PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cristobal Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Clow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Clow will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Morales
vs
Clow

150 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cristobal Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Clow!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clow shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morales manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Morales preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Clow trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morales might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Clow drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Morales dives on top into guard.

Clow working for submissions but it's allowed Morales to get to half guard.
Morales not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Well, if Morales is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands with a punch from half guard.
Morales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morales stops Clow from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morales.
Morales controlling the action here.
Morales lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales working over Clow with some ground and pound. Clow looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Clow is looking to control Morales's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Clow avoid being mounted?
Clow is not content to let Morales control the position.
Clow blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morales.
Clow holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Clow wants to improve his position but Morales is controlling well.
Morales 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.
Morales looks to land a strike but Clow avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Clow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morales throwing strikes but missing.
Morales cracks Clow with a solid left hand.
Morales content to stall in guard here.
Morales working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Clow's head.
Morales trying to control but Clow is working from the bottom.
Morales throwing strikes from guard but Clow blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morales sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Morales really is a fat lump.
Clow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clow wants to stand but Morales has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Morales misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristobal Morales dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Clow feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morales striking off his back but it's not causing Clow any problems.
Clow prevents Morales from getting back to his feet.
Clow trying to control but Morales is working from the bottom.
Clow content to stall in guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Morales is working an open guard so Clow takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Morales feints and as Clow raises his hands in defense, Morales changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morales really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Morales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Clow lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morales!
Clow working the ground and pound effectively.
Clow looking to control and managing it successfully.
Clow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clow breaks from Morales's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Clow controlling from the full mount.
Chris Clow has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clow lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Morales that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Morales is rocked!
Clow loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Morales scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Clow land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Clow stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Clow!