PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big JOE (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry Morris had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Morris
vs
JOE

190 cm
22
254 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big JOE!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on JOE. That did some damage!
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
JOE is trying to stand up here but Morris is controlling him well.
JOE is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morris scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morris lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
JOE is not content to let Morris control the position.
Morris winds up and cracks JOE with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morris trying to control the action but JOE is working from the bottom.
Morris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morris takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morris thows a huge punch but JOE dodges it nicely.
JOE keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morris looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morris lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris is pressing down on JOE's thigh, looking to free his foot. JOE is holding on for now.
JOE should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Morris looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks JOE with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Morris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris dominated that round.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morris tries to score a power double leg takedown but JOE sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morris somewhat.
JOE scores with a punch to the head.
Terry Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
JOE goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
JOE stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and JOE wants it to stay on the feet.
JOE misses with a wild combination.
JOE has his takedown stuffed

and Morris counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
JOE working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morris.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morris showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morris prevents JOE from getting back to his feet.
JOE is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JOE working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morris.
Morris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. JOE is keeping the position for now.
Morris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morris tries to free his leg and advance position but JOE is retaining full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Both fighters circling a little - Morris finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Morris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. JOE was covering up waiting for the punch and Morris finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris postures up in JOE's guard and throws a big left but JOE blocks it.
Terry Morris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but JOE has wrist control.
Morris working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of JOE's head.
Morris lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morris scoring with punches to the head and body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
JOE has momentary wrist control but Morris slips an elbow through the middle.
JOE can't keep his opponent in guard - Morris advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
JOE tries to kick Morris off but Morris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Horrible takedown by Morris or perhaps it was just good defense by JOE which made him look bad.
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on JOE. That did some damage!
Morris misses with a takedown attempt
and Morris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morris shoots in for a double leg but JOE sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
JOE misses with a combination
and Morris counters with a good, hard body kick but JOE shrugs it off.
Morris connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
JOE takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris breaks from JOE's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that JOE can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Morris.
BOOM! Morris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morris looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
JOE wants to try and get back to his feet.
Morris controlling the position easily from mount.
Morris breaks from JOE's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morris trying to control but JOE is having none of it.
BOOM! Morris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morris controlling the pace for now.
Morris lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morris is defended easily by JOE.
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on JOE. That did some damage!
JOE throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Morris shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches JOE napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Morris trying to control the position but JOE is working away.
Morris cracks JOE with an elbow. That is naaassty.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Morris working the ground and pound from side control.
JOE taking a bit of punishment here - Morris scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris looks up at the clock and then as JOE takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morris smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Morris working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
JOE is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Morris is controlling him well.
Morris is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
JOE is pushing Morris's head away, looking to escape. Morris manages to hold on to the position though.
Morris trying to control the action but JOE is working from the bottom.
Morris lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Morris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris trying to control the position but JOE is working away.
Morris working the head with strikes.
JOE is not content to let Morris control the position.
Morris landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Morris had his way with Big JOE in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses JOE's sensitive parts.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by JOE!
Morris thows a body kick. JOE tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice shot lands for Morris.
Morris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but JOE swivels and escapes.

Morris closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. JOE did well to prevent Morris getting side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris not doing much here.
Morris stops JOE from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris wants to take a breather but JOE is having none of it.
Morris controlling the action here.
Morris has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
JOE wants to try and get back to his feet.
BOOM! Morris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morris lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morris cracks JOE with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morris landing strikes from the mount and JOE is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morris cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morris with a couple of short strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris lands with some vicious ground and pound - can JOE hang on?
Morris controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. JOE can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:43
Judge George Francis scores the fight 50:43
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:43

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