PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keith Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morton
vs
Jones

208 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keith Morton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Jones!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Morton blocks a head kick by Jones.
Morton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morton throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bruce Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Jones.

Morton 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.
Morton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morton is one step ahead there.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morton 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 one minute gone in the round.
Morton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones wants to stand up but Morton is controlling him.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Morton shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morton postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Morton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morton throws a big right hand that misses.
Morton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morton cracks Jones with a solid left hand.
Morton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morton eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bruce Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A low kick from Jones misses

and Morton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morton.

Morton manages to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Morton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.

Morton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morton misses with the combination.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Morton moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Morton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Morton's head back.

Morton gets a takedown into half guard.

Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Morton looking to score a takedown here. Jones is defending well but Morton drives through and ends up in Jones's guard.
Jones is wriggling around but Morton manages to pass to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bruce Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morton moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Keith Morton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morton moves away.

Morton shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Morton finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jones is trying to escape back to his feet but Morton uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Morton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Morton trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.

Morton thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Morton.
Morton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Morton throwing strikes but Jones manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Jones tries to stand but Morton is controlling his head.
Morton stuck in half guard on the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morton is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Morton tries to strike but it doesn't land.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones decides to stand back up.

Morton shoots in and gets a takedown into Jones's guard.
Jones pulls Morton in close to his closed guard and prevents Morton from doing any damage or advancing position.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morton.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morton.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morton counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Morton fails to land the takedown.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Morton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones throws a leg kick

and Morton counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jones being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bruce Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Morton moves his leg out of the way.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables Morton to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morton controls the pace.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Morton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morton throws a big right hand that misses.
Morton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

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

Morton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jones tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morton throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morton thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jones taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morton lands a heavy elbow.
Morton lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morton looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morton looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Morton punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Morton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton looking to ground and pound but Jones is blocking nicely.
Morton controlling his opponent.
Jones really wants to buck Morton off and get back to his feet.
Morton controlling the position easily from mount.

Morton has hold of Jones's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jones manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morton content just to control the position here.
Morton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morton raining down shots from the mount!
Morton unloads with some shots from mount but Jones bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Morton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Jones!