PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior THE MORAIS Morais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Street Fighta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fighta has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

THE MORAIS Morais
vs
Fighta

187 cm
19
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Junior THE MORAIS Morais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Street Fighta!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morais misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fighta looks gassed!
Fighta shoots and misses

and Morais counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Morais breaks from the clinch.
Morais tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fighta swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Morais feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morais trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fighta's guard.
Morais works over Fighta with some ground and pound from guard.
Morais has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fighta is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fighta keeping moving, preventing Morais from controlling successfully.
Morais trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fighta's guard.
Fighta trying to keep a closed guard but Morais is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morais trying to control but Fighta is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morais doesn't manage to clinch there - Fighta circles away.
Junior THE MORAIS Morais seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morais gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Fighta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Morais's guard.
Morais wants to sweep but no luck.
Fighta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Morais had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Fighta is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Morais Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Fighta's back instead.
Fighta wants to escape the position.
Fighta trying to control the hands but Morais won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morais is trying to stick to Fighta's back but Fighta is turning into Morais. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morais's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Fighta.
Fighta postures up and lands a big shot to Morais's brow.
Morais bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fighta's guard.
Morais trying to control the position from guard on top but Fighta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morais in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morais postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Morais drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morais jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Morais tries to free his leg and advance position but Fighta is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morais trying to control the position from guard on top but Fighta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fighta wants to sweep but no luck.

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

and Fighta counters with a takedown into side control.
Morais is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Fighta thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Morais is trying to control Fighta's posture but Fighta avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighta lands an elbow.
Morais tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Morais is trying to reverse the position but instead Fighta has taken his back - oops!
Morais is really stuck here.
Fighta has Morais flattened out and is raining down punches.
Morais is in bad spot here.
Morais has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Morais covering up well and avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Street Fighta dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morais misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morais misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morais shoots and misses

and Fighta counters with a nice double leg into side control. Morais won't be happy with that.
Morais is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morais regains half guard.
Morais misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Morais wants to control but Fighta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Morais wants to get back to full guard.
Fighta is breathing heavily.
Morais is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Fighta jumps into side control!
Morais sneaks back into half guard.
Morais is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morais wants to control but Fighta is keeping busy.
Morais wants to get back to his feet.
Fighta trying to control the action but Morais is working from the bottom.
Morais is looking for a sweep. Fighta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fighta scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morais wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morais misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fighta with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morais counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fighta trying to control but Morais postures up.
Morais knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fighta on the ground.
Morais wants to stand up but Fighta is controlling the position.
Morais looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fighta regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fighta 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.
Morais trying to control but Fighta is working from the bottom.
Morais landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morais decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Morais misses with a takedown attempt

and Fighta counters with a single leg into guard. Morais didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior THE MORAIS Morais. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fighta trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morais has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morais strikes from his own guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fighta controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morais wants to sweep here but Fighta controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morais trying to keep a closed guard but Fighta is proving a slippery customer.
Morais wants to stand up but Fighta is controlling him.
Fighta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morais swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morais keeping moving, preventing Fighta from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Morais looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fighta is fending him off so far but Morais persists. Nope, Fighta circles away and we're back to standing.
Junior THE MORAIS Morais is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fighta with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morais holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fighta stops a takedown attempt from Morais.
Fighta tries to pull guard but Morais won't allow it.

Fighta turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morais manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Street Fighta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Morais's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fighta misses with a takedown attempt

and Morais counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morais.
Fighta has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morais is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Morais has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fighta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morais has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fighta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fighta can't get the takedown.
Junior THE MORAIS Morais has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Street Fighta.
Morais changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fighta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Morais with a lazy takedown attempt

and Fighta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Morais's guard.
Morais wants to stand up but Fighta is controlling him.
Morais is trying to keep Fighta in close.
Morais wants to get back to his feet but Fighta is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fighta tries to free his leg and advance position but Morais is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morais wants to sweep here but Fighta controlling him for the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fighta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morais fails with the takedown.
No joy there for Morais, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fighta with a poor takedown

and Morais decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fighta's guard.
Morais wants to stand and escape but instead Fighta has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Fighta postures up.
Morais tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fighta content to stall in guard here.
Morais is trying to control the position but Fighta postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morais wriggles free and stands up.
Morais scores with a leg kick.
Morais fails with the takedown

and Fighta counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Morais is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morais wants to stand up but Fighta is controlling him.
Morais controls Fighta momentarily but Fighta frees himself.

Morais throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighta trying to control the position from guard on top but Morais is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morais holds on and takes a little breather.
Morais 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.
Fighta looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fighta stuffs the takedown.

Morais shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morais showed some decent athleticism there.
Morais perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morais trying to mount his opponent but Fighta defends it.
Fighta trying to control but Morais postures up.
Fighta is looking to improve his position.
Fighta won't allow Morais to pass to mount.
Fighta wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morais is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Junior THE MORAIS Morais.
I think Fighta has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Street Fighta!