PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Berry Morse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davante Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry Morse has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morse
vs
Adams

207 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
222 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Berry Morse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Davante Adams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Morse counters by moving into the clinch.

Morse successfully pulls guard.
Morse managing to control the position.

Adams avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Adams is fighting to break Morse's control of his arms but Morse is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Morse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams throws an elbow that misses. Morse uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Adams's guard. Nice move by Morse!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Morse content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morse lands a couple of elbows.
Morse lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morse is working Adams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morse is looking to work some ground and pound but Adams has wrist control.
Morse throws a big elbow that misses.
Morse loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morse won't allow Adams to sweep him here.
Morse working some strikes from top position.
Morse throwing strikes but missing.
Adams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morse 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.
Morse scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morse throws a strike but Adams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Morse keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.
Adams being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morse has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morse working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams.
Morse striking off his back but it's not causing Adams any problems.
Adams being controlled here momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Adams closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morse controlling the action here for a moment.
Adams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morse is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morse successfully pulls guard.
Morse pulls Adams in close to his closed guard and prevents Adams from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams looking to sit in guard and control but Morse gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morse with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morse postures up and lands a big shot to Adams's brow.
Morse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morse lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Adams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morse distracts Adams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morse is looking to work some ground and pound but Adams has wrist control.
Morse stands up over Adams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morse postures up and lands a big shot to Adams's brow.
Morse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morse makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morse postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morse landing with the ground and pound.
Adams is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morse content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morse is looking to work some ground and pound but Adams has wrist control.
Morse not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Morse gets to his feet - Adams follows without any prompting.
Morse throws a combination. Adams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A head kick from Morse lands but Adams takes it in his stride.
Adams misses with a takedown
and Morse counters with a big head kick but Adams shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morse decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Adams scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Morse manages to mount him!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morse controlling the pace for now.
Morse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morse controlling from mount.
Morse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adams can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morse looking to finish Adams with some ground and pound. This is bad for Adams!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berry Morse dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Adams misses with a body shot.
Berry Morse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morse stuffs the takedown.
Adams has a takedown stuffed.
Morse throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morse takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morse 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.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Adams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morse to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morse lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Adams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morse scoring with some ground and pound.
Morse will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morse's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Adams is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morse defends well.

Morse gets to his feet - Adams follows without any prompting.

Adams gets caught flat footed, as Morse shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morse stands up over Adams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morse lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morse controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Morse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morse seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Morse lands a couple of digs.
Morse with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morse postures up and lands a big shot to Adams's brow.
Morse is in close to Adams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morse scoring with some ground and pound.
Morse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morse lands a couple of elbows.
Morse throwing strikes from guard but Adams blocks nicely.
Morse is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Adams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morse. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Morse stands up and waves to Adams to follow him.

Morse throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Adams tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morse is in Adams's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morse throwing strikes from guard but Adams blocks nicely.

Morse stands and steps away. Adams gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Morse scores with a head kick. Adams tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Adams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morse swivels and escapes.
Morse tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Adams manages to circle out of the way.
Berry Morse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davante Adams.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Morse has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Adams uses from the top position.
Davante Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berry Morse is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morse is controlling Adams's posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Berry Morse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morse has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Berry Morse!