PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Sorentino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's entrance music is Mystery Plane. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morrison
vs
Sorentino

180 cm
26
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

192 cm
26
192 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grant Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonah Sorentino!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sorentino.
Grant Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sorentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Sorentino is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrison with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Sorentino as he connects with a hook.
Donk. Sorentino catches Morrison right on the button with a cross.
Morrison has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The GYM (20 elite coaches on the Island !!!) in the buildup to the fight.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sorentino has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
enabling Sorentino to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrison moves in looking to clinch but Sorentino pushes him off.
Sorentino throws a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Morrison gets a clinch.
Sorentino throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morrison being controlled against the cage.
Sorentino prevents a body shot from Morrison.
A nice left hand lands by Morrison.
Sorentino blocks an uppercut.
Morrison tries to land a knee to the head but Sorentino blocks with his arms.
Sorentino looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morrison pushes Sorentino back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morrison misses with some punches.
Morrison lands with a short shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Morrison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morrison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sorentino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Sorentino avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Morrison.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morrison as Sorentino tries to tie him up.
Morrison tries a body shot but Sorentino blocks it.
Morrison tries a body shot but Sorentino blocks it.
Morrison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sorentino.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrison.
Morrison is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sorentino's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sorentino wants to get back to striking at distance but Morrison won't allow it.
Morrison working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrison tries to work over Sorentino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sorentino blocks an uppercut.
Sorentino'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.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.
Sorentino tries to stall but Morrison uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morrison misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorentino has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morrison gets through Sorentino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Morrison dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sorentino swats away the attempt to clinch by Morrison.
Good standup being displayed there by Sorentino as he connects with a hook.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Sorentino.
Morrison tries to clinch but Sorentino moves out of range.
Morrison misses with a body shot
and Sorentino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison misses with a right hand
and Sorentino counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison tries to clinch but Sorentino moves away
letting Sorentino counter with a right hand.
Jonah Sorentino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sorentino doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Morrison tries to clinch but Sorentino moves out of range.
Sorentino appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sorentino throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
Sorentino uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Sorentino appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrison tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sorentino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrison misses the body punch
and Sorentino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Sorentino looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Morrison moves into range and clinches up with Sorentino.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Sorentino.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrison misses with a knee to the head.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Sorentino has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sorentino has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morrison tries a body shot but Sorentino blocks it.
Morrison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sorentino lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison lands a left hand.
Morrison digs a right hand into Sorentino's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sorentino's gas tank.
Sorentino looking to stall.
Morrison lands a shot to the body.
Morrison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morrison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Sorentino controls the action.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sorentino's elbow.
Sorentino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sorentino.
Morrison lands a body punch in the clinch.

Sorentino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sorentino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sorentino there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Sorentino does it's job there.
Sorentino might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorentino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sorentino can do to turn this around?
Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing.

Morrison sends Sorentino crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Morrison is motioning to the referee to let Sorentino up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Sorentino is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison knocks out Sorentino with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Morrison before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Morrison picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grant Morrison!
After the fight, Grant Morrison was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.