PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Brown (ranked 7319 p4p, 220 weight class) and Ben Morro (ranked 6631 p4p, 206 weight class). Morro is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by My Way - Frank Sinatra. Andrew Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brown
vs
Morro

217 cm
19
294 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Knockdown Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Morro!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Francis DeMontford and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morro drops Brown with a nice combination! Morro dives into Brown's guard, looking to finish!

Brown is rocked!

It looks like Andrew Brown has been cut.
Morro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morro's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Morro throwing strikes but missing.
Morro is standing up over Brown. Brown looks to escape but Morro dives into side control.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.

Morro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brown is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Brown managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Morro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morro controls the position.
Morro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Brown's face as Morro controls the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Brown's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Morro in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Morro controls the position.
Brown looking for a sweep but Morro has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Morro looking to ground and pound but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morro thowing shots but they're missing.
Morro controlling the position easily from mount.
Brown is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morro on the ground.
Brown is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morro misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morro punching from mount but Brown doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Brown is trying to stand up.
Brown is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Brown blocking the ground and pound.
Morro tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brown is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morro controlling the position easily from mount.
Morro lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morro sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Morro sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Morro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morro scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Morro steps into range and cracks Brown with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Brown flops backwards and Morro dives into his guard looking to finish!

Brown is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morro throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morro throws a strike but Brown rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Morro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morro controlling from the top position.
Morro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brown's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown trying to hold on to Morro's head to control him but Morro postures up.
Morro stalling.
Let's hope that Morro has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
More stalling from Morro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brown get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Brown stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Morro runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Morro!
Ben Morro took some time post fight to say the following; 'This has always been a dream of mine. Here I am to stay!'.