PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lotus Tinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tinkle comes into the arena with Jungle Jam blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tinkle
vs
Morrow

173 cm
29
162 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

170 cm
24
165 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lotus Tinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trent Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tinkle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morrow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Tinkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tinkle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morrow can't escape the position.
Morrow regains half guard.
Tinkle prevents Morrow from improving his position.
Tinkle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morrow on the ground.
Tinkle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrow trying to control here.
Tinkle blocks the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow tries to get to full guard but Tinkle has control of the leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tinkle wants to take a breather but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow wants to improve his position but Tinkle is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow trying to control here.
Morrow is looking to improve his position.
Tinkle is trying to control. Morrow wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tinkle stopping the sweep attempt from Morrow.
Morrow trying to keep a closed guard but Tinkle is proving a slippery customer.
Morrow striking off his back but it's not causing Tinkle any problems.
Tinkle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tinkle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tinkle is one step ahead there.
Tinkle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tinkle!
Morrow sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poor strikes thrown by Morrow there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Morrow throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Morrow throws some wild stikes that Tinkle manages to avoid easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow thowing shots but they're missing.

Morrow goes for an armbar but Tinkle turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tinkle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrow working a defensive guard here.
Morrow is looking to sweep but instead, Tinkle has passed into half guard.
Morrow is not content to let Tinkle control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrow manages to get to full guard.
Morrow looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrow, not yet.
Morrow managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tinkle!
Morrow thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tinkle wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Morrow.
Morrow throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tinkle because Morrow loaded up on that one.
Morrow throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow throwing strikes here but Tinkle is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morrow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tinkle?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Morrow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morrow throws a body kick that misses.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tinkle but Tinkle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morrow fails with a takedown attempt.
Morrow throws a body kick that misses.
Morrow throws a body kick that misses.
Morrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tinkle checks a low kick from Morrow.
Tinkle avoids a kick to the body.
Morrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tinkle.
Morrow misses with a low kick.

Tinkle closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morrow did well to prevent Tinkle getting side control.
Morrow is pressing down on Tinkle's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morrow is trying to keep Tinkle in close.

Morrow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tinkle tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrow is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinkle slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morrow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrow is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tinkle trying to control the action but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Morrow gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Trent Morrow has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tinkle passes into side control, despite Morrow's attempt to control the position.
Morrow is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Tinkle.
Morrow is trying to control Tinkle's posture but Tinkle avoids it.
Tinkle throws a strike aimed at the side of Morrow's head but Morrow avoids it well.
Tinkle scoring with punches and elbows.
Morrow tries to buck Tinkle off but Tinkle is having none of it.
Morrow manages to get back to half guard.
Tinkle is stalling here. Morrow is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Tinkle seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Morrow has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Tinkle parries the strikes from Morrow easily there. Morrow is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tinkle to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Morrow working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morrow connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tinkle some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tinkle can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrow tries to score with some ground and pound. Tinkle controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morrow 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 thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Morrow throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Morrow seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrow has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The referee warns Tinkle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tinkle holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Morrow tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tinkle can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tinkle avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morrow.
Tinkle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tinkle tries to get out of the position.
Tinkle is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morrow looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tinkle cracks Morrow with an open hand slap.
Morrow connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tinkle momentarily.
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tinkle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morrow throws a hook but Tinkle avoids it easily.
Morrow swings for the body but Tinkle moves out of range.
Morrow misses with a head kick.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown but Tinkle shows good takedown defense.
Tinkle lands with an overhand left.
Morrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tinkle. That did some damage!
Morrow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tinkle as he avoids it easily.
Tinkle takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Tinkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morrow lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tinkle!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow throwing strikes but Tinkle bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinkle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tinkle trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.

Morrow looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morrow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tinkle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tinkle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tinkle is looking to work some ground and pound but Morrow has wrist control.
Tinkle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrow bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tinkle's guard.
Morrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Tinkle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Tinkle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tinkle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tinkle is looking to stand up but Morrow isn't so interested in that idea.
Tinkle keeping moving, preventing Morrow from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throwing strikes from guard but Tinkle blocks nicely.
Morrow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morrow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrow scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morrow slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tinkle tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrow is looking to work some ground and pound but Tinkle has wrist control.
Morrow looking to pass the guard.
Morrow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lotus Tinkle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tinkle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrow.
Morrow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow throwing strikes from guard but Tinkle blocks nicely.
Morrow scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Morrow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Trent Morrow!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Trent Morrow!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Trent Morrow!

Trent Morrow wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Trent Morrow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.