PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Strauss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strauss has chosen Immigrant song-Led Zeppelin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morris
vs
Strauss

180 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

191 cm
25
210 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Logan Strauss!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strauss closes the distance and clinches up with Morris, looking for a takedown. Strauss pushes Morris against the cage but Morris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Strauss shoots in for a takedown but Morris shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Strauss throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Morris was covering up waiting for the punch and Strauss finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Morris is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Morris has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Strauss can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Strauss has gone for a leg lock! Morris slips out almost immediately though and dives into Strauss's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morris throwing strikes but missing.
Strauss wants to sweep but no luck.
Strauss keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.

Strauss had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morris defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Morris drops back, looking for a kneebar! Strauss looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Strauss looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Strauss!
Strauss tries to move to mount but Morris blocks the move with his legs.
Morris is not content to let Strauss control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris gets back to half guard.
Strauss is pressing down on Morris's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morris is holding on for now.
Strauss works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morris is looking to regain half guard here but Strauss keeps moving and retains side control.
Strauss works to advance to full mount. Morris defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Morris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Strauss sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Strauss dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Strauss shoots for a double leg takedown but Morris sprawls well. He's pushed Strauss's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Strauss fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Strauss.

Strauss closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morris to the mat! Morris manages to get full guard.

Strauss drops back, looking for a kneebar! Morris looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Morris looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Morris!
Morris is working Strauss over with some ground and pound from side control.

Morris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Strauss has escaped the position, nice work there.

Morris tries for a kimura but Strauss is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morris looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Morris thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Strauss is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Strauss sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Strauss works his way to full guard. Good work.

Morris has gone for a leg lock! Strauss slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morris's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Strauss trying to control the position from guard on top but Morris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strauss has gone for a leg lock! Morris slips out almost immediately though and dives into Strauss's guard.
Strauss looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morris is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Strauss is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morris defends well.
Morris postures up and lands a big shot to Strauss's brow.
Strauss avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Strauss throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morris cracks Strauss with a solid left hand.
Morris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Morris drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Strauss dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strauss trying to control but Morris is working from the bottom.
Strauss missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Morris is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Strauss throws a strike but Morris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Morris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Morris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strauss.
Strauss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strauss shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morris but Morris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Strauss is defended easily by Morris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strauss tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strauss tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strauss shoots in for a takedown but Morris shows good takedown defense.
Sammy Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Strauss.
Nice takedown defense from Morris. No joy for Strauss on that attempt.
Strauss takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Strauss throws a jab when Morris was well out of range.
Morris misses with a low kick.
Strauss shoots in for a double leg but Morris sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Strauss is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Strauss tries to clinch but Morris moves out of range.
Morris misses with a few strikes there.
Strauss has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Strauss there as he acknowledges the shot.
Strauss shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morris shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Strauss napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Morris misses with the ground and pound.
Morris throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Morris wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Strauss, who protects the arm well.

Morris thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Strauss on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morris throws an elbow but Strauss slips to the side and avoids it well.
Morris lands some shots froms side control.
Strauss tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Strauss has escaped the position, nice work there.
Strauss is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morris's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Strauss looking for submissions off his back.
Morris takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Strauss gets back to full guard.
Morris working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Strauss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morris trying to control the position from guard on top but Strauss is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Strauss throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morris postures up and lands a big shot to Strauss's brow.

Morris drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morris jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Strauss is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Morris has his hands clasped together but Strauss extends an breaks Morris's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Strauss.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Logan Strauss!