PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Newton Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asher Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Newton Knuckles looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Knuckles
vs
Morris

177 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
189 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Demonic Drugs
S.W.A.T.

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Newton Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Asher Morris!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morris stuffs the takedown attempt from Knuckles. Knuckles gets slowly back to his feet.
Knuckles is looking to clinch but Morris is avoiding it.
Newton Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Knuckles.
Morris looks to move to half guard but instead Knuckles has passed into mount! Damn!
Morris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morris bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Morris drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Morris seems to have locked his on tight now - Knuckles screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Morris, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Asher Morris!