PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clay Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferrari has chosen Eminem - Im Back as his entrance music. Clay Morrow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rocco Ferrari's chin.

Morrow
vs
Ferrari

181 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

178 cm
19
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clay Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocco Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow misses with a hook. Ferrari ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morrow scores with a hook to the body. Ferrari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ferrari takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Ferrari does a little dance to reset his feet.

Morrow moves into the clinch.
Ferrari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ferrari lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Clay Morrow has been cut.
Morrow is trying to push Ferrari away but Ferrari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morrow dodges an elbow strike from Ferrari.
Ferrari landing knees to the head.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morrow can't break the clinch.
Ferrari's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari scores with a knee to the head.
Morrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferrari's elbow.
Morrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Ferrari has double underhooks.
Ferrari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ferrari manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Morrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ferrari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrow's face.
Ferrari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrow avoids it.
Ferrari will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morrow up against the cage.
Morrow wants to stall.
Ferrari lands a knee to the head.
Ferrari scores with a knee to the head.
Morrow stalling in the clinch but Ferrari improves position.
Ferrari lands a good knee to the midsection. Morrow won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morrow wants to break free but Ferrari has control.
Ferrari has Morrow pressed against the cage, preventing Morrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ferrari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ferrari is keeping busy.
Ferrari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ferrari landing knees to the head.

Morrow is rocked!
Morrow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oh Morrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferrari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morrow is breathing heavily.
Morrow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ferrari is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ferrari using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morrow seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ferrari misses with a knee strike.
Ferrari lands a nice knee to the body.
Ferrari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Ferrari.
Morrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferrari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferrari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ferrari scores with a knee to the head.
Ferrari crunches a lovely knee into Morrow's ribcage.
Morrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferrari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morrow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ferrari takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferrari connects with a knee to the head.
Ferrari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ferrari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ferrari lands a knee to the head.
Ferrari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Ferrari content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ferrari landing knees to the head.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferrari lands a knee to the head.
Ferrari has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Morrow - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Ferrari, and another! Morrow is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Rocco Ferrari!
Our winner, Rocco Ferrari, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.