PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warrior comes to the cage accompanied by Coal Chamber-Loco. Seth Morrow is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Warrior
vs
Morrow

186 cm
23
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seth Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Warrior scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Warrior wants to free his trapped foot but Morrow is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Warrior is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Warrior is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrow is just riding it out for now. Warrior eventually gives up the hold.
Morrow is looking to improve his position.

Morrow looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Warrior pushes past his half guard into mount!
Morrow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrow throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morrow really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrow throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Warrior.
Warrior with shots to the head and body - Morrow looks very uncomfortable down there.

Warrior looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Warrior is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Morrow has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Warrior is working for a guillotine from mount but Morrow frees his head quite easily.
Morrow sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrow manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Morrow looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Warrior drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Warrior jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Morrow is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Warrior missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrow swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Warrior drops back looking for a leg! Morrow is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Morrow manages to kick Warrior off! Warrior jumps back into Morrow's guard.
Warrior is breathing heavily.
Morrow keeping full guard, as Warrior tries to pass.
Warrior tries to stand but Morrow is controlling from the bottom.

Morrow looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Morrow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Morrow is looking for a triangle but Warrior pushes his legs off easily.
Warrior throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrow works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrow swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Warrior thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Warrior has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Morrow escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Warrior gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Warrior drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Warrior jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warrior pushing down on Morrow's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morrow punching from the bottom.
Warrior wants to get back to his feet.

Morrow with the active half guard here but Warrior passes nicely into side control.
Morrow manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morrow is defending against the submission attempts here by Warrior.
Warrior is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Warrior looking to finish with strikes here!
Morrow should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Morrow throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morrow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Warrior unloading with bombs!
Morrow is looking to improve his position but Warrior isn't that keen on the idea.

Warrior has hold of Morrow's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morrow manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Morrow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Warrior shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Warrior shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrow as he jumps to the side.

Warrior closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Warrior lands in his opponent's guard.

Morrow working for a triangle but Warrior defends it easily.

Warrior is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Morrow is looking for a triangle but Warrior pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrow is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Morrow is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Warrior advances position into side control!

Warrior stands up and beckons Morrow to his feet.
Warrior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Warrior shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ultimate Warrior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Warrior shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrow as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warrior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Morrow bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Morrow is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Warrior is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Morrow looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Warrior manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Morrow looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Warrior wants to work for an arm triangle but Morrow is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Warrior is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Warrior is working for a kimura but Morrow is defending it quite comfortably.
Morrow throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Warrior moves nicely into side control.
Morrow stops Warrior from passing to mount.

Warrior is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morrow knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morrow is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Warrior's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Warrior wants to stand up but Morrow is controlling the position.
Morrow punching from the bottom.
Morrow wants to improve his position but Warrior is controlling well.

Morrow actively working from the bottom here.

Warrior is working for a kimura but Morrow is defending it quite comfortably.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Warrior gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Morrow counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Warrior stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrow. Morrow gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Morrow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Warrior shoots and misses

and Morrow counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Warrior tries to roll over but Morrow keeps him under control.

Morrow wants to work for an arm triangle but Warrior is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Warrior slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Warrior looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Warrior escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrow gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Morrow drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morrow jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Warrior has his foot on Morrow's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrow works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrow with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Warrior on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Warrior tries to get out of the position.

Morrow drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morrow jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Warrior is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Warrior escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrow gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Morrow is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Morrow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Seth Morrow has got the better of the ground game so far.

Warrior had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Morrow is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Warrior Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Morrow's back instead.

Warrior is looking for the choke from the back position but Morrow is controlling his hands well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morrow manages to reverse the position and now he's in Warrior's guard. Nice work there by Morrow.
Morrow won't allow Warrior to sweep him here.
Morrow is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Morrow thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Warrior has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morrow distracts Warrior with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Warrior looking for a sweep. Not yet Warrior, not yet.

Morrow thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morrow stopping the sweep attempt from Warrior.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow manages to reverse the position and now he's in Warrior's guard. Nice work there by Morrow.

Morrow avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morrow shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Warrior counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Morrow!
Warrior landing shots from mount.
Morrow is desperately trying to improve his position but Warrior has a good base and remains in mount.
Morrow is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrow flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Warrior has control of Morrow's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Morrow regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Morrow chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Warrior.
Warrior prevents Morrow from getting the reversal.
Warrior working Morrow over with strikes here.
Warrior lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Warrior lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Morrow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Warrior looking to finish Morrow with some ground and pound. This is bad for Morrow!
Morrow flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Warrior blocks Morrow's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Warrior has control of Morrow's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Morrow regains control of the situation pretty easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ultimate Warrior showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Warrior 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ultimate Warrior!