PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolles Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mooney is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Titanic. Rolles Morrison had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Morrison
vs
Mooney

191 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rolles Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Mooney!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Mooney with that takedown attempt.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Mooney.
Mooney will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Morrison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mooney misses with an elbow over the top.
Mooney missing with knees to the body.

Morrison turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Morrison is working Mooney over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morrison just content to control the position.
Mooney struggling a bit here.
Mooney is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Morrison lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney trying to remain calm as Morrison controls from the top position.
Mooney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morrison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Morrison tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Morrison working the ground and pound from side control.
Mooney is not content to let Morrison control the position.

Morrison is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mooney is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mooney seems a little lost for a moment, as Morrison dominates the positioning.
Mooney is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney is pushing Morrison's head away, looking to escape. Morrison manages to hold on to the position though.
Morrison scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mooney to see if he's OK.
Morrison 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.

Morrison decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Morrison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison stops Mooney from getting back to his feet.

Mooney makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Mooney with a poor takedown
and Morrison counters with a big head kick but Mooney shrugs it off.
Rolles Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Mooney.
Mooney looks gassed!
Mooney misses with a combination

and Morrison counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Mooney is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Morrison with a couple of short strikes.
Mooney is still in real trouble! Can Morrison finish him?
Mooney takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Morrison's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rolles Morrison!