PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arnavut Sevket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Mystery Plane as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Grant Morrison has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sevket
vs
Morrison

182 cm
27
192 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
200 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu

Sun-Tzu
Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Arnavut Sevket!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morrison misses with a hook. Sevket ducked under it nicely.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sevket manages to avoid it.
Sevket appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morrison slips a jab from Sevket.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good standup being displayed there by Morrison as he connects with a hook.
Sevket missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab from Morrison.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sevket moves away.
A quick step to the side and Sevket tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grant Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sevket 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.
Sevket controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sevket postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison looking to control.
Sevket wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Sevket pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Sevket from controlling successfully.
Sevket stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison is pulling down on Sevket's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Sevket manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Morrison on his heels. He'll look to pass Morrison's guard now, I'm sure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket being controlled here momentarily.
Sevket throwing strikes but missing.
Morrison is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morrison can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sevket slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sevket postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison pulls Sevket in to control the position.
Sevket 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Sevket from controlling successfully.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Sevket darts in and clinches Morrison up against the cage.
Sevket goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison pushes Sevket back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sevket lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Sevket breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Sevket.
Morrison misses the jab.
Sevket lands with an uppercut that bounces Morrison off the cage and back into range.
Morrison tests Sevket's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Sevket uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sevket misses with a jab to the body
and Morrison counters with a stiff right hand.
We've been told by Sevket's head coaches at The Seven Sins Grappling Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Morrison throws a hook but Sevket blocks it.
Morrison takes a swing at Sevket's ribcage but misses.
Sevket attempts a counter takedown but Morrison avoids it well and moves away.
Sevket lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sevket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sevket moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Sevket throws a big shot that misses.
Sevket bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sevket blocks a jab.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sevket manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sevket. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sevket uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Arnavut Sevket will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A big left from Morrison misses.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sevket.
Sevket tries to counter with a takedown but Morrison is quick to defend against it.
Sevket throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrison throws a body punch but Sevket moves out of range.
Sevket attempts a counter takedown but Morrison avoids it well and moves away.

Sevket moves into the clinch.
Morrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sevket misses with a punch on the inside.
Sevket content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morrison lands a shot to the body.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sevket tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Sevket.
Morrison connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sevket fails to land.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sevket's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket lands a body punch.
Sevket lands with a right to the head.
Sevket misses with a body punch.
Sevket lands with a short shot to the head.
Morrison lands a shot to the body.
Morrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sevket misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sevket goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morrison prevents it.

Sevket breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sevket ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sevket half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Sevket is just out of range.
Morrison misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket throws a big shot that misses.
Sevket defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison misses with an uppercut
and Sevket counters with a nice uppercut.
Morrison misses the jab.
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 tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sevket was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Sevket is just out of range.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Sevket slips the punch.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Sevket. Sevket gets slowly back to his feet.
Sevket dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sevket stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morrison swings for the body but Sevket moves out of range.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sevket.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sevket ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sevket ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Sevket ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.

Morrison gets caught flat footed, as Sevket shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sevket throwing strikes but missing.
Sevket looking to pass the guard.
Morrison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sevket throws a big elbow that misses.
Sevket trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sevket is one step ahead there.
Sevket throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Arnavut Sevket will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sevket shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Morrison counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Morrison does it's job there.
Morrison throws a hook but Sevket avoids it easily.
Sevket ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.

Sevket looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Arnavut Sevket overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sevket lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sevket is controlling the pace.
Sevket is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sevket is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sevket missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morrison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sevket sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morrison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sevket. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sevket throwing shots but Morrison is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sevket trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sevket prevents Morrison from improving his position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sevket misses with a few strikes there.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sevket throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sevket keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Sevket wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sevket lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sevket.

Sevket drives through and clinches with Morrison against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morrison.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sevket.
Sevket goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morrison prevents it.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Sevket.
A short body shot lands from Morrison as the two fighters clinch.
Sevket goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison lands a right hand.
Sevket can't find room to land a body shot as Morrison controls the action.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison lands a hook that snaps the head of Sevket backwards.

It looks like Arnavut Sevket has been cut.
Morrison landing knees to the body.
Sevket managing to block the knees to the body from Morrison.
Morrison misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sevket swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sevket tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morrison's elbow.
Sevket misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Morrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grant Morrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Sevket avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the cage.
Morrison lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sevket can't find room to land a body shot as Morrison controls the action.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison blocks a body shot from Sevket.
Sevket throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morrisons head.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sevket tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morrison's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Arnavut Sevket did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Arnavut Sevket's cut.
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.

Sevket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Sevket defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison throws a hook but Sevket blocks it.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Sevket ducks down to avoid it.
Sevket attempts a counter takedown but Morrison avoids it well and moves away.
Sevket is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morrison sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Morrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Sevket counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sevket on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sevket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison digs a good body shot into Sevket's ribs.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sevket.
Jab by Morrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sevket's head backwards.
Sevket lands a nice shot to the body.
Grant Morrison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sevket throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison lands a nice looking body shot.
Sevket tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Sevket ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Sevket misses with a shot to the body
and Morrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sevket thinking.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Morrison lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Sevket was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sevket shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morrison as he avoids it easily.
Sevket cracks Morrison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grant Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sevket misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sevket misses with a looping left.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Sevket changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sevket tries to clinch
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
Sevket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sevket. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sevket looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrison is just out of range.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Sevket is just out of range.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sevket throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sevket takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Sevket throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Sevket is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Sevket ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sevket slips a straight right by Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Sevket tries to clinch up.
Sevket staying out of range there.
Sevket tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Sevket.
Sevket lands a body shot.
Morrison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sevket keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Sevket attempts a counter takedown but Morrison avoids it well and moves away.
Jab by Morrison.
Morrison lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Morrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Morrison dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Arnavut Sevket's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sevket lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sevket throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison misses with a straight right.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Sevket.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Sevket is just out of range.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sevket is looking to wear down Morrison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Sevket closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sevket throws a punch but it's blocked by Morrison.

Sevket pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sevket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Sevket was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sevket tries for a takedown but Morrison circles away easily
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sevket looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sevket was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.

Sevket 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.
Sevket looking to pass the guard.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Sevket advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Arnavut Sevket is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is controlling Sevket's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Sevket looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sevket wants to pass to mount but Morrison is defending the position.
Morrison keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Sevket takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sevket tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morrison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sevket controlling the action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sevket shoots in but no luck this time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morrison! But no joy.
Morrison leaves Sevket with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arnavut Sevket. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sevket misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Grant Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sevket misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sevket was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Sevket saw that one coming.
Sevket lands a head shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sevket with a hook.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arnavut Sevket showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sevket has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnavut Sevket!
Arnavut Sevket is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Arnavut Sevket started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.