PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Quick is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Morris
vs
Quick

190 cm
21
254 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Quick!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morris shoots in and bounces Quick off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Quick looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Quick has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morris can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morris is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Morris postures up and lands a big shot to Quick's brow.
Quick keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.
Quick keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.
Morris scoring with some ground and pound.
Morris postures up and lands a big shot to Quick's brow.
Quick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morris is one step ahead there.
Quick keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.

Quick had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Morris is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Quick Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Morris's back instead.
Morris tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick avoids the attempt from Morris to control.
Morris wants to get back to his feet.
Morris throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morris sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Morris desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Morris striking from half guard on the bottom.
Morris desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Quick is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morris defends it well.
Morris gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morris manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Quick misses with a takedown

and Morris counters with a takedown into side control.
Quick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morris wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Quick to see if he's OK.
Morris works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Quick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morris controlling from side mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quick takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Quick tries to improve position but can't.
Morris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Quick keeps working.
Morris working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris is putting a hurting on Quick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Morris lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morris wants to control but Quick is keeping him busy.
Morris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Morris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quick is looking for a sweep.
Quick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Quick is trying to get back to half guard.
Morris scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris in side control lands a decent elbow.
Quick is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morris cracks Quick with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is chipping away with strikes.
Quick is looking for a sweep.
Morris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Morris taking a breather here.
Morris working the ground and pound.
Quick takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Quick tries to buck Morris off but Morris is having none of it.
Check out the look on Morris's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Morris cracks Quick with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quick is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morris's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Quick is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morris closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morris lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Quick down.
Morris working the ground and pound.
Morris connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Quick some visible discomfort.
Morris landing a few strikes.
Morris remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Morris landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Quick is trying to escape the position but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris in side control lands a decent elbow.
Quick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morris wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morris trying to control the action but Quick is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quick takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Quick is looking for a sweep.
Morris lands a decent elbow from side control.
Quick tries to buck Morris off but Morris is having none of it.
Morris trying to control the action but Quick is working from the bottom.
Terry Morris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Morris shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Morris was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Quick is in all sorts of trouble here.
Quick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morris prevents Quick from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morris raining down shots from the mount!
Morris putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Quick working to try and regain half guard.
Quick is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morris in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morris lands a nice shot to the head.
Morris cracks Quick with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morris lands a big shot there that rocks Quick but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Morris lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Morris putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Morris.
Morris with a couple of short strikes.
Morris wants to control the pace but Quick is squirming around nicely.
Quick is looking to get to half guard.
Quick slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morris tries to pass to full mount but Quick defends it.
Quick is refusing to be controlled, as Morris sits in half guard.
Morris winds up and cracks Quick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Quick is pressing down on Morris's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morris passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris controls the position.
Morris lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quick is trying to improve his position.
Morris grinds an elbow into Quick's temple.
Quick tries to buck Morris off but Morris is having none of it.
Morris is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Quick will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Morris working the body and head with strikes.
Morris scores with punches from side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morris throws a leg kick which misses Quick's front leg but catches the back leg as Quick tries to avoid it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Morris.
Quick regains half guard.

Quick is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Morris pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morris clinches with his opponent.
Quick changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morris fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Morris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Quick looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Morris controls the position.
Quick tries to buck Morris off but Morris is having none of it.
Morris lands some shots froms side control.
Quick is trying to improve his position.
Morris wants to control but Quick is keeping him busy.
Morris lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris cracks Quick with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris trying to control the action but Quick is working from the bottom.
Quick is looking to reverse the position.
Morris working the ground and pound.
Quick is looking for a sweep.
Morris advances to mount.
Morris lands a nice shot to the head.
Quick tries to reverse the position but Morris maintains control.
Morris in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morris prevents Quick from getting the reversal.
Morris looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Quick is trying to escape the mount.
Morris punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Morris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Quick is trying to escape the mount.
Quick sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Quick is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands with a punch from half guard.
Quick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morris is keen to just control but Quick is a slippery customer.
Quick tries to roll over but Morris keeps him under control.
Morris working the head and body with strikes.

Quick is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Morris pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Morris shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morris showed some decent athleticism there.
Mike Quick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris is pressing down on Quick's thigh, looking to free his foot. Quick is holding on for now.
Quick is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Quick looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Quick looking for submissions off his back.
Quick is looking for a sweep. Morris is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morris is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quick can do to turn this around?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Quick is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morris.
Quick tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick by Quick misses

and Morris counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Quick looking for submissions off his back.
Morris scoring with strikes to the body and head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

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