PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Dudley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Morris
vs
Dudley

195 cm
26
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
20
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dudley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dudley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dudley fails with the takedown.
Morris misses with a body kick.
Dudley throws a low kick but Morris moves out of range easily.
Morris lands the left hand.
Morris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Morris moves into the clinch successfully.

Morris jumps guard and drags Dudley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morris wants to stand and escape but Dudley is having none of it.

Morris pushes Dudley off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Morris comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Morris connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dudley throws a sloppy head kick and Morris moves out of range easily.
Morris throws a chopping leg kick but Dudley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dudley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morris counters with a stiff right hand.
Dudley tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Morris to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris tests Dudley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morris is looking to land body kicks.
Morris throws a series of strikes that have Dudley backpedaling.
Dudley looks winded!
No joy there for Morris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dudley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dudley swinging wildly here.
Morris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dudley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Morris coming out on top.
Morris is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dudley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morris counters with a nice uppercut.
Morris lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris clobbers Dudley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morris lands with an uppercut that bounces Dudley off the cage and back into range.
Morris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dudley pinned against the cage. Dudley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Morris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dudley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morris lands with a cross.
Morris cracks a nice hook into Dudley's ribs.
Erik Morris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morris closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morris scores with a decent looking hook.
Morris throws the kick towards the body but Dudley avoids it.
Morris misses with a leg kick.

Morris closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morris pulls Dudley into guard.
Dudley stopping the sweep attempt from Morris.
Morris wants to stand and escape but Dudley is having none of it.

Morris scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Morris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morris scores with a nice strike.
Morris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dudley walks into a stiff left hand from Morris.
Morris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dudley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Morris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morris's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morris duly obliges.
Dudley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morris circles away.
Morris lands a jab-cross combination.
Morris lands a glancing blow to the side of Dudley's head.
Dudley has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Morris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morris tries to score a body lock takedown but Dudley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dudley avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morris manages to pull guard.
Morris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morris wants to stand and escape but Dudley is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Morris 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.

Dudley checks a low kick from Morris.
Morris lands with a cross.
Erik Morris is winning the standup battle so far.
Morris works the jab nicely.
Donk. Morris catches Dudley right on the button with a cross.
Dudley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dudley is able to avoid easily.
Dudley leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Morris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dudley is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dudley wants to take the fight to the mat but Morris manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dudley has Morris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Erik Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Dudley.
Dudley is breathing heavily.
Morris fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Morris gets control of Dudley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Morris will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dudley stands up and waves to Morris to follow him.
Dudley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Morris. Beautiful body shot.
Morris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dudley tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morris scores with a body shot.
Morris works Dudley's body with a nice hook.
Dudley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dudley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab by Morris.
Morris looks to land a combination. Dudley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morris throws a solid leg kick but Dudley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morris.
Morris works over Dudley's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morris cracks Dudley with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morris.
Morris lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morris cracks a nice hook into Dudley's ribs.
Morris connects with a single shot there.
Morris ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morris lands with a nice combination. Dudley backs away looking to recover.
Morris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morris misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Dudley blocks the leg kick.
Morris looks for the body kick but Dudley saw that one coming.
Dudley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morris lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morris stuns Dudley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alex Dudley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dudley but Dudley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dudley can do to turn this around?
Morris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dudley.
Dudley throws a series of punches but Morris moves out of range.
Morris lands with a straight right. Dudley didn't see that one coming.
Morris lands a two punch combo.
Morris lands a jab to Dudley's midsection.
Morris with a hook.
Dudley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morris.
Morris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dudley is able to avoid easily.
Morris jabs Dudley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morris cracks Dudley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dudley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morris lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dudley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morris lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to the liver by Morris. Beautiful body shot.
Dudley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morris wants to land a leg kick but Dudley is out of range.

Morris drives through with a takedown into Dudley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Dudley keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.
Morris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dudley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morris slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Morris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morris cracks a nice hook into Dudley's ribs.
Morris has a takedown stuffed.
Morris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dudley's head.

Morris clinches up with Dudley and pushes him back against the cage.

Morris ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Morris no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Morris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dudley stops Morris from standing up.

Dudley stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris dips to his left and cracks Dudley with an uppercut!

Morris has Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Morris is trying to pull guard but Dudley has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dudley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dudley is looking for a takedown.
Dudley is looking for a takedown.
Dudley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morris's efforts to push away.

Morris manages to pull guard.

Morris scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Morris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morris.
Dudley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dudley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Morris has managed to clinch.
Morris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dudley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morris avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morris tries to pull guard but Dudley forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris working hard to break the clinch.
Morris is trying to pull guard but Dudley has him pressed against the cage.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dudley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dudley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dudley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morris pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Morris pulls guard successfully.
Morris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dudley throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dudley trying to control the position from guard on top but Morris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dudley manages to get himself to full guard.
Morris is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Morris lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dudley controls Morris momentarily but Morris frees himself.
Morris throwing strikes from guard but Dudley blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris throwing strikes but missing.

Morris gets to his feet - Dudley follows without any prompting.

Morris moves into the clinch successfully.
Morris goes for a takedown attempt but Dudley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dudley throws a right and a left that Morris avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Morris finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudley walks into a jab.
Alex Dudley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Erik Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morris connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dudley. Dudley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Morris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dudley.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morris 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Morris!
Post fight, Erik Morris took to the microphone: 'Cold beer and hot Broads, Come chill at the after party. First round on me. Thank you Bobby B.'.