PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Sans Pression - Numero 1. Morris has chosen Gardenia - Kyuss as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. George Palmer has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Palmer
vs
Morris

175 cm
32
170 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

169 cm
21
156 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu

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 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Morris!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morris avoids the head kick by Palmer.
Palmer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Palmer gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Palmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morris is able to avoid easily.
Morris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Palmer tries to land a leg kick but Morris saw it coming and moves away.
Morris misses with a two punch combination.
Palmer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morris tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Palmer defends well and Morris ends up having to push Palmer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Morris darts in looking for a takedown but Palmer gets double underhooks and turns Morris into the cage.
Palmer half committed to a counter leg kick.
Morris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Palmer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris misses with a series of wild punches.
Morris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Morris cracks Palmer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Palmer throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer scoring well with a low kick there.
Palmer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Palmer clinches up against the cage.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body.
Morris has a couple of punches blocked by Palmer.
Palmer'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.
Palmer stalling.
Palmer gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Morris taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Palmer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Palmer breaks from the clinch.
Good work by Morris as he checks the leg kick.
Palmer checks a low kick from Morris.
Palmer misses with a head kick.
Palmer throws a wild body kick that Morris sees coming a mile off.
Morris misses with a series of wild punches.
Palmer dodges the punch combination from Morris.
Morris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Morris.
Palmer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Palmer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer prevents a body shot from Morris.
Palmer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morris up against the cage.
Morris tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morris seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Palmer manages to break the clinch.

Palmer clinches up with Morris and pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morris wants to stall.
Palmer leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Palmer as Morris tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Palmer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Palmer as Morris tries to tie him up.
Palmer has Morris pushed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Palmer.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Palmer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Palmer leaning against his opponent.
Palmer seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Palmer is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by George Palmer.
Morris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Palmer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Palmer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morris is out of range and Palmer settles back down.

Palmer closes the distance and clinches.
Palmer'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.
The referee calls for Palmer to work.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Palmer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palmer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Palmer slips a jab from Morris.
Palmer thinks about countering with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer tries to move into range but Morris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palmer throws a head kick but Morris moves out of range.
Palmer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morris is out of range.
Morris has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Morris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morris feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Palmers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Morris moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Crunch! Palmer slams his shin into Morris's torso.
George Palmer is winning the standup battle so far.
A clash of legs there as Morris blocks the low kick.
Palmer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Palmer moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morris or not.
Palmer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Palmer.
Morris being controlled against the cage.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmer is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris is trying to pull guard but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Palmer stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Palmer for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Morris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Palmer lands a left hand.
Palmer letting Morris take a breather here.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
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!
Palmer cracks Morris with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short left from Palmer.
Palmer pushes Morris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer just leaning against Morris, taking a breather.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer tries to throw a body punch but Morris avoids it by throwing Palmer back against the cage.

Palmer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morris looks to land a right hand but Palmer moved out of range.
Morris lands with a cross.
Morris lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morris.

Palmer has Morris up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Stalling in the clinch from Palmer.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmer is keeping busy.
Palmer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Palmer leaning his opponent against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Palmer.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morris can do to turn this around?
Palmer stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Palmer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Palmer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Palmer. That did some damage!

Palmer clinches with his opponent.
Palmer has Morris pushed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Palmer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by George Palmer.

Palmer gets a clinch.
Palmer slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer is struggling to control the position.
Palmer is stalling here.
Morris misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morris up against the cage.
Palmer stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by George Palmer.
Morris just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Palmer checks the leg kick.
Palmer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morris lands with a thumping leg kick.

Palmer rushes Morris and presses him up against the cage.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morris backwards.

Palmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer throws a leg kick which misses Morris's front leg but catches the back leg as Morris tries to avoid it.
Tim Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palmer finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Palmer wants to clinch.
Morris checks the leg kick nicely there.
Palmer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morris lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morris throws a jab when Palmer was well out of range.
Palmer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morris feints a jab promting Palmer to slip. Morris then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Palmer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palmer circles away quickly and effectively.
Palmer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morris throws out the jab.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. Morris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morris throws a low kick, looking for Palmer's leg but Palmer calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Morris blocks the low kick.

Palmer has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is struggling to control the position.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morris misses with some punches.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morris managing to block the knees to the body from Palmer.
Morris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer managing to block the knees to the body from Morris.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.

Palmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris swinging wildly here.
Morris throws a leg kick
and Palmer counters with a good low kick that Morris was not able to check.

Palmer has Morris up against the cage in a clinch.
Palmer just leaning against Morris, taking a breather.
George Palmer has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Palmer breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morris swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Palmer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Palmer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Palmer!
Post fight, an emotional George Palmer said 'I convincingly beat Wickam this time. No more judging errors.'.