PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brooks Morrow (ranked 7143 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ima Beast (ranked 5540 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Morrow
vs
Beast

185 cm
25
279 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
228 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brooks Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ima Beast!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Francis DeMontford and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast wants to clinch up but Morrow keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Beast. No joy for Morrow on that attempt.

Beast manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Morrow on his heels. He'll look to pass Morrow's guard now, I'm sure.
Morrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beast is one step ahead there.
Beast lands a couple of digs.
Morrow really is a fat lump.
Beast forces his way into half guard.
Morrow taking some punishment here, with Beast in his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beast wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrow keeps working.
Morrow is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Beast's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Beast's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow lands a shot to the head.
Beast tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrow dominating with strikes here.
Beast tries to reverse the position but Morrow maintains control.
Morrow sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Morrow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morrow thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Beast has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrow lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morrow punching from mount but Beast doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast wants to control but Morrow is having none of it.
Beast is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Morrow there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Morrow.
Beast wants to hold on but Morrow pushes him away.
Morrow with a couple of short strikes.
Morrow landing shots from mount.
Morrow cracks Beast with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morrow with shots to the head and body - Beast looks very uncomfortable down there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beast looks winded!
Morrow looking to finish Beast with some ground and pound. This is bad for Beast!
Beast takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morrow landing strikes from the mount and Beast is in trouble!
Morrow raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrow scoring with strikes but Beast is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a heavy elbow.
Beast keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Beast is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Beast tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrow working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morrow in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morrow is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Beast can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morrow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beast on the ground.
Morrow looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beast has given up his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morrow manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Beast on his heels. He'll look to pass Beast's guard now, I'm sure.
Morrow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beast working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrow.
Morrow with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Beast avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrow stays in close to Beast's body and controls the position.
Morrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Beast looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morrow is in close to Beast's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast trying to control the position.
Morrow wants to control from the top but Beast keeps moving.
Morrow makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beast is breathing heavily.
Morrow works over Beast with some ground and pound from guard.
Morrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Beast is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beast looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beast preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beast utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Beast not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Beast misses with a body shot
and Morrow counters with a two punch combo.
Beast moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.

Morrow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morrow looks up at the clock and then as Beast takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morrow smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Morrow throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Beast works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Morrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Beast avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrow.
Morrow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morrow looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morrow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Beast blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrow.
Morrow lands strikes from half guard.
Morrow trying to control the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Morrow connects with a nice short shot to Beast's temple.
Morrow thows a huge punch but Beast dodges it nicely.
Morrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Beast looking for submissions off his back.
Morrow sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brooks Morrow dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Beast gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morrow to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brooks Morrow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morrow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beast looking to control.
Beast working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrow.

Beast looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morrow passes into half guard.
Morrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beast can do to turn this around?
Morrow is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow working over Beast with some ground and pound. Beast looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morrow lands strikes from half guard.
Beast is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Beast takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Beast taking some punishment here, with Morrow in his half guard.
Morrow sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beast defending well though.
Morrow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morrow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Beast with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beast avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrow.
Morrow working Beast over with strikes.
Morrow prevents Beast from improving his position.
Morrow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrow working Beast over with strikes.
Beast taking some punishment here, with Morrow in his half guard.
Morrow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morrow scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow winds up and cracks Beast with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morrow winds up and cracks Beast with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morrow is thwarting Beast's attempts to control the position.
Morrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morrow is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrow throwing shots but Beast is blocking nicely.
Morrow slips a nice elbow through Beast's hands, connecting with Beast's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrow lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrow lands a nice short elbow.
Morrow working Beast over with strikes.
Morrow thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morrow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morrow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Beast is looking to improve his position.
Morrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ima Beast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brooks Morrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrow lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brooks Morrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morrow 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brooks Morrow!