laraque misses with a lunging right hand

and Morales counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Morales perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morales'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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Morales throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morales is looking to take a break and control but Laraque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laraque is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Carlos Morales just wasn't active enough.
Morales swats away the attempt to clinch by Laraque.
Carlos Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morales drops Laraque with a left and a right! Oh, Laraque is hurt - Morales dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Georges Laraque has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Laraque's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morales staying calm.
Laraque is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Morales politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Morales prefers to stall for the moment though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Morales decides to stand back up.
Laraque throws a body kick that misses.
Laraque throws a poor cross that misses

and Morales counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Laraque's guard now.
Laraque is breathing heavily.
Morales is looking to work some ground and pound but Laraque has wrist control.
Carlos Morales overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morales engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laraque pulls Morales in close to his closed guard and prevents Morales from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Morales is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

We're going to have a standup here because Carlos Morales wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Morales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laraque sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Morales closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Laraque did well to prevent Morales getting side control.
Laraque won't allow Morales to pass to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laraque is trying to get back to full guard.
Laraque won't allow Morales to pass to mount.
Morales is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Carlos Morales wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Morales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laraque moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laraque doesn't manage to clinch there - Morales circles away.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Laraque swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Morales dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Georges Laraque's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Laraque misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Morales decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Laraque's guard.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Laraque looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morales is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morales wants to get up but he can't break Laraque's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Morales throwing strikes from guard but Laraque blocks nicely.
Laraque is trying to keep Morales in close.

Laraque throws his legs up looking for a submission but Morales uses it to pass to side control.
Laraque takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Laraque tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Morales decides to stand back up. Morales steps back and let's Laraque get back to his feet.

Laraque gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Laraque drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morales pulls his leg out and moves away.
Laraque throws a lazy uppercut

so Morales counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Morales engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morales passes Laraque's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laraque avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morales.
Georges Laraque has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laraque wants to control but Morales is keeping busy.
Morales passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Laraque!
Morales controlling his opponent.
Laraque is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales controlling the position easily from mount.
Morales landing strikes from the mount.
Laraque tries to reverse the position but Morales maintains control.
Carlos Morales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales controlling his opponent.
Laraque can't escape the position.
Morales controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Morales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morales, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Morales!