PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal The Prodigy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morrow
vs
The Prodigy

186 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Machine Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamal The Prodigy!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow shoots in looking for a takedown. The Prodigy tries to sprawl out of it but Morrow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Prodigy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Prodigy lands a jab.
No joy there for The Prodigy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Prodigy moves out of range of the body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Prodigy.
The Prodigy lands with a right hand.

Morrow is rocked!
Morrow closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Prodigy circles away.
The Prodigy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Prodigy swings widly with a right hand
and Morrow counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Prodigy lands a lovely overhand right.
Oh Morrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Prodigy.
Morrow seems to have got his legs back now.
The Prodigy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Prodigy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrow is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Prodigy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Prodigy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrow shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Prodigy pinned against the cage. The Prodigy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Prodigy! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morrow slips a straight right by The Prodigy.
Morrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrow takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Prodigy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morrow eats them both and turns towards The Prodigy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Morrow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Prodigy.
Morrow slips a straight right by The Prodigy.
Morrow was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The Prodigy just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Prodigy.
The Prodigy throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Prodigy catches Morrow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Prodigy stuns Morrow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Prodigy throws a combination that misses
and Morrow counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Morrow slips under a jab.
Morrow throws a quick counter kick to the body but The Prodigy avoids it.
Morrow doesn't manage to clinch there - The Prodigy circles away.
A combination from The Prodigy does no damage.
Morrow throws a leg kick but The Prodigy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morrow slips a jab and a cross from The Prodigy.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Prodigy sprawls well. The Prodigy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morrow gets slowly back to his feet.
The Prodigy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrow with a body shot.
Morrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Prodigy.
Morrow closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Prodigy circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy misses with a body shot.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Prodigy as he jumps to the side.
Morrow is breathing heavily.
The Prodigy lands with a cross.
A combination from Morrow does no damage.
The Prodigy misses with a series of wild punches.
Jamal The Prodigy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Prodigy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Prodigy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morrow moves out of range as The Prodigy strikes.
Morrow moves out of range as The Prodigy strikes.
It looked like Morrow was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The Prodigy keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrow tries to clinch there but The Prodigy circles away.
The Prodigy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow doesn't manage to clinch there - The Prodigy circles away.
Morrow tries to clinch but The Prodigy is having none of it.
The Prodigy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Prodigy throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
We've been informed that The Prodigy has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A punch combination from The Prodigy misses.
The Prodigy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrow circles away quickly and effectively.
The Prodigy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Prodigy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Prodigy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Prodigy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrow.
The Prodigy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrow was well out of range. Poor timing from The Prodigy.
The Prodigy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Prodigy looks to land a right hand but Morrow moved out of range.
Jamal The Prodigy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Prodigy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
No luck for Morrow with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal The Prodigy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Prodigy loads up on a big right hand but Morrow slips the punch.
The Prodigy swings widly with a right hand
and Morrow counters with a series of strikes. The Prodigy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morrow shoots in but no luck this time.
Morrow blocks a jab.
The Prodigy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morrow takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrow throws a wild body kick that The Prodigy sees coming a mile off.
The Prodigy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Prodigy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrow moves away.
Morrow tries to counter with a takedown but The Prodigy is quick to defend against it.
Jamal The Prodigy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Prodigy lands with a nice combination. Morrow backs away looking to recover.
The Prodigy throws a hook but Morrow avoids it easily.
Morrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab from The Prodigy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow has a takedown stuffed.
Morrow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Prodigy swings for the body but Morrow moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Prodigy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morrow.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Prodigy misses with a hook. Morrow ducked under it nicely.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big right from The Prodigy misses.
The Prodigy misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from The Prodigy.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Morrow might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The Prodigy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrow on the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Morrow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morrow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Prodigy scores with a jab to the body.
The Prodigy misses with a double jab.
Morrow tries to score with a low kick but The Prodigy moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy misses with a double jab.
Morrow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Prodigy moves away.
A combination from The Prodigy does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Prodigy missing with a left hand there. Morrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Prodigy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Prodigy works the jab nicely.
The Prodigy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrow.
Morrow tries to score with a low kick but The Prodigy moves his leg out of the way.
The Prodigy throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Prodigy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morrow.
The Prodigy misses with a body punch
and Morrow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morrow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from The Prodigy does it's job there.
The Prodigy scores with a hook to the body. Morrow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from The Prodigy.
Morrow shoots in looking for a takedown but The Prodigy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morrow's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The Prodigy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Prodigy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Prodigy scores with a one two! Morrow had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tyler Morrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Prodigy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from The Prodigy. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow wants to land a leg kick but The Prodigy is out of range.
The Prodigy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morrow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Prodigy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrow slips a jab and a cross from The Prodigy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morrow.
The Prodigy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morrow back to the cage. The Prodigy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The Prodigy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrow is looking to clinch but The Prodigy is avoiding it.
Morrow tries to clinch up but The Prodigy circles away and keeps his distance.
The Prodigy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Prodigy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrow on the side of the head.
Morrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Prodigy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Prodigy throws out a counter right but Morrow avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal The Prodigy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

The fighters circle momentarily. The Prodigy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Prodigy.
Morrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Prodigy looks to land a combination but Morrow avoids it well.
It looked like Morrow was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The Prodigy throws a big shot that misses.
The Prodigy misses with a straight left.
The Prodigy throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Prodigy misses the shot to the body.
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces The Prodigy back to the cage. Morrow follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The Prodigy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow attempts a counter takedown but The Prodigy avoids it well and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morrow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Prodigy punishes Morrow's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Prodigy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Prodigy looks to land a right hand but Morrow moved out of range.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Prodigy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Prodigy throws an overhand right that lands on Morrow's shoulder, as Morrow tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the liver by The Prodigy. Beautiful body shot.
Morrow shoots for a takedown but The Prodigy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morrow tries a head kick but it misses.
The Prodigy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Prodigy lands a nice shot that snaps Morrow's head back.
The Prodigy throws a lazy right hand but Morrow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morrow ducks under a wild hook from The Prodigy.
Jamal The Prodigy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy throws a body punch but Morrow moves out of range.
The Prodigy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morrow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Prodigy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrow with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow avoids the body shot from The Prodigy.
The Prodigy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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!
The Prodigy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Prodigy looks to land a combination but Morrow avoids it well.
Morrow seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morrow tries to close the distance and clinch but The Prodigy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for The Prodigy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Prodigy swings widly with a right hand
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Prodigy jabs Morrow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by The Prodigy as he connects with a hook.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Prodigy as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from The Prodigy misses.
Morrow appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Morrow wants to clinch.
The Prodigy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Prodigy lands a nice shot that snaps Morrow's head back.
Morrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Prodigy circles away quickly and effectively.
The Prodigy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Prodigy scores with a punch to the head.
Morrow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Prodigy's waist but The Prodigy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morrow off to one side.
The Prodigy lands the left hand.
Morrow misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Prodigy! But no joy.
The Prodigy's corner calls for a 1-2. The Prodigy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Prodigy misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Prodigy looks to score with a jab to the body but Morrow is just out of range.
The Prodigy misses with a two punch combination.
Morrow shoots in for a double leg but The Prodigy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Prodigy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Morrow. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Morrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by The Prodigy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Prodigy.
The Prodigy with a hook.
The Prodigy throws a right hand that Morrow ducks under and follows up with a left that Morrow also avoids with ease.
Morrow looks for a takedown but The Prodigy sprawls well.
The Prodigy scores with a three punch combo!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamal The Prodigy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Prodigy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamal The Prodigy!