PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Grant
vs
Morris

192 cm
20
248 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
24
262 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Morris!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries to clinch up.
Morris throws a leg kick but Grant sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grant tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Cody Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Morris has Grant up against the cage in a clinch.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grant obliges.
Morris looks gassed!
Morris is trying to maintain a safe position but Grant gets an underhook and turns Morris into the cage.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Nick Morris has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Grant.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Grant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grant obliges.
Grant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morris backwards.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Morris wants a takedown.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.
Morris stalls.
Grant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grant pulls his leg out and moves away.
Grant wants to clinch
and Morris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant tries to clinch up
and Morris counters with a left and a right that stings Grant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Grant tries to clinch up.
Grant closes the distance but Morris moves to the side
and Morris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grant thinking.
Grant throws a leg kick
and Morris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grant wants to clinch

and Morris counters by clinching up.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
Morris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Morris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cody Grant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Morris.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grant fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Morris misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris catches Grant with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Grant closes the distance and clinches.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Morris jumps guard but Grant stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Grant lands an elbow just above Morris 's eye.
Morris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Grant is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grant takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grant can't find room to land a body shot as Morris controls the action.
Grant lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Grant smiles and moves away.
Grant looks to clinch
and Morris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but Grant is blocking nicely.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Grant avoiding damage as Morris throws knees to the body.

Morris jumps guard and drags Grant to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Grant gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Grant throws a leg kick
and Morris counters with a left and a right that stings Grant.
Morris is looking to clinch but Grant is avoiding it.
Grant wants to clinch
and Morris makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Grant really felt that one!

Grant closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morris has Grant pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Grant manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Morris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grant looks to clinch
and Morris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Morris tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Grant tries to clinch but Morris moves away
and Morris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant scores with a leg kick.
Grant closes the distance but Morris moves to the side
and Morris counters with a big head kick but Grant shrugs it off.
Grant looks to clinch
and Morris counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant closes the distance but Morris moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grant tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morris counters with a series of strikes. Grant will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Grant takes the fight into the clinch.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morris wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but Grant is blocking nicely.
Grant lands a nice elbow.
Grant lands a good knee to the midsection. Morris won't want to take too many of those.
Grant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Morris avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Grant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morris blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
Morris trying to stall but Grant improves his position.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Morris in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Cody Grant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris looking to throw knees to the head but Grant is blocking nicely.
Morris is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Grant is pressed up against the cage. Morris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grant down to the mat. Grant avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Grant wants to clinch but Morris slips to the side
and Morris counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nick Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grant avoids the body shot from Morris.

Grant forces Morris back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Morris is trying to maintain a safe position but Grant gets an underhook and turns Morris into the cage.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Morris looking to slow down the pace here.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Morris blocks the elbow strike.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Morris.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant stops a takedown attempt from Morris.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Morris avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Come on Morris - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morris looking to stall.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
Grant stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Grant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.

Morris pulls guard effortlessly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is controlling Grant's posture.
Grant stops Morris from standing up.

Grant gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Grant tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morris counters with a three punch combo that has Grant backing up. Grant nods at Morris to acknowledge the strikes.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grant tries to clinch up
and Morris counters with an inside leg kick.
Grant looks to clinch
and Morris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant tries to clinch
and Morris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Morris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Morris throws a series of punches but Grant moves out of range.
Grant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morris counters with a one-two to the body.
Grant looks to clinch
and Morris counters with a series of strikes. Grant will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grant throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Morris counters with a body kick.
Grant tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morris misses with the combination.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morris counters with a left and a right that stings Grant.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morris counters with a left and a right that stings Grant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grant's knee momentarily.

Grant forces Morris back against the cage and clinches.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morris is defending well for now.
Morris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morris tries to pull guard but Grant holds him up against the cage and eventually Morris drops back down to his feet.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morris takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Morris throws an elbow that misses.
Morris stalling in the clinch but Grant improves position.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morris looking to stall.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morris can do to turn this around?
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris wants a takedown but no success here.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant working Morris over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morris.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris wants a takedown but no success here.
Cody Grant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Morris.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grant landing knees to the head.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Grant prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morris has Grant pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Grant manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morris is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grant pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris is trying to drag Grant to the mat but Grant just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grant lands a damaging elbow.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Grant lands a knee to the head.
Morris tries to pull guard but Grant holds him up against the cage and eventually Morris drops back down to his feet.
Grant lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grant lands an elbow inside.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Nick Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris is trying to maintain a safe position but Grant gets an underhook and turns Morris into the cage.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Cody Grant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Morris's ribcage.
Morris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Grant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grant, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Grant!