PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burl Morales (ranked 24795 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice King (ranked 5243 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morales
vs
King

205 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Burl Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maurice King!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King closes the distance and pushes Morales back into the cage.

Morales pulls guard.
King working some strikes from top position.
King content to stall in guard here.
Morales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

King drops back looking for a leg! Morales is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Morales manages to kick King off! King jumps back into Morales's guard.
King scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and King is now in half guard.
King wants to free his trapped foot but Morales is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King prevents Morales from standing back up.
Morales pushes King off but King dives into side control.
Morales tries to improve position but can't.
Morales wants to control but King postures up.
King moves into full mount!
Morales is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
King with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! King connects with a massive shot to the dome!
King with the ground and pound from mount.

Morales is rocked!

It looks like Burl Morales has been cut.
King connects with a bit shot that sees Morales covering up! More strikes from King and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! King is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice King!