PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Stand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrow has chosen Straylight Run - Hands In The Sky as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stand
vs
Morrow

175 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

184 cm
21
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Stand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Clay Morrow!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow throws a right and a left that Stand avoids nicely.
Morrow misses with a low kick as Stand jumps back.
Stand fails with a takedown attempt.
Stand dives in and grabs Morrow's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morrow pushes down on Stand's head and hops out.
Stand shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morrow pinned against the cage. Morrow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stand. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stand scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Morrow wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morrow is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morrow throws a looping overhand right but Stand ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morrow tries a low kick but Stand avoids it.
Stand tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrow sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stand somewhat.
Stand is breathing heavily.
Stand fails to land the takedown.
Stand shoots for a takedown but Morrow saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morrow throws a one two combo.

It looks like Mike Stand has been cut.
Morrow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morrow.
Morrow scores with the left hand. Stand knows he should have avoided that one.

Morrow waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Stand. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Stand to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Stand is rocked!
Morrow has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Stand is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow won't allow Stand to sweep him here.
Morrow must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morrow trying to stand up but can't free himself from Stand's guard.
Stand not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morrow wants to stand but Stand has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morrow lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morrow scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morrow decides to stand and escape the position.
Stand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrow.
Morrow has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stand fails with the takedown
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stand walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morrow is looking to land body kicks.
An inside leg kick from Morrow misses.
Stand checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morrow misses with a jab, cross combination.

Stand shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Stand was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Stand throwing strikes here but Morrow is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morrow wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stand landing strikes from the mount.
Stand throws some wild stikes that Morrow manages to avoid easily.
Morrow's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Stand can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrow is looking to escape.
Stand thowing shots but they're missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Morrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Stand's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morrow throws a chopping leg kick but Stand manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stand changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morrow tries to avoid it but Stand manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morrow to the ground. Morrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Clay Morrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stand has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morrow finds it's way round the side to connect with Stand's head.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Nice shot by Morrow.
Stand doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A cross from Morrow lands.
Mike Stand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrow missing with a left hand there. Stand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stand blocks a head kick by Morrow.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
Morrow throws a nice looking combination but Stand bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab, jab by Morrow - just one landing.
Morrow tries to score with a low kick but Stand moves his leg out of the way.
Morrow misses with a takedown attempt

and Stand counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stand lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Stand scores with punches from side control.
Stand 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.
Stand misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Morrow is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stand is controlling him well.
Stand misses with the ground and pound.
Stand trying to control the action but Morrow is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A nice combination there by Morrow.
Morrow moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stand fails with the takedown
and Morrow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stand gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Morrow to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stand. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Stand 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stand takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stand takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stand slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Morrow stuns Stand with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stand dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Stand does a little dance to reset his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stand.
Stand advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is trying to stand.
Stand wants to control the pace but Morrow is squirming around nicely.
Stand thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Morrow's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Stand with a couple of short strikes.
Stand misses with a head shot.
Stand looking to finish with strikes here!
Morrow trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four 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.
Stand trying to control but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow is trying to stand.
Stand scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morrow?
Morrow is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Stand scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morrow?
Morrow avoids a series of strikes thrown by Stand.
Morrow really wants to buck Stand off and get back to his feet.
Stand breaks from Morrow's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Stand's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Morrow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stand. Stand circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Stand closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stand lands in his opponent's guard.
Stand throwing strikes from guard but Morrow blocks nicely.
Morrow wants to stand up but Stand is controlling him.

Morrow kicks Stand off and gets to his feet.
Stand avoids the body shot from Morrow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrow misses with a few strikes there.

Stand drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morrow preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stand throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stand is controlling him.
Stand landing some decent shots from guard.

Morrow pushes Stand off and gets back to his feet.
Stand misses with a takedown
and Morrow counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrow lands a nice looking body shot.
Stand misses with a combination
and Morrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrow throws a right and a left that Stand avoids nicely.
Stand moves away from the strike by Morrow.

Stand closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morrow to the mat! Morrow manages to get full guard.
Stand with a nice head shot there.
Stand trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrow is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Morrow has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Stand is trying to keep an underhook but Morrow manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Stand is trying to get back to full guard.
Stand trying to get back to full guard but Morrow takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Morrow stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
A jab lands there for Morrow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow scores with a body shot.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stand has a takedown stuffed.
Morrow throws the left hand but Stand avoids the punch easily.
Stand looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morrow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stand doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stand. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow works the jab nicely.
Stand fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stand takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stand moves out of range as Morrow throws a body kick.
Morrow throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stand stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stand shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morrow lands a jab to the nose.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with an uppercut. Stand saw that one coming.
Stand avoids a kick to the body.
Stand doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morrow counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stand thinking.
Morrow throws out a loose jab but Stand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrow throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stand.
Stand tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrow sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stand somewhat.
Morrow throws out a powerful jab.
Mike Stand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrow throws a series of punches but Stand avoids them all with ease.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stand.
Morrow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Stand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Stand shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Clay Morrow.
I've got Morrow winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clay Morrow!