PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dawn Keebals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Jingle Bell Knock Out as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Keebals
vs
Morrison

200 cm
28
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

190 cm
34
222 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawn Keebals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keebals throws a left and a right that both miss

and Morrison counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Keebals's guard.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Morrison seems to be looking for submissions.
Keebals looks like he's trying to stand up.
Keebals knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morrison on the ground.

Keebals is defending against the submission attempts here by Morrison.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Keebals's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morrison works his way into full mount!
Morrison unloads with some shots from mount but Keebals bucks and avoids them well.
Keebals is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the head.
Morrison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Morrison working for a submission but Keebals is keeping him at bay.

Morrison moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Keebals has worked his arm free - good work by Keebals!
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Morrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Keebals, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Keebals has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morrison throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Keebals is trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Morrison putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morrison looking to isolate an arm here. Keebals doesn't see it coming and as Morrison extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Morrison!