PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Conors (ranked 4706 p4p, 447 weight class) and Nathan Morris (ranked 5808 p4p, 494 weight class). Conors comes to the ring accompanied by Cut the Cord- Shinedown. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Conors
vs
Morris

197 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Heavy handed

Condemned

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Conors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nathan Morris!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conors fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morris, pushing him back against the ropes.
Morris lands a nice shot to the body.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conors's elbow.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but Conors leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Morris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conors blocks an uppercut.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.

Conors escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Conors will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morris slips a jab and a cross from Conors.
A head kick by Conors misses
and Morris counters with a nice leg kick.
Morris scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Conors trying to stall but Morris improves his position.
Morris tries to work over Conors's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Conors trying to land knees to the body.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conors is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Conors breaks from the clinch.
Nathan Morris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Morris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morris lands with a left to the head.
Morris working aggressively here.
Morris can't find room to land a body shot as Conors controls the action.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conors's elbow.
Morris lands a nice uppercut.
Morris can't find room to land a body shot as Conors controls the action.
Conors tries to circle away but Morris has him pinned against the ropes.
Morris lands an elbow that stopped Conors in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Alex Conors has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Conors just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
Morris lands a shoulder strike.
Morris is leaning against Conors and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conors blocks a body shot from Morris.
Conors is trying to push Morris away but Morris has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Conors controls his hands.
Morris prevents Conors from breaking the clinch.
Morris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conors tries to land knees in the clinch but Morris avoids the damage to the body.
Conors wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conors backwards.
Conors blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Conors's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conors turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morris blocks a head kick by Conors.

Morris moves into the clinch.
Morris lands a shoulder strike.
Morris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Conors's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Conors's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Conors throws a combination that misses
and Morris counters with a series of strikes. Conors will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Morris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morris misses with a body punch.
Conors gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morris swings wildly with an uppercut but Conors uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morris can't find room to land a body shot as Conors controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morris pushes off an throws an elbow but Conors leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Conors prevents a body shot from Morris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris pushes Conors back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Conors's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morris can't find room to land a body shot as Conors controls the action.
Conors working aggressively here.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris tries to work over Conors's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conors is looking to control Morris's arms but Morris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Conors has his back to the ropes.
Morris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morris lands a body punch.
Conors throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Conors prevents a body shot from Morris.
Conors misses with a body punch.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Conors takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morris misses with a punch to the body.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Morris.
Morris digs a right hand underneath Conors's ribcage. Conors let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris lands a damaging elbow.
Morris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conors takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Morris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Conors or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris presses Conors against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Conors prevents a body shot from Morris.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morris presses Conors against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Morris.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Conors controls his hands.
Morris scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Morris.
Conors blocks the elbow strike.
Morris digs a right hand into Conors's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Conors's gas tank.
Morris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morris works on Conors's body with a couple of short punches.
Morris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conors backwards.
Conors blocks a body shot from Morris.
Conors looking to stall.
Conors avoids the elbow strike from Morris, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Morris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Conors's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Morris closes the distance and clinches.
Nathan Morris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Morris.
Morris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morris works on Conors's body with a couple of short punches.
Morris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conors's elbow.
Morris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Conors's defenses.
Morris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conors's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Morris as the two fighters clinch.
Morris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Conors controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris tries to work over Conors's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morris dodges an elbow strike from Conors.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conors wants to get back to striking at distance but Morris won't allow it.
Conors is trying to push Morris away but Morris has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Conors avoids the elbow strike from Morris, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conors avoids a wild elbow strike from Morris.
Morris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morris misses with the head strike.
Morris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morris blocks a body shot from Conors.
Conors blocks a body shot from Morris.
Morris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morris scores with a hook to the body.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Conorss head.
Morris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morris misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Morris on the inside.
Morris throws an elbow that misses.
Morris tries to work over Conors's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morris is leaning against Conors and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Morris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris scores with a hook to the body.
Morris lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morris.
Morris pushes Conors back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conors blocks an elbow strike from Morris.
Morris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Conors or not.
Conors takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morris lands an elbow inside that Conors shrugs off.
Morris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Morris.
Alex Conors has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris lands an elbow that stopped Conors in his tracks for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Morris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Morris!