PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Daddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Daddy's choice of entrance music: For whom the bell tolls. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morrow
vs
Daddy

180 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Fighting Spirit

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seth Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big Daddy!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daddy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Daddy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daddy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Daddy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Daddy throws a leg kick which misses Morrow's front leg but catches the back leg as Morrow tries to avoid it.
Daddy is looking to clinch.
Daddy throws a low kick, looking for Morrow's leg but Morrow calmly moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daddy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daddy throws a head kick but Morrow moves out of range.
Daddy misses with a jab, cross combination.

Morrow looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Morrow seems to be working for a kimura but Daddy defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daddy trying to hold on to Morrow's head to control him but Morrow postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morrow connects with a nice short shot to Daddy's temple.

Morrow seems to be looking for submissions.
Morrow prevents Daddy from standing back up.
Morrow is thwarting Daddy's attempts to control the position.
Morrow working Daddy over with strikes.
Morrow thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daddy's head.
Daddy trying to control but Morrow postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morrow connects with a nice short shot to Daddy's temple.
Daddy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Daddy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morrow could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Daddy looking for a guillotine here but Morrow defends easily.
Daddy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morrow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Daddy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Daddy trying to control but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Morrow keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Daddy moves to back control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Daddy looking to ground and pound but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Morrow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrow swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Daddy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daddy looks gassed!
Morrow throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Feeble punches landing from Morrow - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
Daddy landing punches.
Daddy trying to control but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow is in a horrible position here. Daddy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daddy blocks Morrow's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Morrow might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Daddy is working for a guillotine from mount but Morrow frees his head quite easily.

Daddy jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morrow manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Morrow striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Daddy blocks the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow regains half guard.

Morrow looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Daddy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrow keeps working.
Morrow regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Daddy 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.

Morrow shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Daddy's guard.
Morrow keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Daddy's head.
Daddy is looking to stand up but Morrow isn't so interested in that idea.

Daddy has his foot on Morrow's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrow works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrow lands a couple of elbows.
Daddy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrow manages to get himself to full guard.
Daddy wants to control from the top but Morrow keeps moving.

Daddy is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Morrow has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Daddy is looking to defend but Morrow has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Daddy! Morrow pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Daddy taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Seth Morrow!