PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josue Morin (ranked 25027 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Dee (ranked 4469 p4p, 516 weight class). Papa Dee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morin
vs
Dee

173 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

187 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josue Morin!
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, Papa Dee!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dee showed some decent athleticism there.

Morin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Morin really is a fat lump.

Dee closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morin to the mat! Morin manages to get full guard.
Morin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morin postures up and lands a big shot to Dee's brow.

Morin drops back looking for a leg! Dee is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dee manages to kick Morin off! Morin jumps back into Dee's guard.
Dee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morin gets to his feet. Dee looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Dee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Morin is trying to buck Dee off.
Morin is trying to improve his position.
Dee is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Morin will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dee misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dee staying calm.
Morin stops Dee from passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morin gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Dee is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Morin tries to get to full guard but Dee has control of the leg.
Dee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morin defending well though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morin moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee is looking to stand up but Morin won't let him.
Dee wants to control from the top but Morin keeps moving.

Dee postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Morin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dee, into his guard.

Dee wants to get back to his feet but Morin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morin being controlled here momentarily.

Dee has an active guard here but Morin has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee tries to roll over but Morin keeps him under control.
Morin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Morin escapes and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josue Morin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oooooh!!! Dee has knocked Morin down with a huge combo! Dee steps away and waves a wobbly Morin back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Josue Morin has been cut.

Dee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee working away.
Morin prevents Dee from improving position.
Morin is trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dee throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Morin tries to escape but Dee is in control.
You can see the frustration on Morin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee is looking to take a break and control but Morin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morin wants to control but Dee postures up.
Morin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Morin is looking for a sweep.
Dee is looking to take a break and control but Morin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

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

Morin moves into the clinch successfully.

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.

Dee jumps guard and drags Morin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Morin stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Dee darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dee wants to control but Morin is keeping him busy.
Morin tries to roll over but Dee keeps him under control.
Dee is trying to control the action in half guard but Morin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Morin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Dee throws a head kick that misses.
Dee is looking to score with low kicks.
Morin lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A head kick from Dee lands but Morin takes it in his stride.
Josue Morin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dee shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Morin kicks off Dee and gets to his feet.
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!
Dee misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dee to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Morin has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Dee is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Dee has clasped his hands together around Morin's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Morin prevents Dee from improving position.
Morin looks to move to half guard but instead Dee has passed into mount! Damn!
Morin is trying to escape the mount.

Dee goes for an armbar but Morin turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Morin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Papa Dee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Josue Morin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dee closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morin to the mat! Morin manages to get full guard.
Dee being controlled here momentarily.
Morin is looking to stand up but Dee isn't so interested in that idea.
Dee wants to stand but Morin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin looking to control.
Morin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee is looking to sweep but instead, Morin has passed into half guard.
Dee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morin.

Morin escapes and gets back to his feet.
Morin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Papa Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morin fails with a takedown attempt.

Dee moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dee manages to break the clinch.
Morin shoots in for a takedown but Dee shows good takedown defense.

Dee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morin is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dee off and has taken his back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Dee looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Dee wants to get back to his feet.
Morin scores with punches to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Dee defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Morin.

Dee is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Morin gets his way!
Morin is trying to stick to Dee's back but Dee is turning into Morin. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morin's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Dee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morin wants to stand up but Dee is controlling him.
Josue Morin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dee wanted to stand there but Morin had control of the position.
Dee must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morin keeping full guard, as Dee tries to pass.
Dee wants to stand but Morin is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morin is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Josue Morin.
I think Morin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josue Morin!