PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jie Liu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jie Liu has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Liu
vs
Morrow

173 cm
27
162 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

170 cm
30
165 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KAISER
CEC Nutrition Q160

Diamond Nutrition 160q

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jie Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrow.
Liu throws a body punch but Morrow moves out of range.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morrow loads up on a big right hand but Liu slips the punch.
Morrow scores with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Liu.
Liu stuns Morrow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Liu misses with a wild combination.
Liu tries to land a leg kick but Morrow saw it coming and moves away.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liu checks a leg kick.
Liu tries a low kick but Morrow avoids it.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
Liu avoids a kick to the body.
Liu thuds his right hand into Morrow's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu misses with a kick to the body.
Liu connects with an inside leg kick.
Morrow misses the jab.
Morrow misses with a hook.
Liu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liu feints and then cracks Morrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrow down.
Jie Liu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morrow is out of range and Liu settles back down.
Liu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morrow is looking to land body kicks.
Liu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu misses with a kick to the body.
Morrow looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Liu fakes the leg kick and cracks Morrow in the body.
Morrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Morrow throws a looping overhand right but Liu ducks down to avoid it.
Liu connects with a leg kick. Morrow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morrow, as that shot connected.
Morrow misses with a hook. Liu ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liu can pounce on him.
Morrow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liu is out of range and Morrow settles back down.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Morrow - that will leave a mark!
Liu misses with a head kick.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Liu pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morrow back to the cage. Liu follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrow throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morrow connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liu closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Liu fails to land.
Liu throws a punch but it's blocked by Morrow.
A short right from Liu on the inside.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch but Liu keeps him there for the moment.
Morrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liu pushes Morrow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Liu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Liu.
Liu misses with some punches.
Liu tries a body shot but Morrow blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Liu.
Morrow letting Liu take a breather here.
Morrow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liu avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is trying to force a seperation but Liu has the dominant position.

Liu breaks from the clinch.
Morrow misses with a straight right.
Liu moves out of range of the leg kick from Morrow.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Liu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liu with a nice cross.
Liu avoids a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liu checks a leg kick.
Morrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Liu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liu feints and then cracks Morrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrow down.
Liu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morrow is out of range.
Liu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Morrow fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Liu sprawls well initially but Morrow persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jie Liu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Liu checks a leg kick.
Morrow looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liu moves out of range as Morrow strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morrow is defended easily by Liu.
Morrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Liu.

Morrow scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Liu sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Liu is trying to control but can't.
Liu keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Morrow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Liu tries to roll over but Morrow keeps him under control.
Morrow looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Liu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Liu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrow throwing strikes from guard but Liu blocks nicely.
Morrow is fighting to break Liu's control of his arms but Liu is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morrow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morrow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Liu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Liu is on top in guard.
Liu looking to pass the guard.
Morrow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow strikes from his own guard.
Liu preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morrow escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Liu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Liu trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Liu landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Liu trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Morrow manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Liu tries to hold on but Morrow postures up.
Morrow tries to control but Liu wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow punching from mount but Liu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Morrow lands with some strikes.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morrow ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Morrow throws the kick towards the body but Liu avoids it.
Morrow tries to land a body kick
and Liu counters with a slapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Morrow.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liu pushes Morrow away with a front kick.
Morrow looks for a takedown but Liu sprawls well.
Liu connects with a high kick.
Morrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Liu. Liu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Morrow looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jie Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Morrow's head but Morrow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Liu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrow moves away.
Liu lands a jab to Morrow's midsection.
Trent Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Morrow misses.
Morrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liu was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrow.
Morrow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
Liu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Liu throws a leg kick
and Morrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrow thows a leg kick but Liu checks it

and Liu counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow struggling a bit here.
Morrow is not content to let Liu control the position.
Morrow tries to improve position but can't.
Liu creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Liu wants to stand but Morrow is controlling his arm.

Liu working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Liu is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Liu scores with punches from side control.
Morrow sneaks back into half guard.
Morrow tries to get to full guard but Liu has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Liu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow tries to roll over but Liu keeps him under control.
Jie Liu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Liu lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Liu drops an elbow to the side of Morrow's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu is looking to take a break and control but Morrow is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrow tries to get to full guard but Liu has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liu is looking to take a break and control but Morrow is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrow is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jie Liu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jie Liu!