PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Morris (ranked 7821 p4p, 660 weight class) and Tinman Roberts (ranked 7611 p4p, 647 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AWOLNATION - Sail. Tinman Roberts is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Morris
vs
Roberts

176 cm
19
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
235 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

IniTech Nutrition
Urban Fighter

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 New York, Samuel Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tinman Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts shoots in but Morris avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Roberts gets caught napping as Morris dives in and scores a takedown. Roberts manages to retain guard.
Morris slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Morris stands up and waves to Roberts to follow him.
Roberts closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morris circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morris.

It looks like Tinman Roberts has been cut.
Morris lunges at Roberts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roberts's hand.
Morris displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roberts.
Samuel Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tinman Roberts.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Morris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris working away.
Morris is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Roberts is looking for a sweep.
Morris staying calm.
Roberts tries to bench press Morris off him but Morris keeps the position.
Roberts is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morris connects with a decent elbow.
Morris landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Roberts gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris trying to pass the guard but Roberts defending well.
Morris is working hard here to advance position.
Morris lands strikes from half guard.
Morris trying to pass the guard but Roberts defending well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morris connects with a nice short shot to Roberts's temple.
Morris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Roberts on the ground.
Morris trying to control the pace.
Roberts is in trouble now - Morris has advanced to mount!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roberts tries to hold on but Morris postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morris controlling his opponent.

Morris looking to secure an arm triangle but Roberts defends it well.
Roberts tries to hold on but Morris pushes him away.
Morris controlling the position easily from mount.

Morris working for a submission but Roberts is keeping him at bay.
Morris looking to finish Roberts with some ground and pound. This is bad for Roberts!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Roberts is working to get back to half guard.
Morris controlling from mount.
Morris has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Morris working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Morris dominating with strikes here.
Morris scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That has opened up Tinman Roberts's cut even more.
Morris landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tinman Roberts's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Roberts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morris showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris stops Roberts from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roberts is keeping the position for now.
Morris's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Morris.

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

Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Morris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Tinman Roberts's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tinman Roberts's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samuel Morris!
Samuel Morris seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.