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Event: CWC 303 - Lo vs Silva Jr     
Date:   May 08, 2022





169 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs



182 cm
50 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 7 losses; Chester Drawers! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 50 wins and 36 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
No luck for Morrison with that takedown attempt.
Drawers half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Morrison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Drawers drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morrison sprawls and moves away.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morrison tries to score a power double leg takedown but Drawers sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morrison somewhat.
Drawers tries to counter with a takedown but Morrison is quick to defend against it.
Chester Drawers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Morrison.
Drawers stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drawers wants it to stay on the feet.
Drawers changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.#TD2#
Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Drawers's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Drawers (0) vs (2) Morrison
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Drawers working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison to get to half guard. #SUB#
Drawers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Drawers looking for submissions off his back.#T1#
Drawers wants to sweep but Morrison has passed to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (0) vs (5) Morrison
Drawers manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Drawers (2) vs (5) Morrison#SUB2#
Morrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Drawers is looking for a kimura here.
Morrison tries to roll over but Drawers keeps him under control.#T2##SUB#
Drawers is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morrison defends it well.
Morrison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.#SUB#
Drawers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrison is just riding it out for now. Drawers eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Drawers (2) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drawers swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB#
Drawers looking for subs off his back but Morrison has passed one foot through into half guard. #SUB#
Morrison moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Drawers.
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (2) vs (10) Morrison#T3#
Drawers tries to improve position but can't.
Drawers is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison trying to control the position but Drawers is working away. #SUB2#
Morrison is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Drawers is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Drawers is looking to reverse the position.
Morrison moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Drawers (2) vs (12) Morrison
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison trying to control but Drawers is having none of it.
Morrison prevents Drawers from getting the reversal.#T4#
Morrison sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drawers is looking to escape.
Morrison fails to move to back control.
Drawers can't escape the position.
Morrison tries to control but Drawers wriggling away. #SUB2#
Drawers defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morrison. #T5#
Morrison trying to control but Drawers is having none of it.
Drawers sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Drawers defends it. #SUB#
Drawers is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily. #SUB#
Drawers is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily. #SUB#
Drawers actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Drawers actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Drawers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T6#
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drawers keeps working. #SUB#
Drawers actively working from the bottom here.
Drawers is trying to get back to full guard.
Drawers wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (2) vs (15) Morrison
Drawers regains half guard.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Drawers defending well. #SUB#
Drawers looking for submissions off his back.#SUB2#
Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #T7##SUB#
Drawers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Morrison prevents Drawers from improving his position.#SUB#
Drawers is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is taking a breather. Drawers says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Drawers is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard. #SUB#
Drawers looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Morrison pushes past his half guard into mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (2) vs (18) Morrison
Morrison trying to control but he's not successful this time. #T8#
Drawers is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Drawers sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Drawers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Drawers keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard. #SUB#
Drawers is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Drawers keeps moving. #SUB#
Drawers has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB#
Drawers looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morrison passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (2) vs (21) Morrison#T9#
Morrison controlling the position from side mount.
Drawers tries to improve position but can't. #SUB2#
Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Drawers has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Drawers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Drawers is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morrison trying to control the action but Drawers is working from the bottom. #T10#
Drawers sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Drawers looking for subs from the bottom but Morrison mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Drawers (2) vs (24) Morrison
Drawers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drawers is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.#SUB2#
Morrison with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Drawers is desperately trying to get back to half guard. #T11#
Morrison mounts Drawers! Really nice guard pass there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drawers can't escape the position.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Drawers is squirming around nicely.
Morrison moves to take his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Drawers (2) vs (27) Morrison
Morrison tries to get the hooks in deep but Drawers pushed the leg off.
Drawers rolls, trying to escape but Morrison keeps control of the position. #T12#
Drawers looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morrison.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Drawers haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Morrison controlling well, preventing Drawers from escaping the position.
Drawers breaks Morrison's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Drawers (4) vs (27) Morrison#SUB2#
Drawers lying in Morrison's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Morrison decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Drawers taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 12:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Morrison!
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: CWC 301 - Morrison Jr vs Lee     
Date:   Apr 10, 2022





182 cm
50 yrs
146 lbs



175 cm
41 yrs
155 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 50 wins and 35 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 9 losses; Alexey Andreev!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Andreev's waist but Andreev gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morrison off to one side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!#TD#
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Andreev
Andreev wants to get back to full guard.
Andreev is trying to control but can't.
Andreev is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andreev tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Andreev is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #T1#
Andreev trying to control from the bottom.
Andreev works his way to full guard. Good work.
Andreev pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Andreev wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andreev swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andreev is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Andreev being controlled here, momentarily.
Andreev wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment. #T2#
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Andreev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Andreev holds on and takes a little breather.
Andreev working a defensive guard here.
Morrison has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morrison trying to control but Andreev is working from the bottom.
Andreev tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T3#
Andreev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Andreev
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Andreev has control of the leg.
Andreev takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Andreev is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.
Andreev performing his best blanket impression for a moment. #T4#
Let's hope that Andreev 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.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Andreev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Andreev's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (6) vs (2) Andreev
Andreev breaks Morrison's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Andreev
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andreev wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Andreev is proving a slippery customer.
Andreev trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom. #T5#
Andreev stays in close to Morrison's body and controls the position.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Andreev is one step ahead there.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Andreev's corner is telling him to maintain position.
My spies in Silverback MMA inform me that Andreev has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!#T6#
Andreev's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Morrison is pulling down on Andreev's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andreev is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andreev is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Andreev pushing down on Morrison's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. #T7#
Andreev perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Andreev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Andreev passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (6) vs (7) Andreev
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Andreev maintains control.
Andreev content just to control the position here.
Morrison tries to hold on but Andreev postures up.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Andreev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Andreev wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape. #T8#
Andreev controlling from mount.
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Andreev looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Andreev is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (6) vs (10) Andreev
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Andreev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
It looks like Andreev might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.#T9#
Morrison is working to get back to half guard.
Andreev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Andreev's attempts to control the action.
Andreev wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison wants to hold on but Andreev pushes him away.#T10#
Andreev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Andreev moves to the back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (6) vs (13) Andreev
I would not like to be Morrison right now.
Andreev trying to control.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison is trying to break free.
I would not like to be Morrison right now. #T11#
Morrison can't escape the position.
Andreev biding his time, looking for the opening.
Andreev tries to get the hooks in deep but Morrison pushed the leg off.
I really don't envy Morrison right now.
Andreev controlling the position well here. Morrison rolled but Andreev kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Morrison is really stuck here.
What can Morrison do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Andreev's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke. #T12#
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Andreev trying to control.
Andreev is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Andreev might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Morrison haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Andreev really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.
Andreev wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.#T13#
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morrison looking very determined here, making life difficult for Andreev.
Andreev has good solid back control here.
Andreev trying to control.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Andreev wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Andreev has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted. #T14#
Andreev gets his hands free as Morrison looks to control.
Andreev really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.
Andreev has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Andreev tries to keep control of the position but Morrison is staying busy.
Andreev keeps control of the position as Morrison tries to break free.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Andreev is continuing to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Andreev wins on points by 13 to 6.
Alexey Andreev thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: CWC 300 - Morrison Jr vs Aoki     
Date:   Apr 03, 2022





170 cm
40 yrs
142 lbs



182 cm
50 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 8 losses; Julio Valeron Huhrera ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 50 wins and 34 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Huhrera closes the distance and clinches up with Morrison, looking for a takedown. Huhrera pushes Morrison against the cage but Morrison circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Huhrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morrison defends it nicely.
Morrison feints the counter takedown.#CL#
Huhrera has closed the distance and engaged Morrison in a clinch.
Morrison changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Huhrera fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Huhrera tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrison defends well and Huhrera ends up having to push Morrison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Valeron Huhrera . That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD2#
Morrison wants the takedown. Huhrera is fighting it off but Morrison persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Huhrera 's guard against the cage.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Huhrera (0) vs (2) Morrison
Huhrera is pulling down on Morrison's head. It's preventing any offense from Morrison, at least for the moment.
Huhrera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huhrera is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Morrison postures up.
Huhrera pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage. #T1#
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison trying to control but Huhrera is working from the bottom.
Huhrera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Huhrera keeps moving.
Huhrera managing to control the position.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Huhrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huhrera lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Huhrera (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#T2#
Huhrera controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Huhrera tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Huhrera controls the pace.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#T3#
We've been hearing good reports from Huhrera '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.
Huhrera is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Huhrera is one step ahead there.
Huhrera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Huhrera is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck. #T4#
Huhrera stays in close to Morrison's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huhrera trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huhrera content to stall in guard here.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Huhrera is proving a slippery customer.
Huhrera trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Huhrera 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. #SUB2#
Morrison throws his legs up looking for a submission but Huhrera uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (5) vs (2) Morrison
Huhrera controls the position from side control.#T5#
Morrison is not content to let Huhrera control the position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison regains half guard there - taking advantage of Huhrera 's attempt to lay and pray for a moment. #T6#
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Huhrera in particular looking to stall.
Huhrera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Huhrera uses his free foot to push down on Morrison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morrison.
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (8) vs (2) Morrison
Huhrera controlling the pace for now.
Huhrera seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Morrison for as long as he can get away with.
Morrison regains half guard.
Morrison is pressing down on Huhrera 's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.#T7#
Morrison is trying to control the position but Huhrera postures up.
Huhrera is stalling in the full guard.
Huhrera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Huhrera trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Huhrera engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Huhrera continues to stall.
Huhrera pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.#T8#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Huhrera passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (11) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison wants to hold on but Huhrera pushes him away.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Huhrera has taken his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Huhrera (14) vs (2) Morrison
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Huhrera biding his time, looking for the opening. #T9#
Morrison tries to roll but Huhrera sticks to his back.
Huhrera controlling from the back.
Morrison tries to escape but Huhrera has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Huhrera is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Morrison is really stuck here. #T10#
Huhrera is riding his opponent, not letting Morrison buck him off.
Morrison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Huhrera has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#T11#
Morrison tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Huhrera controlling from mount.
More hug and hope from Huhrera .
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huhrera controlling his opponent.
Morrison is trying to reverse the position but instead Huhrera has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Huhrera (17) vs (2) Morrison
Will Huhrera go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position? #T12#
Good control from Huhrera .
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Huhrera to control.
Morrison breaks Huhrera 's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Huhrera (17) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Huhrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (17) vs (7) Morrison
Huhrera wants to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison takes a little break here. Huhrera wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.#T13#
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Huhrera is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huhrera tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Huhrera is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Huhrera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Huhrera keeps working. #T14#
Huhrera tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison wants to control but Huhrera is keeping him busy.
Huhrera isn't going anywhere.
Huhrera tries to bench press Morrison off him but Morrison keeps the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Huhrera !
Score +2 for reaching mount: Huhrera (17) vs (9) Morrison
Huhrera tries to hold on but Morrison postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Huhrera takes the fight on points by 17 to 9.
An out of breath Julio Valeron Huhrera thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

 

Event: CWC 299 - Jackson vs Camara     
Date:   Mar 20, 2022





182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs



170 cm
25 yrs
144 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 50 wins and 33 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 16 wins and 8 losses; Angelo Saldini!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison shoots in for a double leg but Saldini sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And Saldini tries to counter it with a takedown but Morrison pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Saldini stuffs the takedown.
Saldini is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.#TD#
Morrison shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Saldini manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Saldini
Saldini not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Saldini is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saldini looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Saldini is retaining full guard. #T1#
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Saldini controlling the position.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Saldini wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Saldini is retaining full guard.
Morrison engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Saldini pulls Morrison in to control the position. #T2#
Saldini being controlled here, momentarily.
Saldini wants to improve his position but instead Morrison has moved into half guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Saldini is defending the position.
Morrison looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Saldini wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well. #T3#
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Saldini is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Saldini knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Saldini manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Saldini is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Saldini
Saldini 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. #T4##SUB#
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Saldini advances to half guard.
Saldini controlling the action here.
Saldini wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Saldini stalling. #T5#
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to get back to full guard but Saldini takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Saldini
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard. #T6#
Saldini looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at New York Public Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Morrison regains half guard.
Saldini uses his free foot to push down on Morrison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morrison.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Saldini
Morrison is working to get back to half guard. #T7#
Saldini controlling his opponent.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison is positioning himself well to prevent Saldini advancing to mount.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Saldini is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Saldini controlling the pace.
Morrison is trying to control but can't. #T8#
Saldini wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Saldini has control of the leg.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Morrison tries to roll over but Saldini keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison is in trouble now - Saldini has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (11) Saldini
Saldini fails to advance to Morrison's back. #T9#
Saldini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrison tries to hold on but Saldini pushes him away.
Morrison regains half guard.
Well, if Saldini is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait. #T10#
Morrison trying to get back to full guard but Saldini takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (14) Saldini
Saldini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Saldini has a good base and remains in mount.
Saldini controlling from the full mount.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here. #T11#
Saldini looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Saldini isn't that keen on the idea.
Saldini wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard. #T12#
Morrison has given up his back here.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (2) vs (17) Saldini
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Saldini is controlling the pace.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T13#
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison has a hand on Saldini's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Saldini takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (20) Saldini
Saldini tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Saldini pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish. #T14#
Saldini controlling from mount.
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Saldini is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (23) Saldini
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saldini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saldini wins on points by 23 to 2.
A victorious Angelo Saldini thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: CWC 298 - Stenberg vs Ottke     
Date:   Mar 13, 2022





173 cm
34 yrs
146 lbs



182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 22 losses; Darian Cruz! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 49 wins and 33 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD#
Cruz feints and as Morrison raises his hands in defense, Cruz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Cruz (2) vs (0) Morrison
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Cruz won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Cruz is stalling in the full guard.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily. #T1#
Cruz trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#SUB#
Cruz drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morrison manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cruz has Morrison in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cruz (2) vs (2) Morrison
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet. #T2#
Morrison passes Cruz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cruz is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cruz keeps working.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
Cruz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cruz.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Morrison got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cruz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morrison has managed to get both his arms back between Cruz's legs - danger averted.#T3##SUB#
Cruz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morrison stacks Cruz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (5) Morrison
Cruz tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Cruz gets back to half guard.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cruz is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Morrison jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (8) Morrison
We've been hearing good reports from Cruz'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.
Cruz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.#T4#
Cruz keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass. #SUB#
Morrison got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cruz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morrison has managed to get both his arms back between Cruz's legs - danger averted.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (11) Morrison
Cruz is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Cruz is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Cruz tries to improve position but can't. #T5#
Cruz regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morrison's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Cruz is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (14) Morrison
Cruz is looking to improve his position but Morrison isn't that keen on the idea.
Morrison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cruz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.#T6#
Cruz sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Cruz is defending well.
Cruz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Cruz looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Morrison has picked Cruz up and slammed him! Cruz can't keep hold of the triangle and Morrison manages to pass to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (17) Morrison#SUB2#
Morrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cruz, who protects the arm well.
Cruz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.#T7#
Morrison passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (20) Morrison
Morrison fails to advance to Cruz's back.
Cruz sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well. #SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away. #T8#
Morrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.#SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cruz is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #SUB#
Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison wants to control but Cruz is keeping him busy. #T9#
Morrison is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (23) Morrison
Cruz is looking to get to half guard.
Cruz sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cruz gets full guard.#SUB#
Cruz looking for subs off his back but Morrison has passed one foot through into half guard.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cruz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #T10##SUB2#
Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Cruz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cruz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison defends well.
Morrison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#T11#
Morrison wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving. #SUB#
Cruz looking for subs off his back but Morrison has passed one foot through into half guard.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Cruz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.#SUB#
Cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison defends well.#T12#
Morrison trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Cruz moves into full guard. #SUB#
Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison 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. #T13##SUB#
Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morrison advances to half guard.
Morrison prevents Cruz from improving his position.#SUB#
Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
Cruz is defending against the submission attempts here by Morrison. #T14##SUB2#
Morrison is working for submissions here but there's nothing on. #SUB#
Cruz actively working from the bottom here.
Morrison is keen to just control but Cruz is a slippery customer.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Cruz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard. #SUB#
Cruz actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 23 to 2.
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: CWC 297-Sitsongrit vs Morrison     
Date:   Mar 06, 2022





182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs



172 cm
37 yrs
153 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 49 wins and 32 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 11 losses; Marcinho Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Sitsongrit looks for a takedown but Morrison sprawls well.#TD2#
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (0) vs (4) Sitsongrit
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.
Morrison manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (4) Sitsongrit#SUB#
Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sitsongrit manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
Sitsongrit is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #T1#
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Sitsongrit is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sitsongrit looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Sitsongrit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Sitsongrit is trying to keep Morrison in close. #T2#
Morrison 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.
Sitsongrit keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Sitsongrit is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Sitsongrit has his hands on Morrison's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison won't allow Sitsongrit to sweep him here. #T3#
Morrison trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Sitsongrit looking for a sweep. Not yet Sitsongrit, not yet.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Sitsongrit is trying is best to control the position here.
Sitsongrit has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sitsongrit won't allow Morrison to pass to mount. #T4##SUB#
Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Sitsongrit is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sitsongrit is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sitsongrit avoid being mounted?
Sitsongrit is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Sitsongrit
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T5#
Sitsongrit is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape.
Sitsongrit keeps control of the position easily here as Morrison tries to buck him off.
It looks like Sitsongrit might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Morrison is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at New York Public Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.#SUB2#
Sitsongrit is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Morrison taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Sitsongrit.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcinho Sitsongrit!
Marcinho Sitsongrit bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

 

Event: CWC 296 - Brown vs Cubbedge 3     
Date:   Feb 27, 2022





168 cm
33 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 26 wins and 21 losses; Able Archer! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 32 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Morrison manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Archer on his heels. He'll look to pass Archer's guard now, I'm sure.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Archer (0) vs (2) Morrison#SUB#
Archer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Archer working a defensive guard but Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Archer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Archer'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.#SUB#
Archer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Archer is pressing down on Morrison's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Archer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Archer swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1#
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison won't allow Archer to sweep him here. #SUB#
Archer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Archer tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T2#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Archer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Archer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Archer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Archer seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Archer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #T3#
Archer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Archer (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Archer is one step ahead there.
Archer is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Archer has managed to sneak the leg through.#SUB#
Archer is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrison is just riding it out for now. Archer eventually gives up the hold. #SUB#
Archer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.#T4#
Archer moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (5) vs (2) Morrison#SUB#
Archer is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morrison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#SUB#
Archer is trying to get an arm triangle but Morrison is defending well.
Archer trying to control the position but Morrison is working away. #SUB#
Archer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #SUB#
Archer is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morrison has escaped the position, nice work there. #T5#
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Archer moves into full mount! Morrison won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (8) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Archer is looking to advance position but Morrison won't allow it.
Archer performing his best blanket impression for a moment. #SUB#
Morrison is defending against the submission attempts here by Archer. #T6#
Archer trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Archer works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (11) vs (2) Morrison
Archer wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison tries to hold on but Archer pushes him away. #T7#
Morrison can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Archer is looking to work his way around to Morrison's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Morrison regains half guard.
Archer wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Archer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #SUB2#
Archer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Archer has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Archer pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.#SUB#
Archer is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Morrison has managed to free his arm - good work. #T8#
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Archer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morrison defends it well. #SUB#
Archer wants to work for an arm triangle but Morrison is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Morrison moves into full guard.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Archer is proving a slippery customer. #T9#
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Archer (11) vs (4) Morrison#SUB2#
Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Archer defends it. #T10#
Archer gets back to full guard.
Archer has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (11) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison tries to move to mount but Archer blocks the move with his legs.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Archer is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morrison's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#T11#
Archer is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Archer!
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (11) vs (10) Morrison
Archer is trying to escape the mount.
Morrison looking to control but Archer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T12#
Archer has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Morrison's lack of action.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Archer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Archer is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Archer is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB2#
Morrison seems to be looking for submissions. #T13#
Archer trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Morrison manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (11) vs (13) Morrison
Archer tries to hold on but Morrison postures up.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Archer has given up his back here. Will Morrison look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Score +3 for taking back: Archer (11) vs (16) Morrison
Archer trying to control the hands but Morrison breaks the grip. #T14#
Archer manages to reverse the position and now he's in Morrison's guard. Nice work there by Archer.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Archer (13) vs (16) Morrison
Morrison being controlled here, momentarily.
Archer trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Archer tries to pass.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Archer trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Archer is looking to advance position but Morrison has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Archer (13) vs (20) Morrison

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 20 to 13.
Our winner, David Morrison, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: CWC 295 Jackson vs Dravezesdi     
Date:   Feb 13, 2022





182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs



173 cm
34 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 31 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 21 losses; Darian Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Cruz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Morrison stuffs the takedown.#TD2#
Cruz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Cruz
Cruz slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (5) Cruz
Morrison's coaches at New York Public Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Morrison tries to bench press Cruz off him but Cruz keeps the position.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cruz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work. #T1#
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz 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. #SUB#
Cruz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cruz has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard. #SUB2#
Cruz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cruz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. #T2#
Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Cruz postures up.
Cruz passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Morrison moves into full guard. #SUB#
Morrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cruz manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Cruz#SUB2#
Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily. #SUB2#
Cruz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Morrison has passed into half guard! #T4#
Morrison with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Morrison is taking a breather. Cruz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Morrison wants to control but Cruz is keeping him busy.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Cruz!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (5) Cruz#T5#
Morrison mounts Cruz! Really nice guard pass there!
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
Cruz regains half guard.
Cruz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cruz.
Morrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cruz's guard.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Cruz is defending well.
Morrison is keen to just control but Cruz is a slippery customer.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
Cruz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (5) vs (9) Cruz#T6#
A lull in the action here.
Well, with Cruz on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Morrison is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Morrison is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Cruz. #SUB2#
Morrison 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 Cruz gets his way!
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Cruz doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (9) Cruz#SUB2#
Cruz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T7#
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Cruz.
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz wants to improve his position but instead Morrison has moved into half guard.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Cruz is having none of it.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cruz tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.#T8#
Cruz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (7) vs (13) Cruz
Cruz is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape. #SUB2#
Cruz is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Cruz keeps control of the position as Morrison tries to break free. #SUB2#
Morrison is trying to roll into a better position but Cruz has get a rear naked choke and Morrison is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Darian Cruz!
An out of breath Darian Cruz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

 

Event: CWC 294 - Brown vs Morrison     
Date:   Feb 06, 2022





177 cm
31 yrs
150 lbs



182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 11 losses; Reijo Halli! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 30 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Halli shoots for a takedown but Morrison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Halli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Morrison changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.#TD2#
Morrison fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Halli sprawls well initially but Morrison persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Halli (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Halli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison trying to control the action but Halli is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
We've been hearing good reports from Halli'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.
Morrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Morrison is trying to control. Halli wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #T1#
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Halli is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Halli avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Halli defending well.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard. #T2#
Morrison being controlled here momentarily.
Halli keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Halli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Halli is retaining full guard.
Halli keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Halli is keeping the position for now.
Halli keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Halli looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. #T4#
Halli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morrison trying to control but Halli is working from the bottom.
Halli is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Halli keeps moving.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T5#
Morrison trying to control but Halli is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Halli has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Halli (4) vs (2) Morrison
Halli manages to capitalize on a mistake by Morrison to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Halli (7) vs (2) Morrison
Halli has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Halli really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.
Halli has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#T6#
Halli is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape.
Halli doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halli (7) vs (4) Morrison
Halli controlling the position.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Halli keeps moving.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Halli is retaining full guard.
Halli keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #T7#
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Halli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Halli is controlling Morrison's posture.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Halli is having none of it.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Halli knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #T8#
Halli trying to control from the bottom.
Halli is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard. #SUB2#
Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Halli trying to control from the bottom. #T9#
Halli wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison is trying to control. Halli wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Halli won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Halli is trying to control but can't.
Morrison is looking to stall here but Halli recovers full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Halli keeps moving. #T10#
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Halli is keeping the position for now.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Halli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Halli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halli (9) vs (4) Morrison
Halli 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.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet. #T11#
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Halli has moved into half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Halli passes into side control, despite Morrison's attempt to control the position.
Score +3 for passing guard: Halli (12) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is looking for a sweep.#T12#
Halli slows the pace down.
Morrison looks to move to half guard but instead Halli has passed into mount! Damn!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Halli (14) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison wants to hold on but Halli pushes him away.#T13#
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Halli isn't that keen on the idea.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Halli controlling the pace.
Morrison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morrison is looking to get back to full guard here but Halli has managed to pass to side control instead.
Score +3 for passing guard: Halli (17) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison manages to get back to half guard.#T14#
Halli takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Halli is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Halli sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Halli is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Halli has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Halli (20) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Halli takes the fight on points by 20 to 4.
Reijo Halli decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.

 

Event: CWC 293 - Pavlov vs Silva Jr     
Date:   Jan 30, 2022





175 cm
43 yrs
159 lbs



182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 21 wins and 13 losses; Caius Cosades! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 47 wins and 30 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Cosades, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Cosades against the cage but Cosades circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.#TD2#
Morrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cosades's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Cosades (0) vs (2) Morrison#SUB#
Cosades working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison to get to half guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Cosades won't allow it.
Cosades tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Cosades is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Cosades is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is pressing down on Cosades's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cosades is holding on for now. #T1#
Morrison prevents Cosades from improving his position.
Cosades trying to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison prevents Cosades from improving his position.
Morrison with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cosades trying to get back to full guard but Morrison takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Cosades (0) vs (5) Morrison#T2#
Cosades gets back to half guard.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Cosades is working away.
Morrison is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cosades wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Cosades is keeping the position.#T3#
Cosades is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morrison is pressing down on Cosades's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cosades is holding on for now.
Cosades controlling the position well. #T4#
Cosades tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison is stalling here. Cosades is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Morrison seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cosades has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Cosades (4) vs (5) Morrison
We've been hearing good reports from Cosades'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.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrison is trying to escape the position but Cosades is controlling the position.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.#T5#
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face as Cosades controls the position.
Morrison prevents Cosades from improving position.
Morrison is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cosades off and has taken his back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Cosades (4) vs (9) Morrison
Cosades turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cosades (6) vs (9) Morrison
Cosades controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cosades controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T6#
Morrison keeping full guard, as Cosades tries to pass.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Cosades from controlling successfully.
Cosades sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Cosades is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison is looking to control Cosades's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Well, if Cosades is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait. #T7#
Morrison trying to control here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cosades has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison moves into full guard. #T8#
Morrison keeping full guard, as Cosades tries to pass. #SUB2#
Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cosades defends it easily.#SUB2#
Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cosades is aware though and is defending well.
Cosades passes into half guard.
Morrison manages to get to full guard. #T9#
Cosades is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#SUB2#
Cosades avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cosades is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Our spies down at at New York Public Gym inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#SUB2#
Morrison working for a triangle but Cosades defends it easily. #T10#
Cosades controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cosades stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cosades trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Cosades controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T11#
Cosades's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cosades's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cosades (6) vs (11) Morrison
Cosades being controlled here, momentarily.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Cosades (6) vs (14) Morrison#T12#
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cosades keeps working.
Cosades can't do much from the bottom here.
Cosades is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cosades keeps working. #T13#
Cosades tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison wants to control but Cosades is keeping him busy.
Morrison has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Cosades!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Cosades (6) vs (16) Morrison
Morrison controlling the pace for now.
Morrison is looking to work his way around to Cosades's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position. #T14#
Cosades is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Cosades is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cosades slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cosades is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 16 to 6.
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: CWC 292 - Las Vegas     
Date:   Jan 23, 2022





182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs



165 cm
39 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 47 wins and 29 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 27 wins and 23 losses; Ishiihara Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Sakuraba shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morrison defends it nicely.#TD#
Morrison gets a double leg takedown into Sakuraba's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Sakuraba
Sakuraba keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sakuraba is keeping the position for now.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Sakuraba.#T1#
Morrison controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Sakuraba managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakuraba working a defensive guard here.
Morrison engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. #T2#
Sakuraba controlling Morrison's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sakuraba is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Sakuraba
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba 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. #T3#
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sakuraba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sakuraba works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison is staying active underneath Sakuraba, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba controlling the pace.
Sakuraba's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.#T4##SUB2#
Sakuraba is looking for a kimura here.
Morrison gets back to full guard. #T5#
Sakuraba is stalling in the full guard.
Sakuraba tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Sakuraba is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #T6#
Sakuraba advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Sakuraba
Sakuraba is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Morrison will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Sakuraba trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Sakuraba tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morrison's legs. #T7#
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face as Sakuraba controls the position.
Morrison stops Sakuraba from passing to mount.
Morrison tries to bench press Sakuraba off him but Sakuraba keeps the position.
Sakuraba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working. #T8#
Sakuraba controls the position.
Sakuraba is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sakuraba slows the pace down.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sakuraba is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T9#
Morrison prevents Sakuraba from improving position.
Sakuraba working away.
Morrison sneaks back into half guard.
Morrison is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at New York Public Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakuraba wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Sakuraba is taking a breather. Morrison says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#T10#
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Still in half guard, Sakuraba seems content to control.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Sakuraba preventing the sweep. #SUB#
Morrison is looking for a triangle here but Sakuraba uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Sakuraba
Sakuraba moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. #T11#
More stalling from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sakuraba is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.#T12#
Sakuraba advances to mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (2) vs (10) Sakuraba
Sakuraba takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Sakuraba performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Clark's Champion's. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.#T13#
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy. #SUB#
Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sakuraba controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Sakuraba advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. #T14#
Sakuraba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Sakuraba is controlling well.
Sakuraba is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Sakuraba has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sakuraba in particular looking to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Sakuraba has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sakuraba wins on points by 10 to 2.
After the fight, Ishiihara Sakuraba was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

 

Event: CWC 291 - Las Vegas     
Date:   Jan 16, 2022





170 cm
39 yrs
154 lbs



182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 6 losses; Julio Valeron Huhrera ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 46 wins and 29 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Huhrera decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Huhrera (2) vs (0) Morrison
Huhrera is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison won't allow Huhrera to pass to mount.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Huhrera moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (5) vs (0) Morrison
Huhrera trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison tries to bench press Huhrera off him but Huhrera keeps the position. #SUB#
Huhrera goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Morrison has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Huhrera but great work by Morrison.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Huhrera (5) vs (4) Morrison
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huhrera sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Huhrera tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Huhrera trying to control here.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Huhrera knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #T1#
Huhrera trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison wants to control but Huhrera is keeping him busy.
Huhrera tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Huhrera manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Huhrera is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Huhrera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there. #T2#
Morrison stands and throws Huhrera 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Huhrera (5) vs (7) Morrison
Huhrera tries to bench press Morrison off him but Morrison keeps the position. #SUB2#
Morrison is trying to get an arm triangle but Huhrera is defending well. #SUB2#
Morrison is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Huhrera looks calm but he's in trouble here. Morrison gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Huhrera is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Morrison lets go of the hold and Huhrera can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: CWC 289.5     
Date:   Jan 05, 2022





182 cm
49 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
31 yrs
150 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 46 wins and 28 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 9 losses; Reijo Halli!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Halli has a takedown stuffed.#TD#
Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Halli's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Halli#SUB2#
Halli is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Halli is retaining full guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Halli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Halli is keeping the position for now. #T1#
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#SUB2#
Halli looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morrison passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Halli
Morrison is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Halli tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.#SUB#
Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Halli wants to control but Morrison postures up.#T2#
Morrison tries to move to mount but Halli blocks the move with his legs.
Morrison has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Halli!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (7) vs (0) Halli
Halli is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. #SUB#
Morrison has control of Halli's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Halli regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Morrison tries to control but Halli wriggling away. #T3#
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Halli wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Morrison wants to control but instead Halli manages to regain half guard.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Halli is defending well.
Halli wants to get back to full guard.#T4#
Halli wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Halli won't allow it.
Morrison is controlling the pace.
Halli trying to control here.
Morrison passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (0) Halli#T5#
Halli is looking to improve his position but Morrison isn't that keen on the idea.
Halli is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Morrison wants to take Halli's back here but Halli is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Halli is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to take Halli's back but he can't do it this time.
Halli holds on to Morrison around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.#T6#
Morrison tries to control but Halli wriggling away.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison wants to take Halli's back here but Halli is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison looking to control but Halli is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T7#
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Morrison looking to control but Halli is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison is trying to take his opponent's back.
Morrison tries to control but Halli wriggling away. #T8#
Halli slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Halli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB2#
Halli looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Halli is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Halli gets back to full guard. #T9##SUB2#
Halli looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Halli keeps moving.
Our spies down at at Thib's Sweat Shoppe inform us that Halli has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Halli is keeping the position.#T10#
Halli keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Halli working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Halli is tightening it up a little... Morrison has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Morrison reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Morrison taps out! Nice BJJ there by Halli!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Reijo Halli!
A very excited looking Reijo Halli rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

 

Event: TWGC 36 (145lbs, D1): St Petersburg Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Dec 29, 2021





168 cm
32 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
48 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 23 wins and 17 losses; Able Archer! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 46 wins and 27 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#TD2#
Morrison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Archer's half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Archer (0) vs (2) Morrison
Archer is looking to improve his position.
Archer works his way to full guard. Good work.#SUB#
Archer isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morrison stacks Archer on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (0) vs (5) Morrison
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Archer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T1#
Archer wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison is pressing down on Archer's thigh, looking to free his foot. Archer is holding on for now.
Archer is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Archer defends it. #T2#
Archer moves into full guard. #SUB#
Archer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Archer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Archer definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.#T3#
Morrison wants to control from the top but Archer keeps moving.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Archer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Archer has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.
Archer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Archer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison trying to control but Archer is working from the bottom. #T4#
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Archer.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Archer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #SUB#
Archer is looking to cinch up a triangle. Morrison throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Archer's body to avoid the submission. Archer has instead reached around Morrison's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Archer arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Able Archer!
A victorious Able Archer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: CWC 284 NY     
Date:   Nov 28, 2021





182 cm
48 yrs
146 lbs



165 cm
39 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 46 wins and 26 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 21 losses; Ishiihara Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sakuraba or perhaps it was just good defense by Morrison, which made it look bad. #TD2#
Sakuraba feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Sakuraba advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sakuraba slows the pace down in half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Sakuraba has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba is controlling the pace. #SUB2#
Sakuraba is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #T1#
Morrison tries to roll over but Sakuraba keeps him under control.
Sakuraba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.#T2#
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakuraba wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is looking to control Sakuraba's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Sakuraba is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sakuraba is controlling the pace.
Morrison is looking to improve his position. #T3#
Sakuraba stalling.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba controlling the action here.#SUB2#
Sakuraba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.#T4#
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Sakuraba
Sakuraba pulls Morrison in to control the position.
Morrison trying to control but Sakuraba is working from the bottom.
Sakuraba trying to control the position here.
Morrison 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. #T5#
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Sakuraba gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (4) Sakuraba
Sakuraba is stalling in the full guard.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Sakuraba is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sakuraba controls the pace.#T6#
Sakuraba wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Sakuraba advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (7) Sakuraba
Sakuraba trying to control the position but Morrison is working away. #SUB2#
Sakuraba tries for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison looks to move to half guard but instead Sakuraba has passed into mount! Damn!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (2) vs (9) Sakuraba#T7#
Sakuraba tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison tries to hold on but Sakuraba pushes him away.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sakuraba takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (2) vs (12) Sakuraba
Morrison tries to break free.
Sakuraba keeps control of the position easily here as Morrison tries to buck him off.
Morrison is keeping busy. #T8#
Sakuraba slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison is trying to break free.
Sakuraba is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Sakuraba controlling well, preventing Morrison from escaping the position. #T9#
Sakuraba has good solid back control here.
Morrison is really stuck here.
Sakuraba trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Morrison doesn't escape. #SUB2#
Morrison 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 Sakuraba gets his way!
Sakuraba controlling the position well here. Morrison rolled but Sakuraba kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position. #T10#
Sakuraba tries to get the hooks in deep but Morrison pushed the leg off.
Sakuraba keeps control of the position easily here as Morrison tries to buck him off.
Sakuraba has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Sakuraba controls the position.
Sakuraba controlling well, preventing Morrison from escaping the position. #T11#
Sakuraba controls the position.
Morrison is in bad spot here. #SUB2#
Morrison fending off the submission attempt from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Sakuraba wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.#T12#
Morrison wants to escape the position.
Sakuraba biding his time, controlling Morrison.
Sakuraba trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Morrison is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at New York Public Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.#T13#
Morrison trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Sakuraba slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison looking very determined here, making life difficult for Sakuraba.
Sakuraba has good solid back control here.
It looks like Sakuraba might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sakuraba keeps control of the position as Morrison tries to break free. #T14#
Sakuraba tries to keep control of the position but Morrison is staying busy.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Sakuraba biding his time, controlling Morrison.
Sakuraba doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (12) Sakuraba
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakuraba trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer. #SUB2#
Sakuraba working for a triangle but Morrison defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sakuraba wins on points by 12 to 4.
Ishiihara Sakuraba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: CWC 280     
Date:   Nov 01, 2021





182 cm
48 yrs
146 lbs



172 cm
35 yrs
153 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 45 wins and 26 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 16 wins and 7 losses; Marcinho Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Sitsongrit tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrison sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sitsongrit somewhat.
Morrison leaves Sitsongrit with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Morrison. No joy for Sitsongrit on that attempt.
David Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcinho Sitsongrit.#CL2#
Sitsongrit takes the fight into the clinch.
Sitsongrit has Morrison pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morrison manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. #TD2#
Morrison is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Morrison to the mat. Morrison regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Sitsongrit
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Sitsongrit
Morrison trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Our spies down at at Sitsongrit Gym inform us that Sitsongrit has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Sitsongrit tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T1#
Morrison wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
Morrison forces his way into half guard.
Sitsongrit has a hand on Morrison's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Morrison takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (2) Sitsongrit
Sitsongrit is controlling an arm, preventing Morrison from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest. #SUB#
Morrison looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sitsongrit is looking to escape. #T2#
Sitsongrit bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (5) vs (4) Sitsongrit#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a triangle but Sitsongrit pushes his legs off easily.
Sitsongrit is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sitsongrit has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (7) Sitsongrit
Morrison is trying to improve his position.#T3#
Sitsongrit tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morrison's legs.
Morrison tries to bench press Sitsongrit off him but Sitsongrit keeps the position.
Sitsongrit in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sitsongrit wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sitsongrit tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morrison's legs. #T4#
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Sitsongrit moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Sitsongrit passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Morrison!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (5) vs (9) Sitsongrit
Sitsongrit looking to control and managing it successfully. #SUB2#
Sitsongrit goes for an armbar but Morrison turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (9) Sitsongrit#SUB2#
Sitsongrit is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison defends well.#T5#
Sitsongrit keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Sitsongrit can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
Sitsongrit looking for a sweep. Not yet Sitsongrit, not yet. #SUB2#
Sitsongrit has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Morrison is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sitsongrit.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (9) Sitsongrit
Morrison trying to control the position but Sitsongrit is working away. #T6#
Sitsongrit is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it. #SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sitsongrit has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sitsongrit prevents Morrison from improving position.
Sitsongrit is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sitsongrit keeps working. #T7#
Sitsongrit is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morrison's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#SUB#
Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Morrison is just content to waste time from the top position. Sitsongrit takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. #T8#
Sitsongrit keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Sitsongrit has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sitsongrit wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison postures up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
Sitsongrit looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T9#
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sitsongrit is keeping the position for now.
Morrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morrison has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Sitsongrit has Morrison pulled in close to control his posture. #T10#
Morrison looking to pass the guard. #SUB2#
Sitsongrit is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison defends well.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sitsongrit is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving. #T11##SUB2#
Sitsongrit throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sitsongrit looking to control but Morrison passes into half guard. #SUB#
Morrison seems to be looking for submissions.
Sitsongrit tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg. #T12##SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura but Sitsongrit is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morrison to get the leverage.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to full guard.
Sitsongrit is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Morrison jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (9) Sitsongrit
Sitsongrit is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Sitsongrit controls the position for a moment.
Sitsongrit is looking for a sweep.#T13#
Morrison tries to move to mount but Sitsongrit blocks the move with his legs.
Sitsongrit is looking for a sweep.
Morrison staying calm.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sitsongrit is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.#T14##SUB#
Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Sitsongrit defends the submission attempt.
Morrison is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (16) vs (9) Sitsongrit
Sitsongrit is working to get back to half guard.
Sitsongrit is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison wants to take Sitsongrit's back but he can't do it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 16 to 9.
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: CWC 275     
Date:   Oct 17, 2021





166 cm
37 yrs
151 lbs



182 cm
48 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 51 wins and 26 losses; Matvey Pavlov! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 45 wins and 25 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pavlov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morrison somewhat.
Pavlov appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Morrison goes for a double leg but Pavlov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Pavlov continues to drive forward.#TD#
Pavlov drives through with a takedown into Morrison's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Pavlov (2) vs (0) Morrison
Pavlov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pavlov controls the pace.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Our spies down at at The Proving Grounds inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Pavlov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Pavlov (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pavlov swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1##SUB#
Pavlov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pavlov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Pavlov is keeping the position.
Pavlov wants to sweep but no luck.
Pavlov keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Pavlov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T2#
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
Pavlov is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
Pavlov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pavlov controlling the position.
Pavlov's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pavlov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.#T3#
Pavlov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison being controlled here momentarily.
Morrison postures up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Pavlov keeps moving.
Pavlov has his hands on Morrison's head, controlling the position.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Pavlov is keeping the position.#T4#
Morrison engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pavlov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Pavlov is keeping the position.
Pavlov pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
We've been hearing good reports from Pavlov'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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pavlov is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Pavlov (4) vs (2) Morrison
Pavlov is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Pavlov has managed to sneak the leg through.#T5#
Pavlov trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrison gets full guard.
Pavlov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Pavlov controlling him for the moment.
Pavlov works a leg free and moves into half guard. #T6#
Pavlov is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.
Pavlov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison won't allow Pavlov to pass to mount.
Pavlov not doing much here.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pavlov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Pavlov (7) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.#T7#
Pavlov controlling from the full mount.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pavlov controlling his opponent.
Pavlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Pavlov moves to the back.
Score +3 for taking back: Pavlov (10) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison tries to break free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T8#
Pavlov slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Pavlov doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Pavlov (10) vs (4) Morrison
Pavlov trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison controlling from the top position.
Pavlov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Pavlov (12) vs (4) Morrison
Pavlov trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Pavlov tries to pass. #T9#
Morrison controls Pavlov momentarily but Pavlov frees himself.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pavlov haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Pavlov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#SUB2#
Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Pavlov to get to half guard.
Pavlov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T10#
Pavlov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Pavlov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Morrison for as long as he can get away with.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Pavlov has control of the leg.
Morrison trying to control but Pavlov postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pavlov in particular looking to stall.#T11#
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Pavlov wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Pavlov is controlling the pace.
Pavlov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Pavlov (15) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Pavlov has taken his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Pavlov (18) vs (4) Morrison#T12#
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison trying to control the position but Pavlov manages to sink in the hooks.
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Pavlov has good solid back control here. #T13#
Morrison tries to roll but Pavlov sticks to his back.
Pavlov slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Pavlov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison wants to escape the position. #SUB#
Pavlov looking for the choke from the back.
Morrison is trying to break free.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Pavlov controlling the positon.
Morrison tries to escape the position. #T14#
Pavlov wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Pavlov is riding his opponent, not letting Morrison buck him off.
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Pavlov to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pavlov has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morrison's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavlov takes the fight on points by 18 to 4.
Matvey Pavlov retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Matvey Pavlov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: CWC 269     
Date:   Sep 26, 2021





177 cm
39 yrs
151 lbs



182 cm
47 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 7 losses; Rap Tori! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 44 wins and 25 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Morrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Tori!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Tori (0) vs (4) Morrison
Tori is looking to regain half guard here but Morrison keeps moving and retains side control.
Tori stops Morrison from passing to mount.
Tori is not content to let Morrison control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but Tori denies him.
Tori tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.#T1#
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Tori's legs.
Tori tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Tori's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.
Morrison trying to control the action but Tori is working from the bottom.
Tori holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.#T2#
Tori manages to get back to half guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Tori won't allow it.
Tori wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Tori (0) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison fails to move to back control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tori is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. #T3#
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Tori is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to control but Tori wriggling away.
Tori is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison prevents Tori from getting the reversal.
Morrison looking to control and managing it successfully. #T4#
Morrison tries to control but Tori wriggling away.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Tori tries to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tori is looking to escape.
Tori gets back to half guard.#T5#
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Tori is working away.
Tori tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Tori is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison is thwarting Tori's attempts to control the position.
Tori desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Tori is looking to improve his position. #T6#
Morrison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tori trying to get back to full guard but Morrison takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Tori (0) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison trying to control but Tori is having none of it.
Tori tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#T7#
Morrison seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Tori is holding on tight. #SUB2#
Morrison working for a guillotine from mount but Tori is in no mood to give up. #SUB2#
Tori tries to improve his position but Morrison has taken his back! Morrison has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Tori tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Morrison pushes Tori away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
A victorious David Morrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: TWGC 35 (145lbs, D1): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Sep 11, 2021





182 cm
47 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
30 yrs
150 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 44 wins and 24 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 5 losses; Reijo Halli!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Halli shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Halli was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (0) vs (4) Halli
Morrison looking for a sweep but Halli has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (0) vs (6) Halli
Halli can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Halli has a good base and remains in mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Halli trying to control but Morrison is having none of it. #T1#
Halli controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison regains half guard.#SUB#
Morrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Halli pulls his head out easily.
Morrison won't allow Halli to pass to mount.
Halli is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (9) Halli#T2#
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrison won't allow Halli to pass to mount.
Morrison tries to roll over but Halli keeps him under control.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison wants to hit a sweep here but Halli passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morrison there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (12) Halli
Halli controlling the position easily from mount. #T3#
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here. #SUB2#
Halli with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Morrison tries to improve his position but instead Halli has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (0) vs (15) Halli
Morrison looking very determined here, making life difficult for Halli. #SUB2#
Halli has the hooks in. Morrison is starting to panic. He's trying to push off one of the legs but he's left his neck open to attack. Halli passes his arm under Morrison's neck and tightens up a rear naked choke! This one is surely all over! Yes, Morrison taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Reijo Halli!
Reijo Halli decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

 

Event: CWC 254     
Date:   Aug 15, 2021





182 cm
47 yrs
146 lbs



179 cm
45 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 43 wins and 24 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 21 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Morrison darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Holzken defending well.
Morrison moves into full mount! Holzken won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Holzken
Holzken is looking to improve his position but Morrison isn't that keen on the idea.
Holzken felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Holzken is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Holzken is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Holzken is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (5) vs (4) Holzken#T1#
Holzken is looking to control Morrison but Morrison is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Holzken really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.
Morrison prevents Holzken from getting a body triangle.
Morrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is not content to let Holzken control the position.#T2#
Holzken prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Holzken trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Morrison tries to roll over but Holzken keeps him under control.
Holzken wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it. #SUB2#
Holzken is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #T3#
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holzken's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (4) Holzken#SUB2#
Holzken has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Holzken is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison stays in close to Holzken's body and controls the position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#SUB2#
Holzken throws his legs up looking for a submission but Morrison uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (4) Holzken
Holzken tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T4#
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Holzken is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holzken sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Holzken tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.#SUB2#
Holzken looking for submissions off his back.
Holzken is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura here.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg. #T5#
Holzken gets back to full guard. #SUB2#
Holzken looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily. #SUB2#
Holzken is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily. #SUB2#
Holzken working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #SUB2#
Holzken had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.#T6##SUB2#
Holzken looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#SUB2#
Holzken is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #T7##SUB2#
Holzken looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Holzken is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Holzken can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Holzken wants to get back to full guard.
Holzken trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg. #T8#
Morrison passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison trying to control the action but Holzken is working from the bottom. #T9#
Holzken is looking for a sweep.#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Holzken has escaped the position, nice work there.
Holzken tries to improve position but can't.
Holzken is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control the action but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.#T10#
Holzken is letting Morrison control him for a moment.
Morrison moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (15) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison looking to control but Holzken is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Holzken really trying hard to get back to half guard here. #T11#
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Holzken really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Holzken wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Holzken is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Holzken is squirming around nicely.
Holzken is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holzken is looking to escape. #T12#
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Holzken is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Holzken manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Holzken is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holzken knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Holzken trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up. #SUB2#
Holzken actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Holzken is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Morrison has latched onto it... Big trouble! Morrison pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Holzken is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 13:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Morrison!
An out of breath David Morrison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

 

Event: OWGP Sweet 16     
Date:   Aug 08, 2021





187 cm
38 yrs
223 lbs



182 cm
47 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 23 wins and 16 losses; Prana Halo! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 43 wins and 23 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Halo but Halo pushes him off and we're back to square one.#TD#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Halo.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Halo (4) vs (0) Morrison
We've been hearing good reports from Halo'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.#SUB#
Halo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Halo postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halo (4) vs (2) Morrison
Halo wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Halo is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T1#
Halo works his way to full guard. Good work.#SUB2#
Morrison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morrison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Halo trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Halo is retaining full guard.
Halo looking to control.
Halo keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Halo is controlling Morrison's posture.#SUB#
Halo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrison trying to control but Halo is working from the bottom.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Halo is keeping the position.#SUB#
Halo is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily. #T2#
Halo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison pushing down on Halo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morrison not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halo is pressing down on Morrison's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.#SUB#
Halo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Halo looking to control.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Halo keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halo (6) vs (2) Morrison#T3#
Morrison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Halo tries to pass.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Halo from controlling successfully.
Halo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Halo looking to pass the guard. #SUB#
Halo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Halo tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Halo postures up. #T4#
Halo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Halo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Halo (9) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is not content to let Halo control the position.
Morrison tries to buck Halo off but Halo is having none of it.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Halo advances nicely into full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Halo (11) vs (2) Morrison#SUB#
Halo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halo (11) vs (4) Morrison#SUB#
Halo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Halo looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T5##SUB#
Halo has his feet on Morrison's thighs here. He's pushed Morrison off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Morrison screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Prana Halo!
Prana Halo tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.

 

Event: CWC 238     
Date:   Aug 01, 2021





182 cm
47 yrs
146 lbs



179 cm
28 yrs
165 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 42 wins and 23 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Jay Simon!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Simon stuffs the takedown.
Simon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrison sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Simon somewhat.
Simon stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrison. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison dives in and grabs Simon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Simon pushes down on Morrison's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Simon, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Simon against the cage but Simon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.#TD2#
Simon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morrison did well to prevent Simon getting side control.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Simon
Simon wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simon trying to control the pace. #T1#
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Simon trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Simon pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison won't allow Simon to pass to mount. #T2#
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Simon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Simon looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Simon tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Simon has control of the leg.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
Simon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Simon preventing the sweep.
Simon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morrison is trying to keep Simon in close.
Simon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Simon
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Simon is defending the position. #T4#
Morrison is controlling the pace.
Simon is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Simon knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Simon is looking to improve his position.
Simon is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.#T5##SUB#
Morrison is working for a submission of some sort. #SUB2#
Simon actively working from the bottom here.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Simon defending well. #SUB2#
Simon looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T6##SUB#
Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Simon defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Simon manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison is fighting to break Simon's control of his arms but Simon is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison looking to pass the guard. #T7#
Morrison pushing down on Simon's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Simon makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Simon.
Morrison postures up.
Simon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (4) Simon
Simon trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Simon wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving. #T8#
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Simon's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (4) Simon
Simon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison passes Simon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Simon tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Simon is still trying to improve position.
Simon is trying to control but can't. #T9#
Simon wants to get back to full guard.
Simon is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (7) vs (4) Simon
Morrison tries to control but Simon wriggling away.
Simon has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Simon working to try and regain half guard.
Simon is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Morrison fails to take his opponent's back. #T10#
Simon holds on, trying desperately to control.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but Simon doesn't allow it.
Simon sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Simon is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Simon is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Simon tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg. #SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura here. #T11#
Simon wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Simon makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Simon.
Simon wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Simon looking to control.
Morrison 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. #T12#
Morrison trying to control but Simon is working from the bottom.
Simon wants to control but Morrison passes easily into half guard. #SUB#
Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Simon won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Morrison passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Simon!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (4) Simon#T13#
Morrison looking to control but Simon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Simon stops Morrison from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Simon is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison looking to control but Simon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #SUB#
Morrison is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Simon to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Simon shrugs it off. #T14#
Simon reaches up and holds on to Morrison to control the position.
Simon is trying to escape the mount.
Simon sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Simon is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (10) vs (8) Simon
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Simon really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.
I really don't envy Morrison right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 10 to 8.
A victorious David Morrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Jay Simon was interviewed post fight and said ' Good on ya River.'.

 

Event: CWC 226     
Date:   Jul 11, 2021





165 cm
37 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
46 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 16 losses; Ishiihara Sakuraba! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 41 wins and 23 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown but Sakuraba shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#TD2#
Morrison gets a double leg takedown into Sakuraba's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sakuraba (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is pushing down on Sakuraba's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sakuraba is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sakuraba preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Sakuraba has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Sakuraba slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sakuraba is keeping the position for now. #T1#
Sakuraba looking for a sweep. Not yet Sakuraba, not yet.
Sakuraba is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sakuraba has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sakuraba has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sakuraba is keeping the position for now. #T2#
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sakuraba manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (2) Morrison
Sakuraba preventing the sweep.
Sakuraba passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sakuraba prevents Morrison from improving his position.#SUB2#
Morrison looking for submissions off his back.#T3#
Still in half guard, Sakuraba seems content to control.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sakuraba looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sakuraba tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Sakuraba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sakuraba might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T4#
Sakuraba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.
Morrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison being controlled here, momentarily.
Sakuraba seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Morrison for as long as he can get away with.#T5##SUB2#
Sakuraba avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sakuraba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sakuraba managing to control the position.
Sakuraba keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #T6#
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sakuraba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison is pushing down on Sakuraba's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sakuraba is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Morrison trying to control the pace.
Sakuraba is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Sakuraba won't allow it. #T7#
Sakuraba trying to control here.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Sakuraba is having none of it.
Sakuraba wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Sakuraba defending well.
Sakuraba trying to control here.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Sakuraba is having none of it. #T8#
Sakuraba is trying to control but can't.
Morrison is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Sakuraba wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Sakuraba is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Sakuraba keeps moving.
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard. #T9#
Morrison is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (7) Morrison
Sakuraba bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (4) vs (7) Morrison
Sakuraba looking to pass the guard.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sakuraba is one step ahead there.
Sakuraba trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Sakuraba content to stall in guard here. #T10#
Sakuraba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (4) vs (9) Morrison
Sakuraba keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #T11#
Sakuraba tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Sakuraba gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (6) vs (9) Morrison
Sakuraba showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sakuraba trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck. #T12#
Sakuraba slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (9) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sakuraba wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sakuraba is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sakuraba trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom. #T13#
Sakuraba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morrison tries to roll over but Sakuraba keeps him under control.
Sakuraba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Morrison controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sakuraba stalling. #T14##SUB#
Sakuraba is trying to work for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakuraba slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Morrison gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Morrison wins on points by 10 to 9.
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: TWGC 34 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Jun 30, 2021





188 cm
42 yrs
171 lbs



182 cm
46 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 15 losses; Paul Hunt! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 41 wins and 22 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Hunt shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Morrison is trying to defend but Hunt finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hunt (2) vs (0) Morrison
Hunt prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison is looking to get back to full guard here but Hunt has managed to pass to side control instead.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hunt (5) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison looking for a sweep but Hunt has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Hunt (7) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison is trying desperately to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison regains half guard.#T1#
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt is taking a breather. Morrison says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Hunt has control of the leg. #T2#
Still in half guard, Hunt seems content to control.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB2#
Morrison working for a triangle but Hunt defends it easily.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Hunt is proving a slippery customer. #SUB2#
Morrison is looking for a triangle but Hunt pushes his legs off easily.
Hunt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hunt tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Hunt looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.#T4#
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Hunt wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Hunt is proving a slippery customer.
Hunt 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.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Hunt slips nicely into half guard.
Hunt content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #T5#
Hunt uses his free foot to push down on Morrison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morrison.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hunt (10) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but Hunt is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Hunt has control of the leg. #T6#
Hunt wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hunt keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hunt is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hunt prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hunt has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hunt (13) vs (0) Morrison#T7#
Hunt controlling his opponent.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hunt controlling from the full mount.
Hunt trying to control but Morrison is having none of it. #T8#
Hunt avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
Hunt looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't. #T9#
Hunt controlling from the full mount.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard. #T10#
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Hunt isn't that keen on the idea.
Hunt sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape. #T11#
Hunt tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Hunt is trying to take his opponent's back.
Hunt wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Hunt (16) vs (0) Morrison
I really don't envy Morrison right now. #T12#
Hunt is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Hunt is looking to control Morrison but Morrison is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison breaks Hunt's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hunt (16) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom. #T13#
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Hunt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hunt (18) vs (2) Morrison
Hunt stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.#SUB2#
Morrison has his foot on Hunt's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hunt works his way back into a safe position though.
Hunt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T14#
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Hunt advances to half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Hunt has control of the leg.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but Hunt has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Hunt (21) vs (2) Morrison
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hunt takes the fight on points by 21 to 2.
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Paul Hunt made sure he mentioned HELLS BALLS RECOVERY, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

 

Event: TWGC 34 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Jun 29, 2021





182 cm
46 yrs
146 lbs



168 cm
30 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 40 wins and 22 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 8 losses; Able Archer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#CL2#
Archer pushes Morrison up against the cage in a clinch.#TD#
Morrison lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Archer#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura here. #SUB#
Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Archer doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.
Archer preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Archer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T1#
Archer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Archer gets full guard.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Archer trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer. #SUB2#
Archer is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Archer working a defensive guard here. #T2#
Morrison stands and throws Archer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Archer
Archer is looking to reverse the position.
Archer seems a little lost for a moment, as Morrison dominates the positioning.
You can see the frustration on Archer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Archer is looking to reverse the position.#T3#
Archer being controlled for a moment.
Archer struggling a bit here.
Morrison works to advance to full mount. Archer defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (7) vs (0) Archer
Archer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison avoids the attempt from Archer to control.#T4#
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Archer is looking to escape.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.
Morrison prevents Archer from getting the reversal.
Archer sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T5#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison is thwarting Archer's attempts to control the position.
Morrison content to control rather than advance. #SUB#
Morrison is trying to work for a kimura but Archer is defending well.
Archer moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.#T6#
Archer keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Archer looking to control.
Morrison stays in close to Archer's body and controls the position.
Archer keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Archer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #T7#
Archer is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Archer has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Jed's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Archer controlling the position.
Archer wants to sweep but no luck.
Archer keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Archer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (2) Archer#SUB#
Morrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Archer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #T8#
Archer passes into half guard.
Archer sitting and controlling from the half guard. #SUB2#
Morrison is defending against the submission attempts here by Archer.
Archer trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away. #T9#
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Archer stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.#SUB#
Morrison looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Archer is defending well. Morrison quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Archer has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Morrison celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Morrison!
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Jun 01, 2021
#R1##TD#
Morrison drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here.#SUB#
Pending wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Morrison has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Pending's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Pending is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: CACC 198: Mondragon vs Sanchez     
Date:   May 16, 2021





182 cm
44 yrs
154 lbs



182 cm
46 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 4 losses; Altair Brain! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 39 wins and 22 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Morrison.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Brain (0) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brain's legs.
Brain wants to control but Morrison postures up.
Brain stops Morrison from passing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Brain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB2#
Morrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brain, who protects the arm well. #T1#
Brain tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brain keeps working.
Brain tries to improve position but can't.
Brain prevents Morrison from moving into mount.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.#T2#
Brain is looking for a sweep.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.
You can see the frustration on Brain's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brain tries to improve position but can't.
Morrison trying to control the position but Brain is working away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison is staying tight to Brain's torso, preventing him from escaping. #T3#
Morrison laying and praying for a moment but Brain takes advantage and regains half guard.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Brain defends it.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Brain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB2#
Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Brain is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt. #T4#
Still in half guard, Morrison seems content to control.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Brain defending well. #SUB2#
Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brain doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.
Morrison trying to control the action but Brain is working from the bottom. #T5#
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Brain defends it.
Morrison trying to control the action but Brain is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Brain defends the submission attempt.#T6#
Morrison wants to advance to full mount but Brain doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brain (0) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Brain will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.#T7#
Brain tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Morrison presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Brain (0) vs (9) Morrison
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brain is controlling an arm, preventing Morrison from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Brain is squirming around nicely.
Brain is looking to get to half guard.#SUB2#
Morrison goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Brain is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brain (2) vs (9) Morrison
Brain preventing the sweep. #T8#
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brain (2) vs (11) Morrison
Brain is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison controlling from the top position.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brain is keeping the position for now. #T9#
Brain keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pushes down on Brain's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brain knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brain does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #T10#
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Brain tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Brain is working away.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Brain defends it.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #T11##SUB2#
Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morrison is taking a breather. Brain says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#T12##SUB2#
Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Brain won't allow it.
Morrison controlling the pace. #T13#
Morrison trying to control the action but Brain is working from the bottom.
Brain wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Morrison is keen to just control but Brain is a slippery customer.#T14#
Brain is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #SUB2#
Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Brain defends the submission attempt.
Brain is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Brain is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 11 to 2.
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Altair Brain had this to say: 'It happenes sometimes, but I thought I was better today. Sometimes you lose like this.'.

 

Event: CACC 191: Arias vs Ottke     
Date:   Apr 18, 2021





182 cm
45 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
28 yrs
150 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 39 wins and 21 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 2 losses; Reijo Halli!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD2#
Halli closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Halli
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison wants to hit a sweep here but Halli passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morrison there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (5) Halli
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Halli is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Halli wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy. #T1#
Morrison wants to improve his position but Halli is controlling well.
Halli wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Halli with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but Halli has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (8) Halli
Halli controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison's coaches at Mello MMA have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Halli avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.#T2#
Halli wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Halli can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#T3#
Morrison wants to hold on but Halli pushes him away.
Halli prevents Morrison from getting the reversal.
Halli is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Morrison is in real trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (0) vs (11) Halli#SUB2#
Halli looking for the RNC.
Morrison can't escape the position. #T4##SUB2#
Morrison is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent. #SUB2#
Morrison is in a bad position with Halli working for a choke. Morrison manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (11) Halli
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Halli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halli working a defensive guard here. #SUB2#
Halli looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Morrison has picked Halli up and slammed him! Halli can't keep hold of the triangle and Morrison manages to pass to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (11) Halli#T5##SUB#
Morrison goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Halli has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Morrison but great work by Halli.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (5) vs (15) Halli
Morrison looking for a sweep but Halli has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (5) vs (17) Halli
Morrison is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Halli tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here. #T6#
Morrison is trying to reverse the position but instead Halli has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (5) vs (20) Halli
Morrison can't escape the position. #SUB2#
Morrison preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Halli.
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Halli sitting and controlling from the half guard. #T7#
Morrison is not content to let Halli control the position.
Morrison trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Halli manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (23) Halli
Halli controlling the pace for now.
Halli trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here. #T8#
Morrison wants to control but Halli is having none of it.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount. #SUB2#
Halli looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Morrison regains half guard.#T9#
Halli is looking to advance position but Morrison won't allow it.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Halli wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.#T10#
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Halli slips nicely into half guard.
Halli passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (26) Halli
Morrison wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (5) vs (29) Halli
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position. #SUB2#
Morrison fending off the submission attempt from Halli. #SUB2#
Halli looking for the choke from the back. #T11##SUB2#
Halli seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Morrison's chin but Morrison turns very nicely into Halli's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (29) Halli
Morrison stands and throws Halli's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (29) Halli
Halli stops Morrison from passing to mount. #T12#
Halli is looking for a sweep.
Halli is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrison is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Halli's legs. #SUB#
Morrison tries for a kimura but Halli is defending well. #T13#
Halli tries to control but Morrison manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (29) Halli
Halli turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (31) Halli
Morrison pulls Halli in to control the position.
Halli wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving. #SUB#
Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Halli is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Halli has moved into half guard. #T14##SUB2#
Halli is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Halli stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Halli got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Halli has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Halli trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Halli wins on points by 31 to 13.
Reijo Halli decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

 

Event: CACC 179: Ty vs Patterson     
Date:   Mar 14, 2021





182 cm
45 yrs
146 lbs



170 cm
33 yrs
153 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 21 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 12 losses; Roman Boesku!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Boesku shoots in but no luck this time. #TD#
Morrison shoots in and bounces Boesku off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Boesku
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boesku swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#SUB2#
Boesku is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrison is aware though and is defending well.#SUB2#
Boesku had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Morrison engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boesku working a defensive guard here.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Boesku is retaining full guard. #T1#
Morrison stays in close to Boesku's body and controls the position.
Boesku keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Boesku throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boesku looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison stands and throws Boesku's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Boesku
Morrison moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (7) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.#T2#
Morrison tries to control but Boesku wriggling away.
Boesku regains half guard.#SUB2#
Boesku is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Boesku is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison is pressing down on Boesku's thigh, looking to free his foot. Boesku is holding on for now.
Boesku wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Boesku is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Boesku is looking to improve his position. #T3#
Boesku keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Boesku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boesku sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB2#
Boesku looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Boesku does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Boesku is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Boesku avoid being mounted?
Boesku won't allow Morrison to pass to mount. #SUB2#
Boesku actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #T4#
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Boesku defending well.
Boesku felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Boesku is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boesku keeps working.
Boesku tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Boesku is not content to let Morrison control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Boesku is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Boesku won't allow it.
Boesku is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T5#
Boesku has a hand on Morrison's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Morrison takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku tries to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Morrison trying to control but Boesku is having none of it.
Boesku is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrison moves to the back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (0) Boesku
Morrison doesn't have the hooks in and Boesku manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (2) Boesku
Boesku controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (2) Boesku#T6##SUB#
Morrison has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Boesku defend it? Morrison steps over the head and cranks it - Boesku is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Morrison!
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

 

Event: CACC 171: Alopodis vs Gatsby     
Date:   Feb 14, 2021





182 cm
45 yrs
146 lbs



160 cm
35 yrs
155 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 20 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Retired Sparbot 3!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD#
Morrison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sparbot 3 to the ground. Morrison is now in Sparbot 3's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Sparbot 3#SUB2#
Morrison is sitting in close to Sparbot 3's body. Sparbot 3 has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Morrison is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Morrison is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sparbot 3.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Retired Sparbot 3!

 

Event: CACC 163: Morrison vs Pavlov 2     
Date:   Jan 17, 2021





182 cm
44 yrs
146 lbs



166 cm
33 yrs
151 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 19 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 21 losses; Matvey Pavlov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Morrison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Morrison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (4) vs (0) Pavlov
Pavlov tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Pavlov wants to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison trying to control the position but Pavlov is working away.
You can see the frustration on Pavlov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pavlov is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Pavlov is defending the position.
Pavlov trying to control but Morrison postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1##SUB#
Morrison is working for a submission of some sort. #SUB#
Morrison is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pavlov is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Pavlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pavlov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Pavlov is keeping the position.
Pavlov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pavlov trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer. #T2#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pavlov is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (2) Pavlov
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pavlov trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Pavlov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (4) vs (5) Pavlov
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pavlov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pavlov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working. #T3#
Pavlov controlling the position from side mount.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pavlov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison is not content to let Pavlov control the position. #T4#
Pavlov has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (4) vs (7) Pavlov
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Pavlov mounts Morrison! Really nice guard pass there!
Pavlov tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Pavlov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #T5#
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Pavlov moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (4) vs (10) Pavlov
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
My spies in Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch inform me that Pavlov has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Pavlov wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Pavlov off and has taken his back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (8) vs (10) Pavlov
Will Morrison go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Pavlov trying to control the action but Morrison just sinks the hooks in. #T6##SUB#
Pavlov fending off the submission attempt from Morrison.
Pavlov tries to roll but Morrison sticks to his back.
Pavlov is still trying to improve position.
Pavlov is keeping busy.
Pavlov is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
A lull in the action here. #T7#
Pavlov is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morrison is looking to control Pavlov but Pavlov is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pavlov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pavlov tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrison fails to take his opponent's back.
Pavlov is trying to reverse the position but instead Morrison has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (11) vs (10) Pavlov#T8#
Morrison controlling well, preventing Pavlov from escaping the position.
Pavlov trying to control but not successfully. #SUB#
Morrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Morrison tries to get the hooks in deep but Pavlov pushed the leg off.
Morrison doesn't have the hooks in and Pavlov manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (12) Pavlov
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Pavlov from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Morrison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pavlov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pavlov trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pavlov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#T9#
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pavlov looking to pass the guard.
Pavlov wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pavlov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pavlov pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Pavlov is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Pavlov is controlling well.
Pavlov is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T10#
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Pavlov preventing the sweep.
Pavlov wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Pavlov trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pavlov advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (15) Pavlov
Pavlov trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom. #T11#
Morrison regains half guard.
Pavlov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Pavlov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pavlov content to control rather than advance. #SUB#
Morrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pavlov pulls his head out easily. #T12#
Pavlov slows the pace down in half guard.
Pavlov wants to pass to mount but Morrison is defending the position.
Morrison tries to roll over but Pavlov keeps him under control.
Pavlov trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but Pavlov is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB2#
Pavlov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on. #T13#
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pavlov in particular looking to stall.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Pavlov has control of the leg.
Pavlov works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (18) Pavlov
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.
Pavlov is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T14#
Morrison tries to improve position but can't.
Morrison is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Pavlov is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pavlov passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (21) Pavlov
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavlov wins on points by 21 to 11.
Matvey Pavlov is the new featherweight champion!
Matvey Pavlov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: CACC 152: Morrison v Holzken 5     
Date:   Dec 20, 2020





182 cm
44 yrs
146 lbs



179 cm
42 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 37 wins and 19 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 32 wins and 17 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Holzken dives in and grabs Morrison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes down on Holzken's head and hops out.#TD2#
Holzken shoots in and gets a takedown into Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Holzken
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Holzken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Holzken preventing the sweep.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison has Holzken pulled in close to control his posture.
Holzken postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison trying to control the position. #T1#
Holzken stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Holzken from controlling successfully.
Holzken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here. #T2#
Morrison being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Holzken controlling him for the moment.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Holzken trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Holzken controls the pace.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken has his hands on Morrison's head, controlling the position.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T4#
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Holzken is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Holzken pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving. #T5#
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T6#
Holzken wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard. #T7#
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holzken controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself. #T8#
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Holzken.
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
You can see the frustration on Holzken's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Holzken is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Morrison is staying active.
Holzken is trying to improve his position.#T9#
Holzken can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Holzken's legs. #SUB#
Morrison is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Holzken knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB#
Morrison is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holzken is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #T10#
You can see the frustration on Holzken's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison tries to move to mount but Holzken blocks the move with his legs. #SUB#
Morrison is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holzken is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Holzken gets back to half guard.#T11#
Holzken is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB#
Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holzken is doing well to control the position and prevent Morrison from advancing to side control.
Holzken is pressing down on Morrison's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.#T12#
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison is really struggling to control Holzken but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Holzken is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T13#
Morrison won't allow Holzken to sweep him here.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T14#
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 5 to 2.
David Morrison retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: CACC 144: Ward vs Morrison II     
Date:   Nov 29, 2020





182 cm
44 yrs
146 lbs



165 cm
45 yrs
143 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 36 wins and 19 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 18 losses; Mr Ward!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ward. #TD#
Morrison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ward was covering up waiting for the punch and Morrison finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Ward
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Ward is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ward keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ward manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Ward
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ward pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison moves into full guard. #T1##SUB2#
Ward drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morrison manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Ward has Morrison in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (2) Ward#SUB2#
Ward is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrison is aware though and is defending well.
Ward looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ward not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison passes into half guard. #SUB#
Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ward wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well. #T2##SUB#
Morrison is trying to work for a kimura but Ward is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ward trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Ward gets full guard.#T3##SUB2#
Ward is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison passes into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ward regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison won't allow Ward to sweep him here.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Ward is keeping the position.#T4#
Morrison wants to control from the top but Ward keeps moving.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ward trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Ward keeps moving.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Ward.
Ward controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.#T5#
Ward has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (7) vs (2) Ward
Ward regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morrison's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ward knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison is trying to control. Ward wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ward won't allow Morrison to pass to mount. #T6#
Ward wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Ward is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison prevents Ward from improving his position.
Ward gets back to full guard.
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ward keeps working. #T7#
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ward!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (2) Ward
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ward is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morrison controlling from mount.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Ward is squirming around nicely. #T8#
Ward is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison controlling his opponent.
Ward slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ward is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ward is trying to control but can't. #T9#
Ward slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ward looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Ward bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (10) vs (4) Ward
Ward wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving. #SUB2#
Ward drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ward jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (12) vs (4) Ward#T10#
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Ward is retaining full guard. #SUB2#
Ward throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ward keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Ward keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison won't allow Ward to sweep him here.
Morrison content to stall in guard here. #T11#
Ward keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ward is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (12) vs (6) Ward
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ward wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Ward wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Ward looking to pass the guard. #T12#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (14) vs (6) Ward
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (17) vs (6) Ward
Morrison trying to control the action but Ward is working from the bottom.
Ward is looking to reverse the position.
Ward manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (8) Ward
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Ward tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard. #T13##SUB2#
Ward drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Morrison dives on top into guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (19) vs (8) Ward
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ward is keeping the position for now. #SUB2#
Ward working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ward swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T14#
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (22) vs (8) Ward#SUB#
Morrison swings around for an armbar but Ward sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (22) vs (10) Ward
Ward stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Ward postures up.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Ward controlling him for the moment. #SUB#
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 22 to 10.
David Morrison is the new featherweight champion!
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: CACC 135: Bok vs Sparxx III     
Date:   Nov 01, 2020





165 cm
34 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
43 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 12 losses; Ishiihara Sakuraba! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 35 wins and 19 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Sakuraba. Sakuraba gets slowly back to his feet. #TD2#
Morrison shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sakuraba (0) vs (2) Morrison
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sakuraba keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison won't allow Sakuraba to sweep him here.
We've been hearing good reports from Sakuraba'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.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sakuraba is keeping the position for now.
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Sakuraba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba controlling Morrison's posture. #T1#
Sakuraba is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Sakuraba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sakuraba is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Sakuraba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba wants to improve his position but instead Morrison has moved into half guard. #T2#
Sakuraba keeping control of the position.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Sakuraba is defending well.
Sakuraba has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #T3#
Morrison wants to control but Sakuraba is keeping him busy.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (0) vs (5) Morrison
Morrison moves to his opponent's back but Sakuraba bucks him off and ends up in guard. A bit of a disaster there for Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (5) Morrison
Sakuraba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Sakuraba trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom. #T4#
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sakuraba manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (7) Morrison
Sakuraba might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Sakuraba is keeping the position.
Sakuraba looking to control.
Sakuraba pulls Morrison in to control the position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sakuraba trying to control the position. #T5#
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison postures up.
Sakuraba keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Sakuraba has his hands on Morrison's head, controlling the position. #SUB#
Sakuraba has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Morrison is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sakuraba.
Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. #T6#
Sakuraba is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sakuraba tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sakuraba keeps working.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sakuraba!
Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (13) Morrison#T7#
Morrison sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sakuraba is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action. #SUB2#
Morrison goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sakuraba is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sakuraba (4) vs (13) Morrison#SUB2#
Sakuraba sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Morrison doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Sakuraba paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Morrison - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). David Morrison!
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: TWGC 32 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Oct 26, 2020





172 cm
29 yrs
146 lbs



182 cm
43 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 14 losses; Antonio Brown ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 35 wins and 18 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Brown darts in looking for a takedown but Morrison gets double underhooks and turns Brown into the cage.
Horrible takedown attempt by Brown or perhaps it was just good defense by Morrison, which made it look bad. #TD2#
Morrison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Brown 's half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Brown (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is thwarting Brown 's attempts to control the position.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison stalling.
Morrison wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy. #T1#
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (0) vs (5) Morrison
You can see the frustration on Brown 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T2#
Morrison takes a little break here. Brown wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.#SUB2#
Morrison goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Brown has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Morrison but great work by Brown .
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Brown (4) vs (5) Morrison
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Morrison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brown 's best efforts.
Brown trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Morrison trying to hold on to Brown 's head to control him but Brown postures up. #T3#
Morrison is not content to let Brown control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Brown is looking to pass into half guard but Morrison pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Morrison is in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (4) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T4#
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Brown pulls Morrison in close to his closed guard and prevents Morrison from doing any damage or advancing position.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brown controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison controlling from the top position. #T5#
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison trying to move into half guard but instead Brown has managed to sweep!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (6) vs (7) Morrison#T6#
Morrison wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Brown postures up.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Brown controls the pace.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully. #T7#
Morrison is trying to keep Brown in close.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #SUB2#
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Brown has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (9) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison tries to buck Brown off but Brown is having none of it.#T8#
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown just content to control the position.
Morrison is not content to let Brown control the position.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Brown 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#T9#
Brown prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison trying to hold on to Brown 's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison is trying to keep Brown in close.
Brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #SUB2#
Morrison working for a triangle but Brown defends it easily. #T10#
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison pulls Brown in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison wants to control the position but Brown says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg. #T11#
Brown is looking to pass Morrison's guard but actually Morrison recovers to full guard.
Brown is stalling in the full guard. #SUB2#
Morrison looking for subs off his back but Brown has passed one foot through into half guard. #T12#
Brown wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison wants to control but Brown passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (12) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brown 's best efforts.
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Brown has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (15) vs (7) Morrison
Brown trying to control but Morrison is having none of it. #T13#
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Brown manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (18) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Brown wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it. #T14#
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but Brown has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (21) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morrison is trying to control Brown 's posture but Brown avoids it.
Morrison prevents Brown from improving position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison sneaks back into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brown takes the fight on points by 21 to 7.
Antonio Brown was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Oct 08, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped #TD#
and Morrison counters with a nice double leg into side control. Turner won't be happy with that.
Morrison takes a little break here. Turner wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.#SUB#
Morrison looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Turner has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morrison controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Morrison is working to tighten his grip on Turner's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Turner has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Morrison is really squeezing tight and eventually Turner passes out! Morrison breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: CACC 124: Hirsch vs Pripyat     
Date:   Sep 27, 2020





179 cm
41 yrs
157 lbs



182 cm
43 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 29 wins and 16 losses; Rodney Holzken! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 34 wins and 18 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Holzken fails with the takedown.
Holzken misses with a takedown attempt - Morrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morrison leaves Holzken with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Holzken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holzken tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrison defends well and Holzken ends up having to push Morrison into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Holzken misses with a takedown attempt - Morrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Holzken. Holzken gets slowly back to his feet. #TD2#
Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Holzken (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T1#
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Holzken keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom. #T2#
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Holzken is keeping the position.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard. #T3#
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (0) vs (5) Morrison
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison advances to full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Holzken (0) vs (7) Morrison
Holzken is trying to reverse the position but instead Morrison has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Holzken (0) vs (10) Morrison#SUB2#
Morrison is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison is hanging on to Holzken's back as he tries to escape. #T4#
Morrison just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#SUB2#
Morrison working for a choke but Holzken is defending well. #SUB2#
Morrison looking for the choke from the back.
Morrison trying to control momentarily.
Holzken manages to reverse the position and now he's in Morrison's guard. Nice work there by Holzken.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Holzken (2) vs (10) Morrison#T5#
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Holzken wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Holzken has moved into half guard. #T6#
Morrison is looking to control Holzken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison wants to improve his position but Holzken is controlling well.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.#T7#
Holzken preventing the sweep.
Holzken trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison is trying to keep Holzken in close. #SUB2#
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Holzken trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#T8#
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Holzken puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Holzken is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Holzken moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (5) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Holzken just content to control the position. #T9#
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Holzken is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Holzken (5) vs (12) Morrison
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Holzken is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T10##SUB2#
Morrison is working for a kimura but Holzken is defending it quite comfortably.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Holzken won't allow it.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Holzken is having none of it. #T11#
Still in half guard, Morrison seems content to control.
Morrison is keen to just control but Holzken is a slippery customer.
Holzken is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Holzken is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.#T12#
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holzken does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Holzken is looking to improve his position.
Morrison stalling away here and it's allowed Holzken to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Holzken is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holzken holds on and takes a little breather.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T13#
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holzken trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Morrison postures up. #T14#
Holzken keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (5) vs (15) Morrison

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 15 to 5.
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

 

Event: CACC 120     
Date:   Sep 12, 2020





163 cm
32 yrs
153 lbs



182 cm
43 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 3 losses; Tim Anton! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 18 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#TD2#
Morrison gets a takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Anton (0) vs (2) Morrison
Anton wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Anton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anton gets full guard.
Anton controlling Morrison's posture.
Morrison controlling from the top position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anton (2) vs (2) Morrison
Anton tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Anton is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anton manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anton (2) vs (4) Morrison#T1#
Anton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Anton is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Anton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anton (4) vs (4) Morrison
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anton (4) vs (6) Morrison
Anton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Anton wants to control but Morrison passes easily into half guard.
Anton tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Anton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Anton trying to control here. #T2#
Anton is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Anton moves into full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Anton working a defensive guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Anton holds on and takes a little breather.
Anton looking for a sweep. Not yet Anton, not yet.
Anton keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anton managing to control the position.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Anton is retaining full guard. #T3#
Anton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Anton working a defensive guard here.
Anton has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Anton trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Anton trying to control the position here.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#T4#
Anton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Anton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Anton keeps moving.
Anton working a defensive guard here.
Anton wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment. #T5#
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison is pressing down on Anton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Anton is holding on for now.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Anton!
Score +3 for passing guard: Anton (4) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison wants to control the pace but Anton is squirming around nicely.
Morrison wants to take Anton's back but he can't do it this time.
Morrison avoids the attempt from Anton to control.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anton is looking to escape.
Morrison prevents Anton from getting the reversal.#T6#
Anton slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison is keen to just control but Anton is a slippery customer.
Anton tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Anton (4) vs (12) Morrison
Anton manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison's best efforts.
Morrison is thwarting Anton's attempts to control the position.
Anton is looking to improve his position.
Anton trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison trying to control the action but Anton is working from the bottom.
Anton wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Anton (4) vs (15) Morrison#T7#
Anton tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Morrison takes Anton's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Anton is in trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Anton (4) vs (18) Morrison
Anton tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Anton is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.
Morrison looking to control but Anton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T8#
Anton is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Anton wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Anton is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Anton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison tries to control but Anton wriggling away.
Morrison tries to push Anton's head away but Anton is holding on tight.
Anton tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#T9#
Morrison wants to take Anton's back here but Anton is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Anton is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Anton is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Rickys House, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Anton tries to hold on but Morrison postures up.
Morrison is looking to work his way around to Anton's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Morrison looking to control but Anton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Anton wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison trying to control but Anton is having none of it. #T10#
Anton gets back to half guard.
Anton is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard. #SUB2#
Morrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Anton is just riding it out for now. Morrison eventually gives up the hold.
Anton wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Anton defends it.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Anton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T11#
Anton trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Anton is working away.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Anton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison trying to control the action but Anton is working from the bottom.
Anton is doing well to control the position and prevent Morrison from advancing to side control.
Anton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Anton wants to get back to full guard.#T12#
Anton wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anton is concentrating on defense, preventing Morrison from advancing position. #SUB2#
Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Anton defends it.
Morrison performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morrison is thwarting Anton's attempts to control the position.#T13#
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Anton is defending well.
Anton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Anton keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Anton looking to control. #T14#
Anton wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Anton is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Anton trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Anton wants to sweep but no luck.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anton trying to control the position.
Anton is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
Anton is trying to keep Morrison in close.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 18 to 4.
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: TWGC 31 (145lbs, D1): Los Angeles Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Sep 04, 2020





182 cm
43 yrs
146 lbs



173 cm
35 yrs
147 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 17 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Hiroshi Ekaku!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD#
Morrison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ekaku to the ground. Morrison is now in Ekaku's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Ekaku
Ekaku bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Ekaku
Morrison wants to hit a sweep here but Ekaku passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morrison there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Ekaku
Ekaku wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison is working to get back to half guard.
Ekaku looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Ekaku has a good base and remains in mount.#SUB2#
Ekaku has control of Morrison's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Morrison regains control of the situation pretty easily. #T1#
Ekaku controlling from mount.
Morrison wants to control but Ekaku is having none of it.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Ekaku isn't that keen on the idea.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Ekaku's attempts to control the action. #T2#
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ekaku has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Convicted Fight Club. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Morrison tries to hold on but Ekaku postures up.
Ekaku controlling from the full mount.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here. #T3#
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Ekaku engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. #SUB#
Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ekaku is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Ekaku from controlling successfully.
Ekaku passes Morrison's left leg - he's now in half guard. #T4#
Morrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ekaku is working away from the top position though.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison is looking to control Ekaku's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Ekaku has control of the leg. #T5#
Morrison won't allow Ekaku to pass to mount.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Ekaku is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ekaku performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Ekaku is controlling well. #SUB2#
Ekaku is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ekaku not doing much here. #T6#
Ekaku trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Morrison has a hand on Ekaku's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ekaku takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Ekaku
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.#T7#
Ekaku trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Ekaku controlling the action here.
Ekaku trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Ekaku trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Morrison is looking to improve his position. #T8#
Ekaku controlling the pace.
Ekaku working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Morrison's thigh. Morrison counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Ekaku preventing the sweep. #T9#
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ekaku is one step ahead there.
Ekaku is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Ekaku from controlling successfully.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Ekaku postures up. #T10#
Morrison wants to control the position but Ekaku says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Ekaku is controlling the pace.
Ekaku is thwarting Morrison's attempts to control the position.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Ekaku is controlling well.
Ekaku passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (11) Ekaku#T11#
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Morrison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ekaku's best efforts.
Well, if Ekaku is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#SUB2#
Ekaku is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Morrison doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ekaku.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T12#
Ekaku works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (14) Ekaku
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Ekaku has a good base and remains in mount.#T13#
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Ekaku's attempts to control the action.
Morrison tries to hold on but Ekaku pushes him away.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ekaku tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Ekaku has a good base and remains in mount.
Ekaku controlling the position easily from mount. #T14#
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ekaku works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (17) Ekaku
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ekaku content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ekaku advances to full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (2) vs (19) Ekaku

And that's the end of the fight!
Ekaku wins on points by 19 to 2.
Hiroshi Ekaku was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: TWGC 30 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Jul 10, 2020





168 cm
26 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
42 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 4 losses; Able Archer! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 16 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD2#
Morrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Archer's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Archer (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Archer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Archer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Morrison advances to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (0) vs (5) Morrison#T1#
Archer is trying desperately to improve position.
Archer stops Morrison from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Archer wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Archer working to try and regain half guard.
Archer slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Archer wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Archer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Archer (4) vs (5) Morrison#T2#
Morrison tries to break free.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#SUB#
Archer is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Morrison knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Morrison for a finish.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Archer really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Morrison.#SUB#
Archer working for a choke but Morrison is defending well.
Archer controlling well, preventing Morrison from escaping the position. #T3#
Morrison breaks Archer's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Archer (4) vs (7) Morrison
Archer lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Archer (6) vs (7) Morrison
Archer trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Morrison working for a triangle but Archer defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison being controlled here, momentarily. #T4##SUB2#
Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Archer passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Archer (9) vs (7) Morrison#SUB#
Archer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #SUB#
Archer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T5#
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison trying his best to control but Archer has mounted him.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Archer (11) vs (7) Morrison
Archer wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Archer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #T6#
Morrison has given up his back. Will we see Archer going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Archer (14) vs (7) Morrison#SUB#
Morrison tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Archer has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Morrison is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Able Archer!
Able Archer decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: TWGC 30 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Jul 09, 2020





172 cm
38 yrs
135 lbs



182 cm
42 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Shepherd Bushiri! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 32 wins and 16 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#TD2#
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Bushiri (0) vs (2) Morrison
Bushiri is controlling Morrison's trapped leg to prevent Morrison from advancing to side control.
Bushiri's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bushiri is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB2#
Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Morrison prevents Bushiri from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Morrison is looking for a kimura here. #T1#
Bushiri is trying to control but can't.
Morrison trying to control the pace.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Bushiri won't allow it.
Bushiri trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up. #SUB2#
Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bushiri sees it coming and defends easily.#T2#
Morrison is looking to advance position but Bushiri won't allow it.
Bushiri is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Morrison passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Bushiri (0) vs (5) Morrison
Morrison fails to advance to Bushiri's back.
Morrison tries to take his opponent's back but Bushiri turns with him and manages to move into guard on the top. Nice work.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Bushiri (2) vs (5) Morrison
Bushiri trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Bushiri sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bushiri trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Bushiri stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T4#
Bushiri is working hard here to advance position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Bushiri (2) vs (7) Morrison
Bushiri working a defensive guard here.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Bushiri keeps moving.
Bushiri is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Bushiri wants to sweep but no luck. #T5#
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Bushiri is retaining full guard.
Bushiri looking to control.
Bushiri keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bushiri is keeping the position for now. #SUB#
Bushiri is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Bushiri is keeping the position.#T6#
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Bushiri (2) vs (10) Morrison
Bushiri is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Bushiri's legs.
Bushiri seems a little lost for a moment, as Morrison dominates the positioning.
Bushiri can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Bushiri is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#T7#
You can see the frustration on Bushiri's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bushiri regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morrison's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Bushiri is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Bushiri is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Bushiri (2) vs (13) Morrison#T8#
Morrison seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Bushiri is holding on tight.
Bushiri is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Bushiri is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Morrison controlling from the full mount.
Morrison trying to control but Bushiri is having none of it. #T9##SUB2#
Morrison is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Bushiri to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Bushiri shrugs it off.
Bushiri is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Morrison sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison trying to control but Bushiri is having none of it. #T10#
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Bushiri stops Morrison from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Bushiri slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Bushiri is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt. #T11#
Morrison is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bushiri tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Bushiri won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Bushiri is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T12#
Morrison is keen to just control but Bushiri is a slippery customer.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Bushiri wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #SUB2#
Bushiri is trying to control Morrison's posture. Morrison takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Bushiri! Morrison is rotating here... this could be the end... Bushiri is out! Morrison has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 13:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). David Morrison!
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: CACC 94     
Date:   May 30, 2020





160 cm
41 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
42 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 8 losses; Kron Silva! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 32 wins and 15 losses; David Morrison!

Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#TD#
Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morrison's half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (0) Morrison
Silva prevents Morrison from improving his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.#SUB2#
Morrison actively working from the bottom here.
Silva is controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well. #T1#
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison is trying to keep Silva in close.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (2) Morrison#T2#
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (4) vs (2) Morrison#SUB2#
Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Morrison won't allow Silva to pass to mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#T3#
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Silva trying to control from Morrison's half guard. Morrison has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Silva haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.#T4#
Morrison seems keen to control Silva's posture.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morrison wants to control the position but Silva says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. #T5#
Silva wants to pass to mount but Morrison is defending the position.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #T6##SUB2#
Morrison has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#SUB2#
Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into half guard.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.#T7#
Morrison is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Morrison trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up. #T8#
Morrison is looking to get back to full guard here but Silva has managed to pass to side control instead.
Score +3 for passing guard: Silva (7) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison is trying to escape the position but Silva is controlling the position.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A lull in the action here as Silva stalls from top position.
We've been hearing good reports from Silva'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.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.#T9#
Silva trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here. #T10#
Silva trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
Morrison is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control. #T11#
Silva trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.
Silva content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #T12#
Silva working away.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Silva trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Silva content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. #T13#
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison is not content to let Silva control the position.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.#T14#
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Silva takes the fight on points by 7 to 2.
A less than humble Kron Silva misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

 

Event: CACC 87     
Date:   May 10, 2020

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1602 p4p, 191 weight class) and Roman Boesku (ranked 4019 p4p, 371 weight class). Morrison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
41 yrs
146 lbs



170 cm
30 yrs
158 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 31 wins and 15 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 3 losses; Roman Boesku!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Morrison drives through with a takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Boesku
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Boesku has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison trying to mount his opponent but Boesku defends it.
Boesku is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Boesku is working away.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Boesku won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Boesku's thigh. Boesku counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Boesku keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boesku has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Boesku is keeping the position.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Boesku is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Boesku

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boesku is trying to escape the mount.
Morrison avoids the attempt from Boesku to control.

Morrison working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Morrison tries to control but Boesku wriggling away.
Boesku regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Boesku's legs.
Boesku is looking for a sweep.
Boesku is being controlled here.
Boesku looks to move to half guard but instead Morrison has passed into mount! Damn!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (10) vs (0) Boesku

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Boesku is looking to escape.
Boesku is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Boesku keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to control but Boesku wriggling away.
Morrison is looking to work his way around to Boesku's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison works his way to his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (0) Boesku

Morrison working for the choke.

Morrison looking for the choke but no joy.
Morrison is trying to control but Boesku is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Morrison controlling from mount.
Morrison with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Boesku is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison takes Boesku's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Boesku is in trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (16) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku tries to escape the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Morrison's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Morrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Morrison is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Boesku has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Morrison is looking for the choke from the back position but Boesku is controlling his hands well.
Morrison looking to hold on to the position here but Boesku rolls and ends up regaining guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Boesku trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (19) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison's best efforts.
Morrison is looking to stall here but Boesku recovers full guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Boesku keeps moving.
Boesku can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Boesku is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison moves into full mount! Boesku won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (22) vs (0) Boesku
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Boesku is looking to escape.
Morrison is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Boesku is in real trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (25) vs (0) Boesku
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Morrison's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Boesku preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Morrison.
Boesku tries to escape the position.

Boesku preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Morrison.
Morrison struggling to keep hold of the position.

Boesku is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison avoiding Boesku 's attempts to control his hands.
Morrison keeps control of the position as Boesku tries to break free.
Morrison trying to control.

Morrison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Boesku has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Boesku preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Morrison.
Boesku rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Boesku is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control the action but Boesku is working from the bottom.
Morrison prevents Boesku from improving his position.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Boesku does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boesku makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Boesku.

Boesku is looking for a triangle here but Morrison uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (28) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku looks to move to half guard but instead Morrison has passed into mount! Damn!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (30) vs (0) Boesku

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Boesku wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison manages to capitalize on a mistake by Boesku to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (33) vs (0) Boesku
Boesku is keeping busy.
I really don't envy Boesku right now.
Morrison trying to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Boesku preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Morrison.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 33 to 0.
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

 

Event: TWGC 29 (170lbs, D1): New York Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Apr 18, 2020

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1559 p4p, 177 weight class) and Masa Wasa (ranked 1806 p4p, 99 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Diary of a Madman. Wasa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome To The Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Masa Wasa has the eye of the tiger tonight.




182 cm
41 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
43 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 31 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 29 wins and 18 losses; Masa Wasa!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Morrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wasa's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Wasa
Wasa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wasa keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control but Wasa is working from the bottom.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Wasa is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wasa looking for subs off his back but Morrison has passed one foot through into half guard.
Wasa is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is thwarting Wasa's attempts to control the position.
Wasa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison pushing down on Wasa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wasa felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Wasa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Wasa is keeping the position.
Morrison 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wasa has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Wasa
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morrison trying to control the position but Wasa is working away.
A lull in the action here.

Morrison swings around for an armbar but Wasa sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (5) vs (2) Wasa

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa postures up.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Wasa controlling him for the moment.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison is adopting a defensive guard.
Wasa looking to pass the guard.

Morrison is looking for a triangle but Wasa pushes his legs off easily.
Wasa content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasa looking to pass the guard.

Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Wasa defends easily.
Wasa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Morrison is not content to let Wasa control the position.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wasa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wasa's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (9) vs (2) Wasa
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wasa tries to break free.

Morrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Wasa defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Morrison doesn't have the hooks in and Wasa manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (9) vs (4) Wasa
Wasa advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (7) Wasa
Wasa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to buck Wasa off but Wasa is having none of it.
Morrison manages to get back to half guard.
Morrison gets full guard.
Wasa trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Wasa has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (10) Wasa
Morrison prevents Wasa from moving into mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Wasa controlling the position.
Morrison is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Wasa is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (9) vs (12) Wasa
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wasa looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wasa slows the pace down in half guard.
Morrison is in trouble now - Wasa has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (15) Wasa
Wasa looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Wasa is controlling well.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.

Wasa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morrison defends it well.
Well, if Wasa is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Wasa is controlling well.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control here.
Wasa works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (18) Wasa
Morrison is not content to let Wasa control the position.
Morrison gets back to half guard.

Wasa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Wasa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Wasa has control of the leg.
Wasa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wasa is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Morrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wasa pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pressing down on Wasa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wasa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.

Morrison has his foot on Wasa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wasa works his way back into a safe position though.
Wasa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wasa advances to half guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Wasa sits in half guard.
Wasa works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (21) Wasa
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wasa trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Morrison is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Wasa jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (24) Wasa

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Wasa wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Wasa taking a break here but Morrison is having none of it and regains half guard.
Morrison is not content to let Wasa control the position.
Wasa is looking to advance position but Morrison won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wasa content to control rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wasa wins on points by 24 to 9.
A relieved looking Masa Wasa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: TWGC 29 (170lbs, D1): New York Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Apr 17, 2020

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Tribbiani Joey (ranked 17073 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1548 p4p, 178 weight class). Morrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Diary of a Madman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




173 cm
37 yrs
153 lbs



182 cm
41 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 11 losses; Tribbiani Joey! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Joey was covering up waiting for the punch and Morrison finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Joey (0) vs (2) Morrison
Joey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Joey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison pushing down on Joey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Joey won't allow it.
Joey has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Joey gets back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Joey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrison is aware though and is defending well.
Joey seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Joey keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Joey is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison stands and throws Joey's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Joey (0) vs (5) Morrison
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joey sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Joey wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Joey (0) vs (8) Morrison
Joey is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morrison trying to control the position but Joey is working away.
Joey sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Joey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Morrison is trying to work for a kimura but Joey is defending well.
Joey trying to control here.
Joey wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Joey is having none of it.

Joey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Joey wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Joey is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Joey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Morrison is controlling the pace.
Joey gets full guard.
Joey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Joey tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joey seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Joey keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Joey looking to control.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Joey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Joey.
Morrison pushing down on Joey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Joey holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Joey is defending well.
Joey wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Joey is defending well.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Joey tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Joey is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Joey (4) vs (8) Morrison

Joey has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Morrison has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Joey tightening his grip on Morrison, looking for the choke.
Morrison turns into Joey and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Joey (4) vs (10) Morrison
Joey wants to hit a sweep here but Morrison passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Joey there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Joey (4) vs (13) Morrison
Morrison controlling his opponent.
Joey is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Joey gets back to half guard.
Joey is trying is best to control the position here.
Morrison trying to mount his opponent but Joey defends it.
Joey is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Joey (8) vs (13) Morrison
Morrison is in bad spot here.

Joey looking for the choke but no joy.

Joey working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison prevents Joey from getting a body triangle.
Morrison is really stuck here.

Joey has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Joey is looking to control Morrison but Morrison is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Joey avoiding Morrison 's attempts to control his hands.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Morrison defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Joey's arms.
Joey controlling from the back.
A lull in the action here.
Morrison tries to break free.
Joey doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Joey (8) vs (15) Morrison

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Joey pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Joey keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joey is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Joey (10) vs (15) Morrison
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Joey from controlling successfully.
Joey advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Joey (13) vs (15) Morrison
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Joey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Joey thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
A lull in the action here as Joey stalls from top position.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison struggling a bit here.
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Joey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Joey's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Joey trying to advance position but Morrison counters by regaining guard.
Joey wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Morrison has an active guard here but Joey has managed to pass into half guard.
Joey is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Joey is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Still in half guard, Joey seems content to control.
Joey prevents Morrison from improving his position.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Joey postures up.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Joey has control of the leg.

Joey is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrison is just riding it out for now. Joey eventually gives up the hold.

Joey trying to work for an americana but Morrison has managed to regain full guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Joey trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joey 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.

Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Joey is aware though and is defending well.
Joey trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Joey from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 15 to 13.
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Mar 26, 2020
#R1#
Radinski throws a head kick that misses
and Morrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Radinski thinking. #TD#
Radinski tries to sprawl but Morrison drives through with a takedown into half guard.#SUB#
Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Radinski sees it coming and defends easily.
Morrison controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T1#
Morrison trying to control the pace. #SUB#
Morrison is trying to work for a kimura but Radinski is defending well.
Morrison is controlling the pace. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Radinski wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has passed into side control.#SUB#
Morrison tries for a kimura but Radinski is defending well.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet. #SUB#
Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Radinski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#SUB#
Radinski wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Morrison has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Radinski's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Radinski is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). David Morrison!
A victorious David Morrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: CACC 67     
Date:   Mar 21, 2020

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1861 p4p, 193 weight class) and Tim Anton (ranked 2793 p4p, 254 weight class). Morrison comes to the ring accompanied by Diary of a Madman. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
41 yrs
146 lbs



163 cm
30 yrs
153 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 29 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Tim Anton!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Anton shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morrison manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Anton
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Anton advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Anton wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Anton trying to advance position but Morrison counters by regaining guard.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anton's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Anton
Anton controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Anton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
Anton wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison stands and throws Anton's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (2) Anton
Morrison wants to control but Anton is keeping him busy.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison advances to full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (7) vs (2) Anton
Morrison fails to advance to Anton's back.
Morrison can't control as he wanted to and Anton manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Anton has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Anton is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison prevents Anton from improving his position.

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

Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Anton defends the submission attempt.
Anton wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morrison wants to control but Anton is keeping him busy.
Anton wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anton keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Anton trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Anton keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Anton is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (2) Anton
Morrison tries to control but Anton wriggling away.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Anton can't escape the position.
Anton is trying to escape the mount but Morrison keeps good control and instead manages to take Anton's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (2) Anton
Anton is keeping busy.

Morrison is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Anton knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Anton for a finish.

Morrison looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Anton is controlling Morrison 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (4) Anton

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Anton from controlling successfully.

Morrison has his foot on Anton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Anton works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Anton is proving a slippery customer.
Anton is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Anton has managed to sneak the leg through.
Anton is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (7) Anton
Anton wants to take his opponent's back but instead Morrison manages to regain half guard.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Anton trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Anton is proving a slippery customer.
Anton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Anton tries to pass.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Anton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Anton is still trying to improve position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Anton preventing the sweep.
Anton slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (10) Anton
Anton wants to take a breather but Morrison manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Anton.
Morrison controls Anton momentarily but Anton frees himself.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anton defends it easily.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Anton tries to pass.
Morrison looking to control.
Anton looking to pass the guard.
Anton preventing the sweep.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Anton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Anton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (10) Anton
Morrison wants to control from the top but Anton keeps moving.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is really struggling to control Anton but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Anton trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison trying to control but Anton is working from the bottom.
Anton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anton is keeping the position for now.
Anton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Anton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anton keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Anton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Anton keeps moving.
Anton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (12) Anton
Morrison keeping full guard, as Anton tries to pass.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Anton stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Anton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Anton keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anton is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Anton has managed to sneak the leg through.
Anton passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (15) vs (15) Anton
Morrison can't escape the position.
Anton wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison can't escape the position.
Anton avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.

Anton looking for a guillotine from mount but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (15) Anton
Anton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (17) Anton
Morrison keeping full guard, as Anton tries to pass.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anton is one step ahead there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anton trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anton tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Morrison gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Morrison takes the fight on points by 18 to 17.
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

 

Event: TWGC 28 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 3     
Date:   Feb 16, 2020

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1862 p4p, 193 weight class) and Able Archer (ranked 5227 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's entrance music is Diary of a Madman. A fine choice. David Morrison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.




182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs



168 cm
24 yrs
140 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Able Archer!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Archer has closed the distance and engaged Morrison in a clinch.
Archer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morrison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Archer.

Archer manages to pull guard.
Archer wants to improve his position but instead Morrison has moved into half guard.
Archer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (0) vs (4) Archer
Morrison turns into Archer and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (4) Archer
Archer keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morrison puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Archer keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison is looking to pass into half guard but Archer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Archer is in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (6) Archer
Archer's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Archer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Morrison throws his legs up looking for a submission but Archer uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (9) Archer

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is not content to let Archer control the position.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison sneaks back into half guard.
Archer performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Archer is working for a submission of some sort.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Archer defends well.
Archer tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to control.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Archer controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Archer to get to half guard.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Archer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Archer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but Archer has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (12) Archer
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison has given up his back here. Will Archer look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (2) vs (15) Archer
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Archer is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is keeping busy.
Archer is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Morrison preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Archer.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Morrison 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 Archer gets his way!
Our spies down at at Jed's Gym inform us that Archer has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Archer to control.
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Archer looking to break Morrison's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Morrison remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Archer will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Morrison trying to control the hands but Archer breaks the grip.
Archer controlling well, preventing Morrison from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison trying to control but not successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Archer working for a choke but Morrison is defending well.
Archer controls the action.
Archer keeps control of the position as Morrison tries to break free.

Morrison defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Archer's arms.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Archer is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Morrison has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Morrison trying to control the position but Archer manages to sink in the hooks.
Morrison wants to escape the position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Archer controlling the position well here. Morrison rolled but Archer kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Archer doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (15) Archer
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Archer is retaining full guard.

Archer is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Archer keeps moving.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Archer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Archer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
Morrison advances to half guard.
Archer is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is taking a breather. Archer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Archer is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (7) vs (15) Archer
Morrison trying to control but Archer is having none of it.
Archer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to take Archer's back but he can't do it this time.
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Morrison manages to capitalize on a mistake by Archer to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (10) vs (15) Archer
Morrison keeps control of the position as Archer tries to break free.

Morrison working for a choke but Archer is defending well.
Will Morrison go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.

Archer tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Morrison has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Archer is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
David Morrison is the new bantamweight champion!
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: TWGC 28 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 2     
Date:   Feb 15, 2020

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Ivan Putski (ranked 12741 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1854 p4p, 196 weight class). Putski comes to the cage accompanied by Aids . Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!




175 cm
42 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 11 losses; Ivan Putski! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 27 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Putski shoots in but no luck this time.

Morrison drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Putski (0) vs (4) Morrison
Putski holds on to Morrison's head and controls the position momentarily.

Morrison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Morrison just content to control the position.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Putski's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Putski has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Putski is looking to regain half guard here but Morrison keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Putski can't do much from the bottom here.
Putski is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Putski is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Putski's legs.
Putski tries to improve position but can't.
Morrison controls the position.
Putski is trying to improve his position.
Morrison tries to move to mount but Putski blocks the move with his legs.
Putski struggling a bit here.
Putski gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the action but Putski is working from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Morrison seems content to control.
Morrison's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Putski holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Putski is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Putski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Putski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Putski moves into full guard.

Putski has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Putski is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Putski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Putski is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Putski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Putski is keeping the position.
Putski wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Putski keeps moving.
Morrison being controlled here momentarily.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Putski is keeping the position for now.
Putski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Putski throws his legs up looking for a submission but Morrison uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Putski (0) vs (7) Morrison
You can see the frustration on Putski's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Putski tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Morrison presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Putski (0) vs (9) Morrison

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Putski slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Putski is defending the position.
Putski wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Putski won't allow it.
Putski is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Putski is working away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Putski tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Putski is working hard here to advance position.
Putski won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Putski is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to control but Putski is keeping him busy.
Morrison with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Putski is working away.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Putski haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Putski is trying to control but can't.
Morrison prevents Putski from improving his position.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Putski trying to control here.
Morrison moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Putski (0) vs (12) Morrison
Morrison trying to control the action but Putski is working from the bottom.
Morrison is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Putski's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Putski sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Putski tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Morrison frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Putski (0) vs (15) Morrison
Putski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison tries to control but Putski wriggling away.
Morrison moves to back control.
Score +3 for taking back: Putski (0) vs (18) Morrison
Well,Putski is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Morrison doesn't have the hooks in and Putski manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Putski (2) vs (18) Morrison
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.

Putski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Putski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Putski not doing much here.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Putski has control of the leg.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Putski slows the pace down in half guard.
Putski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Putski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Putski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Putski's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Putski (2) vs (22) Morrison
Putski rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Putski is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Putski is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Putski trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Putski is having none of it.
Putski is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Putski (2) vs (25) Morrison

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 25 to 2.
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Ivan Putski spoke after the fight, saying 'Ok, next time. '.

 

Event: TWGC 28 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Feb 14, 2020

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Aaron Hoyle (ranked 5768 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1852 p4p, 193 weight class). Morrison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




166 cm
26 yrs
142 lbs



182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 3 losses; Aaron Hoyle! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 26 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison shoots in and gets a takedown into Hoyle's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hoyle (0) vs (2) Morrison
Hoyle is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoyle is keeping the position for now.
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hoyle looking to control.
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hoyle working a defensive guard but Morrison passes into half guard.
Hoyle tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoyle is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the action but Hoyle is working from the bottom.
Hoyle slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hoyle keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hoyle has Morrison pulled in close to control his posture.
Hoyle is looking to sweep but instead, Morrison has passed into half guard.
Hoyle wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morrison works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Hoyle (0) vs (5) Morrison
Hoyle is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Hoyle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Hoyle is holding on tight.
Hoyle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hoyle is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Foundry, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Hoyle manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hoyle defends it well.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Hoyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison prevents Hoyle from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hoyle gets full guard.
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Hoyle (0) vs (8) Morrison
Morrison moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hoyle is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Hoyle prevents Morrison from moving into mount.
Hoyle manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hoyle (2) vs (8) Morrison

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison is not content to let Hoyle control the position.

Hoyle is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Hoyle is looking for a kimura but Morrison is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hoyle to get the leverage.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Morrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hoyle postures up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Hoyle tries to pass.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hoyle tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hoyle (2) vs (10) Morrison
Hoyle is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hoyle avoid being mounted?
Hoyle is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Hoyle is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hoyle (2) vs (13) Morrison
Hoyle sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Well, if Morrison is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Hoyle is defending well.
Hoyle moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hoyle working a defensive guard here.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Hoyle is retaining full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hoyle wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison passes Hoyle's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hoyle looking for a sweep. Not yet Hoyle, not yet.
Hoyle bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hoyle (4) vs (13) Morrison
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Hoyle wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Hoyle passes Morrison's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hoyle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hoyle is one step ahead there.
Hoyle works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Hoyle sits in half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Hoyle has control of the leg.
Hoyle wants to pass to mount but Morrison is defending the position.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hoyle won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hoyle content to stall in guard here.
Hoyle pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison won't allow Hoyle to pass to mount.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hoyle trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Morrison is looking to control Hoyle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?

Morrison looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison is staying active underneath Hoyle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Hoyle is controlling well.
Hoyle trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.

Hoyle is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hoyle is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison is staying active underneath Hoyle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison tries to roll over but Hoyle keeps him under control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 13 to 4.
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 28 (135lbs, D1): Los Angeles Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Feb 05, 2020

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1864 p4p, 192 weight class) and Antonio Brown (ranked 1936 p4p, 114 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Diary of a Madman blaring out of the sound system. Brown has chosen Michael Jackson- Don't stop til you get enough as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs



172 cm
26 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 14 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 8 losses; Antonio Brown !
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Brown on his heels. He'll look to pass Brown 's guard now, I'm sure.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Brown
Morrison wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Brown
You can see the frustration on Brown 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison takes a little break here. Brown wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Brown is trying to improve his position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison controls the position.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brown gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Brown is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.

Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison is controlling the pace.
Brown tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown gets full guard.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (5) vs (2) Brown
Brown wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (2) Brown
Brown has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Brown is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Morrison jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (10) vs (2) Brown
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison working away.
Brown is not content to let Morrison control the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to work for a sweep but Morrison has mounted him!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (12) vs (2) Brown
Brown is controlling an arm, preventing Morrison from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Brown is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Morrison is working for a guillotine from mount but Brown frees his head quite easily.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to get to half guard.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (15) vs (2) Brown
Morrison is not going to allow Brown to sit and survive in this position.
Morrison is looking to control Brown but Brown is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Morrison is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Morrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison not allowing Brown to control his hands.
Brown tries to escape the position.
Brown just trying to survive but Morrison is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Brown turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (4) Brown
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brown showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Brown drops back, looking for a kneebar! Morrison looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Morrison looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Morrison!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (19) vs (4) Brown
You can see the frustration on Brown 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morrison tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brown 's legs.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Morrison easily slips into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (21) vs (4) Brown
Brown is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brown is working to get back to half guard.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison tries to control but Brown wriggling away.

Morrison wants to finish this one by submission but Brown is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Morrison.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is trying to escape the mount.
Morrison is trying to take his opponent's back.
Brown is looking to improve his position but Morrison isn't that keen on the idea.
Morrison controlling from mount.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.
Brown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Brown is controlling an arm, preventing Morrison from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison content just to control the position here.
Brown is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Morrison has taken his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (24) vs (4) Brown

Brown is looking to escape here. Oh dear - Morrison has locked on a rear naked choke here! Brown is tapping out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: TWGC 27 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Dec 23, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1805 p4p, 194 weight class) and Rodney Holzken (ranked 15642 p4p, 473 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. The crowd seem to be enjoying Holzken's choice of entrance music: Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.




182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs



179 cm
38 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 13 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 10 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Holzken's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Holzken gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Holzken

Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Holzken defends easily.
I've been told that Holzken has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Holzken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Holzken's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Holzken has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Holzken
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.
Holzken slows the pace down.
Morrison struggling a bit here.
Morrison tries to bench press Holzken off him but Holzken keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison trying to remain calm as Holzken controls from the top position.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face as Holzken controls the position.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.
Morrison manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Holzken to get to half guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but Holzken has passed to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Holzken

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken postures up.
Holzken takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but Holzken has passed to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (11) Holzken

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Morrison wants to control but Holzken postures up.
Holzken taking a breather here.
Holzken wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to buck Holzken off but Holzken is having none of it.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Holzken content to control rather than advance.
Holzken tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morrison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Holzken is controlling well.
Morrison is pressing down on Holzken's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (11) Holzken
Morrison is looking to advance position but Holzken won't allow it.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison is thwarting Holzken's attempts to control the position.
Holzken gets back to full guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Holzken working a defensive guard here.
Holzken can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
Holzken managing to control the position.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Holzken is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Morrison is fighting to break Holzken's control of his arms but Holzken is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Holzken trying to control the position.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Holzken gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (13) Holzken

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Holzken tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Holzken is stalling in the full guard.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Holzken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Holzken has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (4) vs (16) Holzken
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Holzken wins on points by 16 to 4.
After winning the bout, Rodney Holzken thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 27 (145lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Dec 14, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Zhan Dhelan (ranked 1627 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1735 p4p, 185 weight class). Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




150 cm
28 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
40 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Zhan Dhelan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 13 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Morrison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Dhelan (0) vs (2) Morrison
Dhelan trying to control but Morrison postures up.

Dhelan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dhelan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dhelan is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Dhelan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dhelan is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Dhelan (2) vs (2) Morrison
Dhelan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dhelan stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.

Dhelan has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Morrison to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Dhelan is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Morrison pulls down on the head and he's put Dhelan to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). David Morrison!
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: CACC 13     
Date:   Nov 02, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1661 p4p, 185 weight class) and Matvey Pavlov (ranked 1323 p4p, 141 weight class). Morrison comes to the ring accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Pavlov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! David Morrison had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business




182 cm
39 yrs
146 lbs



166 cm
28 yrs
149 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 12 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 12 losses; Matvey Pavlov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Pavlov is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morrison's half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Pavlov
Pavlov is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Pavlov slows the pace down in half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Pavlov content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Pavlov has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlov stalling.
Morrison's coaches at Mello MMA have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Pavlov wants to pass to mount but Morrison is defending the position.
Morrison trying to control here.
Well, if Pavlov is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Pavlov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pavlov is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.
Pavlov is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Pavlov trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Pavlov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
It looks like Pavlov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Pavlov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pavlov trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Pavlov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pavlov is controlling the pace.
Morrison is looking to control Pavlov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Pavlov is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pavlov in particular looking to stall.
Pavlov works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (5) Pavlov

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Pavlov has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pavlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Pavlov maintains control.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Pavlov's attempts to control the action.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Pavlov isn't that keen on the idea.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov controlling the pace for now.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Pavlov has a good base and remains in mount.
Pavlov controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Pavlov 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.
Pavlov wants to control but Morrison has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Pavlov trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov controlling the action here.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Pavlov seems content to control.
Morrison is not content to let Pavlov control the position.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pavlov is working away from the top position though.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Pavlov wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Pavlov has control of the leg.
Morrison is staying active underneath Pavlov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Pavlov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Pavlov has control of the leg.
Pavlov is controlling the pace.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Pavlov seems content to control.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Pavlov is controlling well.
Pavlov perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Pavlov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is in trouble now - Pavlov has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (8) Pavlov
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pavlov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison wants to control but Pavlov is having none of it.
Pavlov controlling the pace for now.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Pavlov's attempts to control the action.
Pavlov content just to control the position here.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pavlov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pavlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov controlling the pace for now.
Pavlov trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Pavlov wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov controlling from mount.
Pavlov is continuing to stall.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov controlling from the full mount.
Pavlov wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Pavlov trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavlov wins on points by 8 to 0.
During a confident post fight interview, Matvey Pavlov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: TWGC 26 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Oct 18, 2019

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1644 p4p, 189 weight class) and Masa Wasa (ranked 1883 p4p, 109 weight class). Morrison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Diary of a Madman. Wasa has chosen Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that David Morrison has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily David Morrison seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?




182 cm
39 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
41 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 18 wins and 14 losses; Masa Wasa!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Wasa has a takedown stuffed.

Wasa looking to score a takedown here. Morrison is defending well but Wasa drives through and ends up in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Wasa
Wasa stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Wasa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wasa preventing the sweep.

Morrison working for a triangle but Wasa defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasa looking to pass the guard.
Wasa trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wasa manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Wasa
Wasa keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Wasa keeps moving.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Wasa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (4) Wasa
Wasa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wasa passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (7) Wasa
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Wasa maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wasa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wasa controlling from the full mount.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasa trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.

Wasa is working for a guillotine from mount but Morrison frees his head quite easily.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wasa trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison is working to get back to half guard.
Wasa tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to roll over but Wasa keeps him under control.
Wasa trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Wasa sits in half guard.

Wasa is looking for a kimura here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Wasa has control of the leg.
Wasa wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Wasa trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Wasa wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is taking a breather. Morrison says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Morrison trying to control but Wasa postures up.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Wasa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (10) Wasa
Wasa wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Wasa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison wants to sweep but Wasa has passed to side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (13) Wasa
Morrison is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Well, if Wasa is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Wasa is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wasa trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Wasa has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wasa wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.

Morrison actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Wasa is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Wasa wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Wasa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Wasa is looking to advance position but Morrison won't allow it.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Wasa is controlling well.
Wasa controlling the pace.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison manages to get to full guard.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Wasa wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Wasa won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wasa is one step ahead there.
Wasa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wasa trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wasa passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Wasa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison won't allow Wasa to pass to mount.
Morrison is pressing down on Wasa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison being controlled here, momentarily.
Wasa won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Wasa trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Morrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wasa tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Wasa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wasa wins on points by 13 to 2.
A relieved looking Masa Wasa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: TWGC 26 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Oct 17, 2019

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Ramon Gracie (ranked 143 p4p, 20 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1641 p4p, 189 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jiu Jitsu: Vai Finaliza!. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!




180 cm
37 yrs
169 lbs



182 cm
39 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Ramon Gracie! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 23 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Gracie closes the distance and pushes Morrison back into the cage.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morrison avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Morrison has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Morrison lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Gracie (0) vs (2) Morrison
Gracie wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gracie (4) vs (2) Morrison
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison rolls, trying to escape but Gracie keeps control of the position.
Morrison wants to control his opponent's hands but Gracie gets his hands free.
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Morrison doesn't escape.
Gracie is trying to stick to Morrison's back but Morrison is turning into Gracie. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gracie's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gracie (4) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morrison is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morrison advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morrison in particular looking to stall.
Let's hope that Morrison 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.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gracie (6) vs (4) Morrison
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie is stalling in the full guard.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gracie (6) vs (6) Morrison
Gracie wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie managing to control the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to hit a switch here but Morrison passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gracie there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Gracie (6) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Morrison's lack of action.
Gracie makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gracie.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Gracie controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Gracie is looking to sweep but instead, Morrison has passed into half guard.
Gracie is not content to let Morrison control the position.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Morrison is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position.
Morrison trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie keeping control of the position.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.

Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Gracie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Morrison is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Gracie (6) vs (12) Morrison

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Morrison passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Gracie (6) vs (15) Morrison

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves to the back.
Score +3 for taking back: Gracie (6) vs (18) Morrison
Morrison tries to keep control of the position but Gracie is staying busy.
Gracie wants to escape the position.

Gracie fending off the submission attempt from Morrison.
Gracie tries to roll but Morrison sticks to his back.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison avoiding Gracie 's attempts to control his hands.
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Morrison controls the action.

Gracie preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Morrison.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison has the hooks in. Gracie is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 18 to 6.
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Aug 15, 2019
#R1#
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Morrison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson dives in for a single leg takedown but Morrison sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Johnson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morrison sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
David Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jrayden Johnson.
Morrison scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morrison is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Morrison shuts the power down on Johnson. Lights out, game over! Morrison is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Morrison!
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): Finals - Round 3     
Date:   Aug 06, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Lin Shui (ranked 16745 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1962 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.




165 cm
34 yrs
149 lbs



182 cm
38 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 5 losses; Lin Shui! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 22 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Chris Edwards.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison drives through with a takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Shui (0) vs (2) Morrison
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Shui (0) vs (5) Morrison
Shui tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison trying to control the position but Shui is working away.
Shui sneaks back into half guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Shui won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shui controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shui is looking to improve his position.
Well, if Morrison is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've been hearing good reports from Shui'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.
Shui wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shui is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Shui controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Morrison is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Shui is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shui keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shui keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Shui pulls Morrison in close to his closed guard and prevents Morrison from doing any damage or advancing position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shui is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shui (2) vs (5) Morrison
Shui stays in close to Morrison's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Shui wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Shui stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison pulls Shui in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shui (2) vs (7) Morrison
Shui keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to advance position but Shui counters by regaining guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Shui keeps moving.
Morrison is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morrison passes Shui's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Shui is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Shui is working away.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shui has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Morrison uses his free foot to push down on Shui's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Shui.
Score +3 for passing guard: Shui (2) vs (10) Morrison

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shui is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shui bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shui (4) vs (10) Morrison

Shui avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shui manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shui (4) vs (12) Morrison
Shui keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shui trying to control the position.
Morrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shui's guard.
Shui is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shui defends it well.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Shui (4) vs (15) Morrison
Morrison gets to mount! Shui was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Shui (4) vs (17) Morrison
Morrison wants to control the pace but Shui is squirming around nicely.
Morrison moves to the back.
Score +3 for taking back: Shui (4) vs (20) Morrison
Morrison controlling well, preventing Shui from escaping the position.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Morrison looking for the choke from the back.
Shui is keeping busy.

Morrison patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Morrison tightening his grip on Shui, looking for the choke.
I really don't envy Shui right now.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.

Morrison tightening his grip on Shui, looking for the choke.
Morrison is hanging on to Shui's back as he tries to escape.
Shui tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Shui regains half guard.
Shui wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Shui defends it.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is keen to just control but Shui is a slippery customer.
Shui might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Shui is defending the position.
Morrison is keen to just control but Shui is a slippery customer.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Morrison is thwarting Shui's attempts to control the position.
Morrison looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Shui is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Shui tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Morrison has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Shui (4) vs (23) Morrison

Morrison has hold of Shui's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Shui manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Morrison prevents Shui from getting the reversal.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Shui is controlling an arm, preventing Morrison from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Shui really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Morrison is working for a guillotine from mount but Shui frees his head quite easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shui is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 23 to 4.
David Morrison is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): Finals - Round 2     
Date:   Aug 05, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Rustam Shakhbulatov (ranked 888 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1963 p4p, 0 weight class). Shakhbulatov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sabina Saidova - Dagestan. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




178 cm
34 yrs
170 lbs



182 cm
38 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Rustam Shakhbulatov! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 21 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Glass.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Shakhbulatov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morrison.

Shakhbulatov moves into the clinch successfully.
Shakhbulatov can't get the takedown.
Shakhbulatov can't get the takedown.
Morrison wants a takedown but no success here.
Shakhbulatov is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rustam Shakhbulatov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morrison wants a takedown.
Morrison is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Shakhbulatov manages to get underhooks.

Shakhbulatov works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Shakhbulatov (2) vs (0) Morrison

Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Shakhbulatov defends easily.

Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shakhbulatov is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shakhbulatov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Shakhbulatov trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Shakhbulatov pushing down on Morrison's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison tries to roll over but Shakhbulatov keeps him under control.
Shakhbulatov controlling the action here.
Shakhbulatov passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Shakhbulatov (5) vs (0) Morrison

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison regains half guard.
Shakhbulatov trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Shakhbulatov is controlling well.

Shakhbulatov is trying to work for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Shakhbulatov seems content to control.
Shakhbulatov is thwarting Morrison's attempts to control the position.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shakhbulatov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shakhbulatov's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Shakhbulatov (5) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shakhbulatov is in bad spot here.

Morrison patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Morrison biding his time, looking for the opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shakhbulatov (7) vs (4) Morrison
Shakhbulatov looking to pass the guard.
Shakhbulatov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shakhbulatov's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shakhbulatov (7) vs (6) Morrison
Shakhbulatov looking to control.
Morrison is pushing down on Shakhbulatov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Shakhbulatov is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Shakhbulatov is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Shakhbulatov tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shakhbulatov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shakhbulatov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Shakhbulatov tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Morrison controlling the action here.
It looks like Morrison might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Morrison is pressing down on Shakhbulatov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Shakhbulatov is holding on for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Shakhbulatov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Shakhbulatov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Shakhbulatov is looking to improve his position.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shakhbulatov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shakhbulatov wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov manages to get to full guard.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Shakhbulatov (7) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Shakhbulatov's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Shakhbulatov seems a little lost for a moment, as Morrison dominates the positioning.
Shakhbulatov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shakhbulatov (9) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shakhbulatov trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shakhbulatov preventing the sweep.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shakhbulatov is one step ahead there.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Shakhbulatov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shakhbulatov's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shakhbulatov (9) vs (11) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shakhbulatov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Shakhbulatov (9) vs (14) Morrison
Shakhbulatov is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison takes a little break here. Shakhbulatov wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Shakhbulatov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Shakhbulatov gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morrison moves nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Shakhbulatov (9) vs (17) Morrison

Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.
Morrison just content to control the position.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is continuing to stall.
Shakhbulatov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Shakhbulatov is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shakhbulatov keeps working.
Shakhbulatov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shakhbulatov seems a little lost for a moment, as Morrison dominates the positioning.

Morrison working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 17 to 9.
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Aug 04, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1966 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Jennings (ranked 3478 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's entrance music is Diary of a Madman. A fine choice. David Morrison has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.




182 cm
38 yrs
146 lbs



176 cm
24 yrs
145 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 5 losses; Joe Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Jennings. Jennings gets slowly back to his feet.
Jennings fails with a takedown attempt.

Morrison changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jennings looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (4) vs (0) Jennings
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (6) vs (0) Jennings
Jennings felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Morrison tries to control but Jennings wriggling away.
Jennings is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jennings prevents Morrison from taking his back.
Jennings is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Jennings is having none of it.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jennings is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison controlling from the full mount.
Jennings really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves to back control.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (9) vs (0) Jennings

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jennings wants to escape the position.

Morrison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Jennings trying to control the hands but Morrison won't let him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jennings is really stuck here.
Morrison not allowing Jennings to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Jennings's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Morrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Morrison controls the action.
Morrison has the hooks in. Jennings is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison is not going to allow Jennings to sit and survive in this position.
Jennings is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Morrison is staying active.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings staying busy and making it hard for Morrison to control.
I really don't envy Jennings right now.

Morrison sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Jennings taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Jul 27, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Neo Nova (ranked 1325 p4p, 184 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1953 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




186 cm
24 yrs
178 lbs



182 cm
38 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Neo Nova! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Morrison darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Nova (0) vs (2) Morrison
Nova wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Nova won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.

Nova is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.

Nova is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nova is looking to improve his position.

Nova looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nova is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to mount his opponent but Nova defends it.
Nova is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Nova actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Nova is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nova is trying to control but can't.
Nova is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nova is trying to control but can't.

Nova looking for submissions off his back.

Nova actively working from the bottom here.
Nova is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nova wants to get back to full guard.

Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Nova is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nova manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Nova isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morrison stacks Nova on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Nova (0) vs (5) Morrison
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nova struggling a bit here.

Morrison tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nova is trying to escape the position but Morrison is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nova is trying to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control the position but Nova is working away.
Nova tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Morrison tries for a kimura but Nova is defending well.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Nova is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Nova tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but Nova denies him.
Morrison trying to control the action but Nova is working from the bottom.
Nova is looking for a sweep.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Nova wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Morrison has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Nova's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Nova is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). David Morrison!
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Jul 26, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1942 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 1467 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Diary of a Madman blaring out of the sound system. Aziz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!




182 cm
38 yrs
146 lbs



177 cm
31 yrs
158 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 18 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Jalaluddin Aziz!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison gets the takedown into side control.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (4) vs (0) Aziz
Aziz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aziz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Aziz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison 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.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Aziz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison pushing down on Aziz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aziz is pressing down on Morrison's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Aziz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrison is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Aziz working a defensive guard here.

Aziz is looking for a triangle but Morrison pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aziz wants to sweep but no luck.

Aziz has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Morrison is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Aziz.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (7) vs (0) Aziz
Morrison moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (9) vs (0) Aziz
Aziz wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morrison is stalling here but it's allowed Aziz to get half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aziz is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aziz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Aziz wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aziz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aziz is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aziz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Aziz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (9) vs (2) Aziz
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aziz is one step ahead there.

Aziz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aziz wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Aziz trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aziz defends it easily.
Aziz forces his way into half guard.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Aziz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Aziz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrison is just riding it out for now. Aziz eventually gives up the hold.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Aziz has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Aziz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Morrison doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aziz.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Aziz has control of the leg.
Morrison won't allow Aziz to pass to mount.
Morrison trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Aziz has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (5) Aziz

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Aziz maintains control.
Aziz is looking to work his way around to Morrison's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Aziz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Aziz wants to finish this one by submission but Morrison is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Aziz.
Morrison stops Aziz from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison regains half guard.
Aziz wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.

Aziz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morrison sees it coming and defends easily.
Aziz is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Aziz is working for a kimura but Morrison is defending it quite comfortably.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Aziz wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Aziz is controlling well.
Morrison moves into full guard.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aziz's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (5) Aziz
Morrison wants to control from the top but Aziz keeps moving.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.

Aziz working for a triangle but Morrison defends it easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Aziz working a defensive guard here.
Aziz looking for a sweep. Not yet Aziz, not yet.
Aziz pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Aziz is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison passes Aziz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Aziz wants to get back to full guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pressing down on Aziz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Aziz is holding on for now.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (14) vs (5) Aziz
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Aziz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aziz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Morrison in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Aziz tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Morrison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Morrison!
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: ADWGC Sydney     
Date:   Mar 24, 2019

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1933 p4p, 103 weight class) and Mr Ward (ranked 4657 p4p, 221 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Diary of a Madman blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
37 yrs
146 lbs



165 cm
38 yrs
143 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 12 losses; Mr Ward!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Ward tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morrison swivels and escapes.
Ward tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrison defends well and Ward ends up having to push Morrison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Morrison tries to counter with a takedown but Ward is quick to defend against it.
Ward closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morrison circles away.
David Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Ward.

Morrison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Ward

Morrison is looking for a kimura here.
Morrison is keen to just control but Ward is a slippery customer.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Ward is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is thwarting Ward's attempts to control the position.
Ward is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ward!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Ward
Ward tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morrison controlling from mount.
Morrison pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Ward tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ward tries to reverse the position but Morrison maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ward is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Ward gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison works his foot free and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (0) Ward
Ward stops Morrison from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Ward keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but Ward doesn't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ward is trying to reverse the position but instead Morrison has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (11) vs (0) Ward
Ward turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (2) Ward
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Ward tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morrison working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Ward has passed into half guard!
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ward uses his free foot to push down on Morrison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morrison.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (5) Ward

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.

Ward goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Morrison turns into him and now he's in Ward's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (5) Ward
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ward is keeping the position for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Ward has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Morrison is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ward.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (16) vs (5) Ward
Ward tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ward regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morrison's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Ward slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
Ward has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Steel's Grappling Penn. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Ward keeps moving.
Morrison 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.
Ward wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Ward gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (16) vs (7) Ward

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ward advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (16) vs (10) Ward
Morrison prevents Ward from moving into mount.
Ward passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Morrison!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (16) vs (12) Ward
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.

Ward looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ward manages to capitalize on a mistake by Morrison to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (16) vs (15) Ward
Morrison trying to control but not successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ward trying to control.
Morrison tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Ward is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Morrison has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Morrison!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (18) vs (15) Ward
Morrison wants to control from the top but Ward keeps moving.

Ward looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Morrison trying to control but Ward is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison advances to half guard.
Morrison prevents Ward from improving his position.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Ward is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Ward looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ward wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (21) vs (15) Ward

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Ward is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Ward is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ward wants to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison happy to just control the position for now.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but Ward instead regains half guard.
Ward is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ward avoid being mounted?
Ward is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison works his foot free and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (24) vs (15) Ward
Ward wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (27) vs (15) Ward

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Ward wants to escape the position.
Morrison is trying to stick to Ward's back but Ward is turning into Morrison. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morrison's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ward.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (27) vs (17) Ward
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Ward works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ward won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ward trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Ward trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Ward tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Ward is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Ward has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ward prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Ward advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Ward seems to be looking for submissions.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Ward sits in half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Ward is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Ward drops back, looking for a kneebar! Morrison looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Morrison looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Morrison!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (31) vs (17) Ward
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ward tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 31 to 17.
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: ADWGC 9     
Date:   Mar 15, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1903 p4p, 192 weight class) and The Steel Penn (ranked 3668 p4p, 325 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Diary of a Madman blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as The Steel Penn enters the cage!




182 cm
36 yrs
146 lbs



155 cm
39 yrs
143 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 10 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 8 losses; The Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Steel Penn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Steel Penn.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Steel Penn
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Steel Penn from controlling successfully.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Steel Penn defends it easily.
Steel Penn is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Steel Penn is aware though and is defending well.
Steel Penn passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (5) Steel Penn
Morrison seems a little lost for a moment, as Steel Penn dominates the positioning.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here.
Steel Penn taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is not content to let Steel Penn control the position.
Morrison wants to control but Steel Penn postures up.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Steel Penn is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morrison has escaped the position, nice work there.
Steel Penn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Morrison is looking to regain half guard here but Steel Penn keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn tries to advance to mount but can't.
Steel Penn trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
Morrison prevents Steel Penn from improving position.

Steel Penn working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Morrison tries to buck Steel Penn off but Steel Penn is having none of it.

Steel Penn in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Morrison is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). The Steel Penn!
A relieved looking The Steel Penn thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: ADWGC NY     
Date:   Mar 01, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Kron Silva (ranked 1061 p4p, 114 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1889 p4p, 188 weight class). Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.




160 cm
36 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
36 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 3 losses; Kron Silva! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 16 wins and 10 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Morrison scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Silva (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison postures up.
Silva is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
We've been hearing good reports from Silva'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.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva trying to move into half guard but instead Morrison has managed to sweep!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (4) Morrison
Silva keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (4) vs (4) Morrison

Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Silva has gone for a leg lock! Morrison slips out almost immediately though and dives into Silva's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (4) vs (6) Morrison
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position here.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva trying to control the position.
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Morrison trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his hands on Morrison's head, controlling the position.
Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva is controlling Morrison's posture.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Silva wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Silva continues to stall.
Morrison trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (6) vs (6) Morrison

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Silva content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Morrison has locked up a guillotine! Morrison's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Silva is holding on here and Morrison must be using up a lot of energy. Silva has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Morrison gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). David Morrison!
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: ADWGC 4     
Date:   Feb 24, 2019

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Bjj Steel Penn (ranked 20463 p4p, 430 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 1896 p4p, 185 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morrison's choice of entrance music: Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




150 cm
25 yrs
157 lbs



182 cm
36 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 4 losses; Bjj Steel Penn! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 10 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Morrison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison prevents Steel Penn from improving his position.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (5) Morrison
Steel Penn regains half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison prevents Steel Penn from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Steel Penn is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.

Morrison seems to be looking for submissions.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Steel Penn is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is trying to control. Steel Penn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Steel Penn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Steel Penn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Steel Penn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pushing down on Steel Penn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Steel Penn is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.

Steel Penn actively working from the bottom here.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Steel Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Steel Penn trying to control but Morrison postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison prevents Steel Penn from improving his position.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Steel Penn is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Steel Penn is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morrison is looking for a kimura here.
Steel Penn wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Steel Penn looking for submissions off his back.
Steel Penn is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Morrison is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Steel Penn has managed to free his arm - good work.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Steel Penn is working away.

Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morrison working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Steel Penn's thigh. Steel Penn counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Morrison got a little sloppy there for a moment and Steel Penn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morrison has managed to get both his arms back between Steel Penn's legs - danger averted.
Steel Penn is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.

Steel Penn working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison to get to half guard.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Steel Penn is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn is looking to improve his position.
Steel Penn is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (8) Morrison
Morrison wants to control but Steel Penn is keeping him busy.
Steel Penn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Steel Penn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Morrison prevents Steel Penn from improving his position.
Steel Penn won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.

Steel Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Steel Penn won't allow it.
Morrison is controlling the pace.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn works his way to full guard. Good work.

Steel Penn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Steel Penn working a defensive guard here.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison pushes down on Steel Penn's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Steel Penn gets back to full guard.
Morrison pushes down on Steel Penn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Steel Penn is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control but Steel Penn is keeping him busy.
Morrison content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Steel Penn is looking to improve his position.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Steel Penn is defending well.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (11) Morrison
Steel Penn is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Steel Penn moves into full guard.
Morrison stands and throws Steel Penn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (14) Morrison
Steel Penn regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morrison's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Steel Penn is working away.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Steel Penn (0) vs (17) Morrison
Morrison seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Steel Penn is holding on tight.
Steel Penn is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Steel Penn is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Steel Penn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Morrison seems to be working for a kimura but Steel Penn defends the submission attempt.
Steel Penn tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Steel Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 17 to 0.
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Feb 13, 2019
#R1#
Morrison cracks Kotrc with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kotrc walks into a left hand.
Kotrc on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.#TD2#
Kotrc shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.#SUB#
Morrison is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kotrc has his hands clasped together but Morrison extends and breaks Kotrc's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Morrison.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: TWGC 24 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Jan 29, 2019

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2181 p4p, 254 weight class) and David Morrison Jr. (ranked 2221 p4p, 260 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Morrison Jr. is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Face The Pain. David Morrison Jr. acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.




182 cm
36 yrs
146 lbs



182 cm
26 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 9 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 5 losses; David Morrison Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison Jr. stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morrison Jr. wants it to stay on the feet.
Morrison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morrison Jr..
Morrison Jr. fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Morrison Jr. sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrison Jr. leaves Morrison with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morrison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (4) vs (0) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries to bench press Morrison off him but Morrison keeps the position.
Morrison slows the pace down.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Morrison postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morrison Jr. is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morrison Jr. tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison Jr. has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morrison wants to control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison Jr. is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison happy to just control the position for now.
Morrison Jr. tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison Jr. is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Morrison off and has taken his back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (4) vs (4) Morrison Jr.

Morrison Jr. is persistently looking for the submission but Morrison is defending it well.
Morrison Jr. doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Morrison Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.

Morrison Jr. has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.

Morrison Jr. throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Morrison Jr. escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Morrison Jr. is working from the bottom.
Morrison 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.
Morrison Jr. manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (6) Morrison Jr.

Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison Jr. defends well.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison Jr.'s corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison Jr. pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison Jr.'s legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison Jr.'s back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (10) vs (6) Morrison Jr.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Morrison's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Morrison Jr. tries to roll but Morrison sticks to his back.
Morrison Jr. tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrison Jr. tries to improve his position but instead Morrison has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
Morrison controlling from the back.
Morrison Jr. is trying to break free.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to keep control of the position but Morrison Jr. is staying busy.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison Jr. breaks Morrison's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (8) Morrison Jr.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.

Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison Jr. to get to half guard.
Morrison Jr. has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison Jr. avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
Morrison Jr. looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Morrison Jr. pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to improve his position but instead Morrison Jr. has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (14) Morrison Jr.
Morrison tries to escape the position.
Morrison Jr. just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

Morrison Jr. is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Morrison knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Morrison for a finish.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Morrison Jr. to control.
Morrison Jr. has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Morrison just trying to survive but Morrison Jr. is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Morrison Jr. has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
A lull in the action here.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison is in bad spot here.
Morrison is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Morrison Jr..
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison Jr. is not going to allow Morrison to sit and survive in this position.
Morrison Jr. tries to keep control of the position but Morrison is staying busy.
Morrison Jr. is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to escape the position.

Morrison 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 Morrison Jr. gets his way!
Morrison can't escape the position.

Morrison defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Morrison Jr.'s arms.
Morrison trying to control the hands but Morrison Jr. breaks the grip.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is trying to stick to Morrison's back but Morrison is turning into Morrison Jr.. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morrison Jr.'s guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (14) Morrison Jr.

Morrison has gone for a leg lock! Morrison Jr. slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (16) Morrison Jr.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison Jr. advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison Jr. sits in half guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Morrison Jr. is controlling well.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.

Morrison Jr. is working for a kimura but Morrison is defending it quite comfortably.

Morrison Jr. is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morrison sees it coming and defends easily.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Morrison Jr. has gone for a leg lock! Morrison slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison Jr.'s guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (16) Morrison Jr.

Morrison drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morrison Jr. manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morrison has Morrison Jr. in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (18) Morrison Jr.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Jr. wins on points by 18 to 17.
David Morrison Jr. seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: TWGC 24 (135lbs, D1): Helsinki Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Jan 20, 2019

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2153 p4p, 241 weight class) and Friedrich Alzheimer (ranked 33 p4p, 4 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Alzheimer has chosen The Worlds Greatest as his entrance music. Friedrich Alzheimer has the eye of the tiger tonight.




182 cm
36 yrs
146 lbs



163 cm
30 yrs
143 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 9 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Friedrich Alzheimer!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Alzheimer takes the fight into the clinch.

Morrison has picked Alzheimer up - he's going for a ride! Morrison dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Alzheimer
Morrison is trying to control. Alzheimer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Morrison is looking for a kimura here.
Morrison trying to advance position but Alzheimer counters by regaining guard.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzheimer has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Alzheimer keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison controlling from the top position.
Alzheimer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alzheimer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Alzheimer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Alzheimer

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alzheimer controlling from the top position.
Alzheimer wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Alzheimer from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison has Alzheimer pulled in close to control his posture.
Alzheimer trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

Morrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alzheimer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Alzheimer content to stall in guard here.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Alzheimer from controlling successfully.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzheimer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Alzheimer trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Alzheimer tries to pass.
Alzheimer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alzheimer manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (2) Alzheimer
Alzheimer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (4) Alzheimer
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Alzheimer has moved into half guard.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alzheimer's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Alzheimer
Alzheimer controlling Morrison's posture.
Morrison advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (9) vs (4) Alzheimer

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Morrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Alzheimer, who protects the arm well.

Morrison goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Alzheimer rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Morrison's guard! Nice work there by Alzheimer!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (9) vs (6) Alzheimer
Morrison keeping full guard, as Alzheimer tries to pass.
Alzheimer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (6) Alzheimer
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Alzheimer.
Alzheimer keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Alzheimer keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Alzheimer has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Alzheimer is working from the bottom.
Morrison slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Alzheimer is keeping the position.
Alzheimer is trying to keep Morrison in close.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Alzheimer preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Alzheimer defends it.
Morrison is taking a breather. Alzheimer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Alzheimer felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Alzheimer is concentrating on defense, preventing Morrison from advancing position.
Alzheimer is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alzheimer makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Alzheimer.
Morrison controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison is looking to pass into half guard but Alzheimer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Alzheimer is in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (8) Alzheimer

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Alzheimer sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alzheimer is pushing down on Morrison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morrison is fighting to maintain full guard but Alzheimer has managed to sneak the leg through.
Alzheimer trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Alzheimer wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison tries to roll over but Alzheimer keeps him under control.
Alzheimer is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Alzheimer performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison gets full guard.
Alzheimer passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Alzheimer trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Alzheimer has control of the leg.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alzheimer preventing the sweep.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Alzheimer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Alzheimer stands and throws Morrison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (11) Alzheimer
Morrison tries to bench press Alzheimer off him but Alzheimer keeps the position.
Alzheimer tries to move to mount but Morrison blocks the move with his legs.
Alzheimer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Morrison gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Morrison takes the fight on points by 12 to 11.
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: TWGC 23 (145lbs, D1): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Dec 09, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2058 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Holzken (ranked 8200 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Diary of a Madman. Holzken has chosen Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!




182 cm
35 yrs
156 lbs



179 cm
34 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 8 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 5 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Holzken is trying to defend but Morrison finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken

Holzken looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Holzken wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

Holzken looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Holzken is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Holzken is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holzken trying to control from the bottom.
Holzken is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Holzken doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.
Holzken is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Holzken avoid being mounted?
Holzken is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Holzken

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holzken really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison looking to control but Holzken is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holzken working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holzken has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (8) vs (0) Holzken
Morrison controlling from the back.
Holzken wants to escape the position.

Morrison is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Holzken is defending well though. Morrison let's go of the attempt for now.
You can see the frustration on Holzken's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holzken trying to control but not successfully.

Morrison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Holzken tries to escape but Morrison has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Morrison not allowing Holzken to control his hands.

Morrison is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Holzken has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Morrison is not going to allow Holzken to sit and survive in this position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling from the back.

Morrison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Holzken has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Morrison not allowing Holzken to control his hands.

Holzken defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is in bad spot here.
Holzken looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morrison.
I would not like to be Holzken right now.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison tries to get the hooks in deep but Holzken pushed the leg off.
Holzken is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Holzken tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Holzken is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison wants to control the action but instead Holzken gets a body lock and reverses into Morrison's guard! Nice work!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Holzken advances to half guard.
Holzken wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Holzken trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Holzken works his foot free and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (5) Holzken
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holzken sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to reverse the position but instead Holzken has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (8) vs (8) Holzken
Morrison tries to escape the position.

Holzken is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Holzken has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Morrison is in real trouble here. Holzken gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Morrison is tapping out! Holzken wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rodney Holzken!
Our winner, Rodney Holzken, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: TWGC 23 (145lbs, D1): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Dec 08, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2058 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroshi Ekaku (ranked 716 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
35 yrs
156 lbs



173 cm
27 yrs
153 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 8 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Hiroshi Ekaku!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison shoots for a takedown but Ekaku saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Ekaku moves into the clinch.

Ekaku pulls guard.
Ekaku pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Ekaku controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Ekaku is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ekaku trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ekaku can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison passes into side control, despite Ekaku's attempt to control the position.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (3) vs (0) Ekaku
Ekaku is looking for a sweep.
Morrison controls the position.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Ekaku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ekaku is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Ekaku won't allow it.
Ekaku wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Ekaku is working away.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Ekaku is defending the position.
Ekaku gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ekaku is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Ekaku looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morrison passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku is doing well to control the position and prevent Morrison from advancing to side control.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ekaku knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Ekaku looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ekaku is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison prevents Ekaku from improving his position.

Morrison is working for a kimura but Ekaku is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Ekaku defending well.
Ekaku is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Ekaku defending well.
Ekaku tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Ekaku looking for submissions off his back.
Ekaku has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Ekaku wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison controlling the pace.
Ekaku wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Ekaku is having none of it.
Morrison works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (6) vs (0) Ekaku
Ekaku can't escape the position.
Morrison works his way to his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (9) vs (0) Ekaku

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Morrison tries to keep control of the position but Ekaku is staying busy.
Ekaku breaks Morrison's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (9) vs (2) Ekaku
Ekaku tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ekaku is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ekaku manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (11) vs (2) Ekaku
Morrison is pushing down on Ekaku's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ekaku is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ekaku tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.

Ekaku has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Morrison escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (14) vs (2) Ekaku
Ekaku is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Ekaku tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (16) vs (2) Ekaku
Morrison tries to control but Ekaku wriggling away.
Ekaku holds on to Morrison as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison manages to capitalize on a mistake by Ekaku to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (19) vs (2) Ekaku
Ekaku tries to escape but Morrison has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Ekaku staying busy and making it hard for Morrison to control.
Ekaku tries to break free.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Morrison is persistently looking for the submission but Ekaku is defending it well.
Ekaku tries to escape but Morrison has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Morrison is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Ekaku won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Morrison off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Nov 11, 2018
#R1#
Morrison stalks Nakamoto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nakamoto's face. Nakamoto staggers backwards, shaken.#TD#
Morrison shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nakamoto tries to kick Morrison off in order to stand up. Morrison Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control. #SUB#
Morrison is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nakamoto knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#SUB#
Morrison is working to tighten his grip on Nakamoto's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Nakamoto has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Morrison is really squeezing tight and eventually Nakamoto passes out! Morrison breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). David Morrison!
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: EMP Night of Champions     
Date:   Mar 31, 2018

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2421 p4p, 274 weight class) and Antonio Camatta (ranked 489 p4p, 60 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
32 yrs
156 lbs



172 cm
39 yrs
158 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 7 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 9 losses; Antonio Camatta!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison fails with the takedown.
Morrison leaves Camatta with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Camatta sprawls well. Camatta wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison shoots in looking for a takedown. Camatta tries to sprawl out of it but Morrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Camatta manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown but Camatta shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Camatta is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Morrison dives in for a single leg takedown but Camatta sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Camatta stuffs the takedown.
Morrison shoots for a double leg takedown but Camatta sprawls well. He's pushed Morrison's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown but Camatta shows good takedown defense.

Camatta drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (0) vs (2) Camatta
Camatta stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Camatta passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Camatta seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Camatta takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Camatta has control of the leg.
Morrison is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Martial Arts Dojo, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Morrison trying to get back to full guard but Camatta takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (5) Camatta
Camatta controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camatta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Camatta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Camatta controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison tries to hold on but Camatta postures up.
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Camatta performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Camatta is controlling well.
Camatta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morrison is defending against the submission attempts here by Camatta.
Camatta sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison won't allow Camatta to pass to mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Camatta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Camatta is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
Camatta slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Camatta preventing the sweep.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to control.
Camatta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Morrison throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Camatta escapes and throws Morrison's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (8) Camatta
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Camatta tries to move to mount but Morrison blocks the move with his legs.
Morrison tries to buck Camatta off but Camatta is having none of it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Camatta controls the position from side control.
Morrison tries to bench press Camatta off him but Camatta keeps the position.

Camatta is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morrison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Camatta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Camatta is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Morrison's shoulder. That is not cool.
Morrison prevents Camatta from moving into mount.

Camatta wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Morrison, who protects the arm well.
Camatta trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Camatta is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (0) vs (10) Camatta
Camatta trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (10) Camatta
Morrison won't allow Camatta to sweep him here.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Camatta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Camatta is keeping the position.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Camatta looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Camatta working a defensive guard here.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Camatta swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Camatta is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Camatta keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Camatta is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Camatta controlling the position.
Morrison postures up.
Camatta pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Camatta is trying to hold Morrison in close to prevent damage but Morrison has managed to pass into half guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Camatta is defending the position.
Camatta is looking to improve his position.
Camatta has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Camatta is trying to control but can't.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Camatta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Camatta is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Camatta has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Camatta is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (10) Camatta
Camatta can't escape the position.
Camatta is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Camatta wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Morrison fails to take his opponent's back.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Camatta tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Camatta tries to reverse the position but Morrison maintains control.
Camatta wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison wants to control the pace but Camatta is squirming around nicely.
Morrison moves to take his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (8) vs (10) Camatta
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Camatta turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (12) Camatta
Camatta won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Camatta wins on points by 12 to 8.
A less than humble Antonio Camatta misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

 

Event: EMPIRE 4     
Date:   Mar 02, 2018

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2296 p4p, 248 weight class) and Sergey Keosayan (ranked 836 p4p, 111 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. On his way into the cage it seems that David Morrison has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily David Morrison seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?




182 cm
32 yrs
156 lbs



169 cm
35 yrs
151 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 7 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 5 losses; Sergey Keosayan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison looks for a takedown but Keosayan sprawls well.
Keosayan with the counter takedown but Morrison avoids it easily.

Keosayan clinches with his opponent.
Keosayan gets underhooks to prevent Morrison's takedown attempt.

Morrison wants the takedown. Keosayan is fighting it off but Morrison persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Keosayan's guard against the cage.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Keosayan
Keosayan wants to control the position but Morrison says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Keosayan wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Keosayan is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is pressing down on Keosayan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Keosayan is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keosayan is looking to improve his position.
Keosayan is trying to control but can't.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Keosayan defends it well.

Keosayan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Keosayan defends it well.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but Keosayan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morrison to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to advance position but Keosayan counters by regaining guard.
Morrison passes Keosayan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Morrison content to control rather than advance.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Keosayan is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Keosayan is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.

Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Keosayan sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan works his way to full guard. Good work.

Keosayan is looking for a triangle here but Morrison uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Keosayan
Keosayan is trying to improve his position.
Keosayan is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Morrison trying to control the action but Keosayan is working from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan can't do much from the bottom here.

Morrison is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Keosayan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Morrison trying to control the position but Keosayan is working away.
I wouldn't like to be where Keosayan is right now.
Keosayan tries to improve position but can't.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Keosayan is looking for a sweep.
Morrison taking a break here but Keosayan is having none of it and regains half guard.
Keosayan tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Keosayan is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison prevents Keosayan from improving his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Keosayan is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Keosayan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (0) Keosayan
Keosayan manages to get back to half guard.
Keosayan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Morrison advances to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Keosayan is looking to improve his position.
Keosayan is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Keosayan trying to control here.
Keosayan wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (11) vs (0) Keosayan
Keosayan is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is stalling here but it's allowed Keosayan to get half guard.
Morrison is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Keosayan trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (14) vs (0) Keosayan
Keosayan is looking to improve his position but Morrison isn't that keen on the idea.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Keosayan wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Keosayan is having none of it.

Keosayan actively working from the bottom here.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Keosayan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Keosayan looking for submissions off his back.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Keosayan defends it.
Keosayan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (14) vs (4) Keosayan
Keosayan tries to keep control of the position but Morrison is staying busy.
Keosayan keeps control of the position easily here as Morrison tries to buck him off.

Keosayan looking for the choke from the back.
Keosayan is looking to control Morrison but Morrison is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan is trying to control but Morrison is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Keosayan maintains control.
Keosayan tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison is trying desperately to improve position.
Keosayan trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Keosayan is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Keosayan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Keosayan content to stall in guard here.
Morrison wants to control the position but Keosayan says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Keosayan is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
My spies in Gym Beam inform me that Keosayan has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan wants to advance to full mount but Morrison doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Keosayan defends well.
Keosayan wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Keosayan pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Keosayan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morrison sees it coming and defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Keosayan stalling away here and it's allowed Morrison to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 14 to 4.
A victorious David Morrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: TWGC 20 (145lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Feb 12, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Guilherme Mendes (ranked 23033 p4p, 653 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 2296 p4p, 247 weight class). Morrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Diary of a Madman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!




160 cm
21 yrs
146 lbs



182 cm
32 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 2 losses; Guilherme Mendes! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 6 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Mendes slaps away a takedown attempt from Morrison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mendes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Mendes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morrison gets underhooks to prevent Mendes's takedown attempt.

Mendes turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Mendes (4) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mendes's best efforts.
Morrison trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendes uses his free foot to push down on Morrison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morrison.
Score +3 for passing guard: Mendes (7) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendes with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Mendes maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mendes controlling the position easily from mount.
Mendes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Morrison for as long as he can get away with.
Mendes fails to move to back control.
Mendes controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mendes controlling the pace for now.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mendes is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Mendes maintains control.
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Mendes maintains control.
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mendes trying to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison tries to improve his position but instead Mendes has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Mendes (10) vs (0) Morrison

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes trying to control momentarily.
Morrison is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Mendes keeps control of the position as Morrison tries to break free.
Morrison looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Mendes is persistently looking for the submission but Morrison is defending it well.
Mendes is controlling the position but Morrison somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mendes trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Mendes trying to pass the guard but Morrison defending well.
Mendes works his foot free and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Mendes (13) vs (0) Morrison
Mendes looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to lock up and control but Mendes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mendes controlling from mount.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Mendes is taking a breather. Morrison says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Morrison is staying active underneath Mendes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mendes controlling the action here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mendes is stalling here. Morrison is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mendes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Morrison has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Mendes (13) vs (4) Morrison
Mendes is letting Morrison control him for a moment.
Morrison trying to control the action but Mendes is working from the bottom.
Mendes tries to improve position but can't.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Morrison politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Morrison prefers to stall for the moment though.
Mendes is trying to improve his position.
Mendes wants to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Mendes's shoulder. That is not cool.
Mendes is trying to improve his position.
Mendes is trying to control Morrison's posture but Morrison avoids it.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mendes keeps working.
Mendes is looking to regain half guard here but Morrison keeps moving and retains side control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mendes is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Morrison is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Mendes (13) vs (6) Morrison
Morrison tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mendes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison controlling his opponent.
Morrison tries to control but Mendes wriggling away.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mendes haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Mendes tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendes is working to get back to half guard.
Mendes stops Morrison from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Mendes regains half guard.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Mendes is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Mendes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morrison is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morrison controlling the action here.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morrison wants to control but Mendes is keeping him busy.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Mendes is trying to control but can't.

Morrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mendes is just riding it out for now. Morrison eventually gives up the hold.
Morrison passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Mendes (13) vs (9) Morrison
Morrison is looking to work his way around to Mendes's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Morrison controlling the pace for now.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Mendes is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Mendes tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mendes regains half guard.
Mendes wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Mendes is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mendes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison trying to control but Mendes is working from the bottom.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stays in close to Mendes's body and controls the position.

Morrison thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mendes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mendes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mendes (15) vs (9) Morrison
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mendes trying to control from Morrison's half guard. Morrison has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mendes takes the fight on points by 15 to 9.

 

Event: TWGC 20 (145lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Feb 11, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Antonio Camatta (ranked 458 p4p, 58 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 2292 p4p, 249 weight class). Morrison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Diary of a Madman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




172 cm
38 yrs
158 lbs



182 cm
32 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 7 losses; Antonio Camatta! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 6 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Camatta fails with the takedown.
Camatta tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrison defends well and Camatta ends up having to push Morrison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Morrison scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Camatta (0) vs (2) Morrison
Camatta is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Camatta (4) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison rolls, trying to escape but Camatta keeps control of the position.
Camatta just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
I really don't envy Morrison right now.
Morrison manages to reverse the position and now he's in Camatta's guard. Nice work there by Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (4) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison trying to control but Camatta is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Camatta had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Camatta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Camatta is keeping the position.

Camatta working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Camatta has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Camatta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Camatta had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Camatta trying to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison passes Camatta's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Camatta won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Camatta is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Camatta (4) vs (7) Morrison

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camatta has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Camatta (4) vs (10) Morrison
Camatta manages to reverse the position and now he's in Morrison's guard. Nice work there by Camatta.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (6) vs (10) Morrison

Morrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Camatta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Camatta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Camatta tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Morrison has Camatta pulled in close to control his posture.
Morrison told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Camatta tries to pass.
Camatta passes into half guard.
Camatta tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morrison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to control from the bottom.
Camatta wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Camatta is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Camatta is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.

Camatta is working for a submission of some sort.

Morrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Morrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Camatta perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Camatta prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison is staying active underneath Camatta, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison tries to roll over but Camatta keeps him under control.
Camatta is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to roll over but Camatta keeps him under control.
Camatta trying to control the pace.
Camatta trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.

Morrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Camatta engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Camatta wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Camatta pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison gets full guard.

Morrison working for a triangle but Camatta defends it easily.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Camatta from controlling successfully.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Camatta drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Camatta jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Camatta controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (6) vs (12) Morrison

Camatta is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Camatta is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (8) vs (12) Morrison

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Morrison actively working from the bottom here.
Camatta sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Camatta seems to be working for a kimura but Morrison defends the submission attempt.
Camatta prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Camatta controlling the pace.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Camatta is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Camatta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Camatta is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Camatta looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Camatta takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (8) vs (14) Morrison
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Camatta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (10) vs (14) Morrison
Camatta trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Camatta controls the pace.
Camatta passes Morrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Camatta tries to pass.
Camatta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Morrison is looking for a triangle but Camatta pushes his legs off easily.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Camatta content to stall in guard here.
Camatta wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Camatta postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Camatta haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Camatta controlling from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 14 to 10.
David Morrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: TWGC 19 (155lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Dec 03, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2283 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzo Hasashi (ranked 1096 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Diary of a Madman. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!




182 cm
31 yrs
156 lbs



178 cm
25 yrs
160 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 5 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 1 losses; Hanzo Hasashi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Hasashi, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Hasashi against the cage but Hasashi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Morrison goes for a double leg but Hasashi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hasashi continues to drive forward.

Hasashi forces Morrison back against the cage and clinches.

Hasashi turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (0) vs (4) Hasashi
Hasashi tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morrison's legs.
Morrison manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hasashi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hasashi wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hasashi being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Hasashi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hasashi trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hasashi defends it easily.
Hasashi wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Hasashi has moved into half guard.
Morrison tries to roll over but Hasashi keeps him under control.
Morrison is concentrating on defense, preventing Hasashi from advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi trying to control the pace.
Hasashi is thwarting Morrison's attempts to control the position.
Morrison is in trouble now - Hasashi has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (0) vs (7) Hasashi
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Morrison defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hasashi.
Hasashi avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
Morrison wants to hold on but Hasashi pushes him away.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hasashi is trying to take his opponent's back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hasashi controlling the pace for now.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Hasashi controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison tries to reverse the position but Hasashi maintains control.
Morrison has given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (0) vs (10) Hasashi
Hasashi has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morrison's body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control his opponent's hands but Hasashi gets his hands free.
Hasashi keeps control of the position easily here as Morrison tries to buck him off.
Our spies down at at Cantina inform us that Hasashi has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Let's hope that Hasashi 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.
Morrison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control the hands but Hasashi won't let him.
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison'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.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Morrison wants to control his opponent's hands but Hasashi gets his hands free.
Hasashi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Hasashi slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Hasashi to control.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Morrison tries to roll but Hasashi sticks to his back.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi is looking to control Morrison but Morrison is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Morrison tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hasashi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hasashi wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Hasashi manages to capitalize on a mistake by Morrison to take his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (0) vs (13) Hasashi

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Hasashi struggling to keep hold of the position.
I really don't envy Morrison right now.
Morrison breaks Hasashi's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (13) Hasashi
Hasashi is pulling down on Morrison's head. It's preventing any offense from Morrison, at least for the moment.
Morrison pushes down on Hasashi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hasashi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi wants to get back to full guard.
Hasashi is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Hasashi is defending the position.
Morrison uses his free foot to push down on Hasashi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hasashi.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (13) Hasashi
Morrison tries to control but Hasashi wriggling away.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison prevents Hasashi from getting the reversal.

Morrison has hold of Hasashi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hasashi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hasashi wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Hasashi is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison fails to advance to Hasashi's back.
Hasashi is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Hasashi has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (8) vs (13) Hasashi
Morrison is looking to control Hasashi but Hasashi is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Hasashi looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Hasashi looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morrison.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Hasashi looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Morrison is looking for the choke from the back position but Hasashi is controlling his hands well.
Hasashi is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Morrison off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Hasashi is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Morrison.
Hasashi rolls, trying to escape but Morrison keeps control of the position.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to keep control of the position but Hasashi is staying busy.

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Hasashi looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
What can Hasashi do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

And that's the end of the fight!
Hasashi wins on points by 13 to 8.
Hanzo Hasashi made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'That's what should have happened in the first fight; I should have won the belt; but now i'm gonna go into isolation'.

 

Event: TWGC 19 (155lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Nov 25, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Troy Hattori (ranked 21790 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 2255 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




169 cm
22 yrs
145 lbs



182 cm
31 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 3 losses; Troy Hattori! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 5 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Ian Loll.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Morrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hattori did well to prevent Morrison getting side control.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hattori (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Hattori is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hattori is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hattori (4) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrison regains half guard.
Hattori is controlling the pace.
Hattori wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hattori is trying to work for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is looking to control Hattori's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hattori is controlling the pace.
Morrison is looking to control Hattori's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
Hattori looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hattori is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hattori forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hattori stalling.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Hattori has control of the leg.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison controlling Hattori's posture.
Hattori pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hattori has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hattori trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hattori passes Morrison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hattori wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Hattori not doing much here.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Hattori is controlling well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control but Hattori is keeping busy.
Hattori wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Hattori is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison has his hands clasped together around Hattori's back. He's all about the action.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Hattori is controlling well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hattori trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Hattori is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison is pressing down on Hattori's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hattori wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Hattori showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hattori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hattori's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hattori (4) vs (4) Morrison

Hattori had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Hattori manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hattori (6) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hattori (6) vs (6) Morrison
Morrison wants to take a breather but Hattori is having none of it.
Hattori tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
Hattori might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Hattori is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hattori is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pressing down on Hattori's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hattori is holding on for now.

Hattori looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hattori reverses the position - he's now on top in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hattori (8) vs (6) Morrison
Hattori trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Hattori is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morrison is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Our spies down at at Martial Arts Dojo inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hattori works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hattori controlling the action here.
Hattori wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Hattori is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hattori content to stall in guard here.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pulling down on Hattori's head. It's preventing any offense from Hattori, at least for the moment.
Morrison looking to control.
Hattori trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hattori looking to sit in guard and control but Morrison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hattori (8) vs (8) Morrison
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hattori trying to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hattori keeps working.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Hattori wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hattori (8) vs (11) Morrison
Hattori is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morrison trying to control the position but Hattori is working away.
Morrison working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Morrison wants to control but Hattori is keeping him busy.
Morrison controlling the position.
Hattori can't do much from the bottom here.

Morrison tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Hattori is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hattori trying to control from the bottom.
Hattori won't allow Morrison to pass to mount.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Hattori is trying to get back to full guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Hattori has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.

Morrison is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hattori is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hattori is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hattori is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hattori!
Score +3 for passing guard: Hattori (8) vs (14) Morrison

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 14 to 8.
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: TWGC 19 (155lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Nov 24, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mario Curran (ranked 521 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 2247 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Diary of a Madman. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!




169 cm
27 yrs
141 lbs



182 cm
31 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 2 losses; Mario Curran! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 5 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Morrison shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Curran is trying to defend but Morrison finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Curran (0) vs (2) Morrison
Curran wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Curran is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
Morrison is looking to stall here but Curran recovers full guard.

Curran throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Curran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Curran swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Curran working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison to get to half guard.
Curran trying to control here.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but Curran defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Curran does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Curran!
Score +3 for passing guard: Curran (0) vs (5) Morrison
Curran is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Curran might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Morrison goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Curran is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Curran (2) vs (5) Morrison
Curran wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Curran looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Curran (2) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Curran's guard.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Curran is defending the position.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Curran does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison prevents Curran from improving his position.
My spies in Martial Arts Dojo inform me that Morrison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

Curran is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Curran knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Curran looking for subs from the bottom but Morrison mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: Curran (2) vs (10) Morrison
Curran is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Curran has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Morrison's lack of action.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Curran is having none of it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is thwarting Curran's attempts to control the position.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Curran is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.

Curran looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Curran (2) vs (13) Morrison

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Curran wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Curran is looking to get to half guard.
Morrison tries to take Curran's back but instead Curran uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curran keeps working.
Curran trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Curran defends it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Curran looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison is controlling the pace.
Morrison is trying to control. Curran wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Curran (2) vs (16) Morrison

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Curran sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Curran manages to get to full guard.

Curran looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Curran keeps moving.
Morrison postures up.

Curran has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Curran keeps moving.
Morrison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.

Curran throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Morrison escapes and throws Curran's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Curran (2) vs (19) Morrison
Morrison tries to advance to mount but Curran denies him.
Morrison wants to control but Curran is keeping him busy.
Morrison tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control but Curran is keeping him busy.
Morrison gets to mount! Curran was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Curran (2) vs (21) Morrison
Morrison trying to control but Curran is having none of it.

Morrison is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Curran to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Curran shrugs it off.
Curran wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Curran is having none of it.
Curran is working to get back to half guard.

Morrison swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Curran is now in Morrison's guard. A big mistake from Morrison there, giving up the dominant position!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Curran (4) vs (21) Morrison

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Curran puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Curran trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.
Curran trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Curran is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison wants to control but Curran is keeping busy and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 21 to 4.
David Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: TWGC 18 (170lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Sep 18, 2017

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Antonio Camatta (ranked 346 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morrison (ranked 2210 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.




172 cm
36 yrs
158 lbs



182 cm
30 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 5 losses; Antonio Camatta! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 4 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Horrible takedown attempt by Morrison or perhaps it was just good defense by Camatta, which made it look bad.

Morrison scores with a takedown into Camatta's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Camatta (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Camatta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Camatta looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Camatta seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Camatta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Camatta looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Morrison is pushing down on Camatta's leg trying to pass to half guard. Camatta is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrison wants to work for an arm triangle but Camatta is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but Camatta is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morrison to get the leverage.
Camatta is positioning himself well to prevent Morrison advancing to mount.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison is trying to control. Camatta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Camatta tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison is looking to stall here but Camatta recovers full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Camatta working for a triangle but Morrison defends it easily.
Camatta is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Camatta wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Camatta is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Morrison looking for submissions off his back.
Camatta content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
Camatta trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking to control.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Camatta tries to pass.
Camatta is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camatta passes into half guard.
Camatta keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Camatta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Camatta is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison moves into full guard.
Camatta works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison moves into full guard.
Camatta trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Camatta 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.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Camatta from controlling successfully.
Camatta works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Camatta trying to control from half guard but Morrison is working away.

Camatta is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morrison is just riding it out for now. Camatta eventually gives up the hold.
Morrison wants to control but Camatta is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Camatta is stalling in the full guard.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Camatta from controlling successfully.
Camatta works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camatta being controlled here momentarily.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Camatta controlling him for the moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Camatta looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Camatta trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Camatta 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.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Camatta controlling from the top position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Morrison working for a triangle but Camatta defends it easily.
Camatta looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Camatta wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Camatta postures up.
Morrison keeping full guard, as Camatta tries to pass.
Camatta 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.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Camatta is one step ahead there.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Camatta manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camatta (2) vs (4) Morrison

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Camatta is working from the bottom.
Camatta not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Camatta keeps moving.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Camatta trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison forces his way into half guard.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Camatta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

Camatta looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison passes Camatta's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Camatta looking for submissions off his back.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control. Camatta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Camatta is looking to improve his position.
My spies in Jacks Fight Club inform me that Morrison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Camatta is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison trying to mount his opponent but Camatta defends it.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Camatta does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Camatta trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Camatta does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Camatta gets back to full guard.
Camatta looking for a sweep. Not yet Camatta, not yet.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Camatta is retaining full guard.

Camatta is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison defends well.
Camatta keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Camatta trying to control the position here.
Camatta keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Camatta is retaining full guard.

Camatta is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Morrison has his hands clasped together but Camatta extends and breaks Morrison's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Camatta.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Camatta!
In his post fight interview, Antonio Camatta started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

 

Event: TWGC 16 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 2     
Date:   May 03, 2017

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Ozzy McKane and David Morrison. McKane comes to the cage accompanied by SAIL - AWOLNATION. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!




170 cm
31 yrs
158 lbs



182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 3 losses; Ozzy McKane! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 3 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison shoots in looking for a takedown but McKane manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morrison's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: McKane (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McKane swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McKane wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
McKane can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is taking a breather. McKane says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

McKane is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison pulls his head out easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but McKane sees it coming and defends easily.
McKane is looking to get back to full guard here but Morrison has managed to pass to side control instead.
Score +3 for passing guard: McKane (0) vs (5) Morrison
Morrison trying to control the action but McKane is working from the bottom.

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.

Morrison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
McKane is trying to escape the position but Morrison is controlling the position.
My spies in Martial Arts Dojo inform me that Morrison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Morrison works to advance to full mount. McKane defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Score +2 for reaching mount: McKane (0) vs (7) Morrison
McKane bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: McKane (2) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McKane puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but McKane is very close to passing his half guard.
McKane prevents Morrison from improving his position.
McKane looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, McKane has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: McKane (5) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but McKane has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKane content just to control the position here.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McKane sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane controlling from mount.
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
McKane seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison wants to improve his position but McKane is controlling well.
McKane tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.

Morrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Morrison actively working from the bottom here.
McKane performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. McKane is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
McKane is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrison has a hand on McKane's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. McKane takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Score +3 for passing guard: McKane (8) vs (7) Morrison

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.
McKane controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison gets back to half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard but McKane has mounted him!
Score +3 for passing guard: McKane (11) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
McKane controlling the pace for now.
McKane looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
McKane tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
McKane controlling from the full mount.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McKane controlling his opponent.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison tries to roll over but McKane keeps him under control.
McKane perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. McKane is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McKane trying to control the pace.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. McKane is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
McKane passes into side control, despite Morrison's attempt to control the position.
Score +3 for passing guard: McKane (14) vs (7) Morrison
Morrison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McKane wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but McKane presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: McKane (16) vs (7) Morrison
McKane content just to control the position here.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
McKane tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison can't escape the position.
McKane takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McKane sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding McKane's attempts to control the action.
McKane controlling from the full mount.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but McKane isn't that keen on the idea.
McKane takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
McKane tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
McKane seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
McKane takes the fight on points by 16 to 7.
Ozzy McKane was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: TWGC 16 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   May 02, 2017

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison and Noob Saibot. Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Noob Saibot has the eye of the tiger tonight.




182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs



168 cm
37 yrs
146 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 3 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Noob Saibot!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Morrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Saibot did well to prevent Morrison getting side control.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Saibot

Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Saibot doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.
Saibot wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Saibot holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Saibot is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, if Morrison is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control but Saibot is keeping him busy.
Saibot is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Saibot defends it.
Morrison passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Saibot!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Saibot
Saibot keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saibot slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Saibot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Saibot is defending the position.
Saibot is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morrison in particular looking to stall.
Saibot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Saibot is defending well.
Morrison trying to control the pace.

Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Saibot wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Saibot has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Saibot is holding on to half guard well.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Saibot is defending the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison'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.

Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Saibot doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot is in trouble now - Morrison has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (0) Saibot
Morrison is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Saibot is in real trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (11) vs (0) Saibot
Saibot just trying to survive but Morrison is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Morrison has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Morrison keeps control of the position as Saibot tries to break free.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Morrison has got one arm under Saibot's chin. This could be trouble... Saibot trying to control the other hand but Morrison gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Saibot has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 16 (145lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Apr 24, 2017

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison and Vic Stone. Morrison comes into the arena with Diary of a Madman blaring out of the sound system. Stone has chosen George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs



170 cm
27 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 3 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 2 losses; Vic Stone!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison leaves Stone with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Morrison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stone's half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Stone
Stone is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison moves into full mount! Stone won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Stone
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone wants to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Morrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stone is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Morrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (8) vs (0) Stone
Morrison not allowing Stone to control his hands.
Stone is keeping busy.

Morrison is looking for the choke from the back position but Stone is controlling his hands well.
Morrison is looking to control Stone but Stone is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Stone is in bad spot here.
Stone has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrison looking for the RNC.
Morrison is riding his opponent, not letting Stone buck him off.

Morrison is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Stone is defending well though. Morrison let's go of the attempt for now.
Morrison controlling from the back.
Stone trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

Morrison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Stone turns into Morrison and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (2) Stone

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (5) Stone
Morrison tries to improve position but can't.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stone's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Stone wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison trying to control here.

Stone is trying to work for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison gets full guard.
Stone slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (8) Stone
Stone tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stone's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Stone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.

Stone avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stone wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison'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.
Stone being controlled here momentarily.

Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stone defends well.
Stone trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stone forces his way into half guard.
Morrison won't allow Stone to pass to mount.
Stone wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
Stone works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrison is pressing down on Stone's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stone preventing the sweep.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stone is one step ahead there.
Stone passes Morrison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Stone has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (8) vs (11) Stone
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Stone's attempts to control the action.
Stone controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison tries to lock up and control but Stone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrison tries to roll over but Stone keeps him under control.
Stone wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Stone's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Stone's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (12) vs (11) Stone

Morrison tightening his grip on Stone, looking for the choke.

Stone defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (12) vs (13) Stone
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stone looking to pass the guard.
Stone stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
Stone must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stone defends it easily.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stone manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (14) vs (13) Stone

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is pushing down on Stone's leg trying to pass to half guard. Stone is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Stone is controlling Morrison's trapped leg to prevent Morrison from advancing to side control.
Morrison trying to control from Stone's half guard. Stone has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Stone is retaining full guard.
Morrison trying to control but Stone is working from the bottom.

Stone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Stone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stone trying to control the position here.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Stone gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (14) vs (15) Stone
Stone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (16) vs (15) Stone
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison trying to control but Stone is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Stone is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stands and throws Stone's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (19) vs (15) Stone
Stone is looking for a sweep.
Morrison advances to mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (21) vs (15) Stone

Morrison goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Stone turns into him and now he's in Morrison's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (21) vs (17) Stone
Stone won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone stands and throws Morrison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (21) vs (20) Stone

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison struggling a bit here.
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Stone looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Stone is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morrison has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morrison sneaks back into half guard.
Morrison trying to control from the bottom.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stone wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.

Morrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stone can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stone wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison controls Stone momentarily but Stone frees himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stone wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 21 to 20.
A very excited looking David Morrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Vic Stone had this to say: 'https://soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.

 

Event: TWGC 16 (145lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Apr 23, 2017

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Alphons Draclau and David Morrison. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!




168 cm
46 yrs
143 lbs



182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 5 losses; Alphons Draclau! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 3 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Draclau displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morrison.
Morrison shoots in but no luck this time.
Draclau changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Morrison shoots in looking for a takedown but Draclau manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morrison's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Draclau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outer Heaven Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Alphons Draclau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Morrison.

Draclau drives through and clinches with Morrison against the cage.
Morrison is looking to take this one to the mat.
Draclau tries for a takedown. No joy.

Morrison has hold of one of Draclau's legs. Draclau is fighting the takedown attempt but Morrison gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Draclau (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Draclau might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Draclau trying to control the position.
Draclau can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draclau controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Draclau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
My spies in Martial Arts Dojo inform me that Morrison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Draclau is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison 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.

Draclau has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Draclau keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

Draclau looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Draclau keeps moving.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Draclau is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.
Draclau wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Draclau is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Draclau swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Draclau looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Draclau.
Morrison pushing down on Draclau's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Draclau knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.

Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Draclau (0) vs (5) Morrison
Draclau tries to hold on but Morrison postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to take Draclau's back here but Draclau is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison looking to control but Draclau is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison wants to take Draclau's back but he can't do it this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morrison looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Draclau is working to get back to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling from mount.
Draclau is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Draclau tries to hold on but Morrison pushes him away.
Draclau keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Draclau has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Draclau (0) vs (8) Morrison
Draclau trying to control the position but Morrison manages to sink in the hooks.

Morrison is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Draclau has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Morrison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Draclau has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Morrison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Draclau has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Morrison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
What can Draclau do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Morrison looking to break Draclau's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Draclau remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Morrison will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Morrison keeps control of the position as Draclau tries to break free.
Morrison avoiding Draclau 's attempts to control his hands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Draclau tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Draclau is in all sorts of trouble here.
Draclau is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Morrison avoids the attempt from Draclau to control.
Draclau can't escape the position.

Morrison goes for an armbar but Draclau turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Draclau.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Draclau (2) vs (8) Morrison
Draclau trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Draclau has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Draclau (5) vs (8) Morrison
Morrison tries to bench press Draclau off him but Draclau keeps the position.
Draclau is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Draclau tries for a kimura but Morrison is defending well.
Draclau trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Draclau gets to mount! Morrison was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Draclau (7) vs (8) Morrison
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Draclau fails to advance to Morrison's back.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
Draclau looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrison tries to roll over but Draclau keeps him under control.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Draclau is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Morrison has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Draclau preventing the sweep.
Draclau is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Draclau trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Draclau (7) vs (10) Morrison

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Draclau looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Draclau seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Morrison trying to control but Draclau is working from the bottom.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Draclau had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.

Draclau looking for subs off his back but Morrison has passed one foot through into half guard.

Morrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Draclau is just riding it out for now. Morrison eventually gives up the hold.
Morrison controlling the pace.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Draclau is having none of it.
Draclau is looking to control Morrison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Draclau avoid being mounted?
Draclau is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Draclau has his hands clasped together around Morrison's back. He's all about the action.
Draclau works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Draclau.
Morrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Draclau lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Draclau (9) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison is looking to sweep but instead, Draclau has passed into half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Draclau is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 10 to 9.
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: TWGC 15 (155lbs, D1): Finals - Round 2     
Date:   Mar 14, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Nick Diaz and David Morrison. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!




183 cm
32 yrs
170 lbs



182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Nick Diaz! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 2 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.


Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Diaz gets a clinch.

Diaz gets control of Morrison's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diaz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Morrison might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Diaz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Diaz has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.

Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrison got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morrison has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Diaz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Diaz (0) vs (3) Morrison
Diaz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Morrison is trying to work for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.

Morrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Diaz is just riding it out for now. Morrison eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
My spies in Killer Instinct inform me that Morrison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Diaz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diaz.

Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
Morrison slips nicely into half guard.
Diaz wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Diaz is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.
Diaz tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diaz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.

Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.

Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Diaz looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Diaz is keeping the position.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Diaz manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Diaz (2) vs (3) Morrison

Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Diaz is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Diaz (5) vs (3) Morrison
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Morrison!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Diaz (7) vs (3) Morrison

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diaz with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diaz wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Morrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diaz wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Morrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Diaz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morrison!
Score +3 for passing guard: Diaz (10) vs (3) Morrison
Morrison can't escape the position.

Diaz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Morrison is surviving well by controlling Diaz's body position as best he can.
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Diaz moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Morrison has worked his arm free - good work by Morrison!
Morrison tries to bench press Diaz off him but Diaz keeps the position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Diaz moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Diaz (12) vs (3) Morrison
Diaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz prevents Morrison from getting the reversal.
Diaz tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Diaz wants to take Morrison's back here but Morrison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Diaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.

Diaz jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Morrison is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Morrison and Diaz has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
Morrison tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Diaz presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Diaz (14) vs (3) Morrison
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
Diaz moves to take his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Diaz (17) vs (3) Morrison
Diaz gets his hands free as Morrison looks to control.

Diaz looking to break Morrison's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Morrison remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Diaz will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Diaz is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Diaz struggling to keep hold of the position.
Morrison is in bad spot here.
Diaz is trying to stick to Morrison's back but Morrison is turning into Diaz. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Diaz's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Diaz (17) vs (5) Morrison

Morrison drops back looking for a leg! Diaz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diaz manages to kick Morrison off! Morrison jumps back into Diaz's guard.
Diaz working a defensive guard here.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Diaz (17) vs (8) Morrison
Diaz is not content to let Morrison control the position.

Morrison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Morrison tries to move to mount but Diaz blocks the move with his legs.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to regain half guard here but Morrison keeps moving and retains side control.
Diaz manages to get back to half guard.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Diaz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Diaz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Diaz is defending well.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Diaz trying to control here.
Diaz manages to get to full guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Diaz has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.

Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Diaz is working away.

Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diaz takes the fight on points by 17 to 8.
Nick Diaz was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: TWGC 15 (155lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1     
Date:   Mar 13, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison and Rodney Holzken. Chooooooooon! I think Morrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Diary of a Madman. This should be fireworks!




182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs



179 cm
26 yrs
157 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 2 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 1 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Holzken with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morrison counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken

Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holzken is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison not doing much here.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Holzken defends it well.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken regains full guard. Nicely done.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holzken controlling the position.
Holzken looking for a sweep. Not yet Holzken, not yet.
Holzken is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
Holzken is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Holzken pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Holzken.

Holzken escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.
Morrison won't allow Holzken to sweep him here.
Holzken is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
Holzken is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Holzken controlling the action here.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Holzken is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holzken tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.
Holzken keeps trying to improve his position.
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison'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.
Morrison gets back to full guard.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Holzken defends it easily.
Morrison is looking to sweep but instead, Holzken has passed into half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Holzken's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Holzken's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (6) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken can't escape the position.
Morrison is not going to allow Holzken to sit and survive in this position.
Holzken tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Holzken is trying to escape the mount.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holzken is looking to escape.
Holzken reaches up and holds on to Morrison to control the position.
Holzken really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Holzken is working to get back to half guard.

Holzken defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morrison.
Holzken sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison prevents Holzken from improving his position.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Holzken defends it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Holzken gets back to full guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holzken tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Holzken manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken trying to control the position.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Holzken not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Holzken looking to control.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken managing to control the position.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Holzken looking to control.
Holzken has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Holzken's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holzken wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Holzken pulls Morrison in close to his closed guard and prevents Morrison from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Holzken has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Holzken can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Holzken working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Holzken.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Holzken is keeping the position.
Holzken trying to control the position.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Holzken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holzken holds on and takes a little breather.
Holzken is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (6) Holzken
Holzken wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Holzken controlling the action here.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.

Morrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Holzken prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison is staying active underneath Holzken, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Holzken stalling.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 8 to 6.
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: TWGC 15 (155lbs, D1): New York Qualifier - Round 2     
Date:   Mar 05, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Hakuin Ekaku Jr and David Morrison. Ekaku Jr kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jiu Jitsu. Morrison has chosen Diary of a Madman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as David Morrison enters the cage!




175 cm
28 yrs
165 lbs



182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Hakuin Ekaku Jr! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 2 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morrison is defended easily by Ekaku Jr.
Ekaku Jr wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Ekaku Jr closes the distance and clinches.

Ekaku Jr gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ekaku Jr (2) vs (0) Morrison
Ekaku Jr is looking to advance position but Morrison won't allow it.

Ekaku Jr is working for a submission of some sort.
Ekaku Jr tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.
Morrison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekaku Jr passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Ekaku Jr (5) vs (0) Morrison
Morrison tries to buck Ekaku Jr off but Ekaku Jr is having none of it.
Ekaku Jr is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ekaku Jr is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morrison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morrison regains half guard.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Ekaku Jr is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've been hearing that Ekaku Jr has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Morrison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ekaku Jr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Ekaku Jr won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ekaku Jr slips nicely into half guard.
Ekaku Jr passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Ekaku Jr (8) vs (0) Morrison

Ekaku Jr goes for an armbar but Morrison turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ekaku Jr (8) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Ekaku Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ekaku Jr not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Ekaku Jr pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ekaku Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison being controlled here momentarily.
Ekaku Jr being controlled here, momentarily.
Ekaku Jr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ekaku Jr (10) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison tries to roll over but Ekaku Jr keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.

Ekaku Jr is looking for a kimura here.
Ekaku Jr prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Ekaku Jr tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr looking to pass the guard.

Morrison has his foot on Ekaku Jr's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ekaku Jr works his way back into a safe position though.

Ekaku Jr got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ekaku Jr has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ekaku Jr has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Ekaku Jr (13) vs (2) Morrison
Ekaku Jr advances nicely into full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Ekaku Jr (15) vs (2) Morrison

Ekaku Jr looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Ekaku Jr goes for an armbar but Morrison turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Morrison.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ekaku Jr (15) vs (4) Morrison
Ekaku Jr keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Ekaku Jr pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Ekaku Jr controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.

Morrison thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ekaku Jr manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ekaku Jr (17) vs (4) Morrison
Ekaku Jr slips nicely into half guard.
Morrison manages to get to full guard.

Ekaku Jr is sitting in close to Morrison's body. Morrison has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Ekaku Jr is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Ekaku Jr is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Morrison.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). David Morrison!
David Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Hakuin Ekaku Jr had this to say: 'God Bless all. Thank you to my inspiration, my father, THE GREATEST EVER Hakuin "Zen" Ekaku.'.

 

Event: TWGC 15 (155lbs, D1): New York Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Mar 04, 2017

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison and Leonidas Spiliopoulos. Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Spiliopoulos has chosen Sabaton as his entrance music. David Morrison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.




182 cm
28 yrs
156 lbs



172 cm
26 yrs
160 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 2 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Leonidas Spiliopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.


The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.

Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Spiliopoulos's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Spiliopoulos
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison'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.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Spiliopoulos is keeping the position.
Morrison content to stall in guard here.
Spiliopoulos looking to control.
Morrison 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.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Spiliopoulos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Spiliopoulos is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
Spiliopoulos wants to get back to full guard but Morrison has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (5) vs (0) Spiliopoulos
Morrison trying to control the action but Spiliopoulos is working from the bottom.

Morrison tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Morrison is trying to get an arm triangle but Spiliopoulos is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (7) vs (0) Spiliopoulos

Morrison swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Spiliopoulos is now in Morrison's guard. A big mistake from Morrison there, giving up the dominant position!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (7) vs (2) Spiliopoulos
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spiliopoulos's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (9) vs (2) Spiliopoulos
Morrison pushes down on Spiliopoulos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (12) vs (2) Spiliopoulos
Morrison controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Spiliopoulos is having none of it.
Morrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Spiliopoulos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrison tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Spiliopoulos is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison fails to move to back control.
Morrison controlling from the full mount.
We've been informed that Spiliopoulos has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Morrison is working for a guillotine from mount but Spiliopoulos frees his head quite easily.

Morrison looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Spiliopoulos is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.
Morrison wants to take Spiliopoulos's back but he can't do it this time.
Morrison takes Spiliopoulos's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (15) vs (2) Spiliopoulos
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spiliopoulos trying to control the hands but Morrison breaks the grip.
Morrison is looking to control Spiliopoulos but Spiliopoulos is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Morrison seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Spiliopoulos's chin but Spiliopoulos turns very nicely into Morrison's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Spiliopoulos.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (4) Spiliopoulos
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (4) Spiliopoulos

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Spiliopoulos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Morrison is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Spiliopoulos trying to control the position here.
Morrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control but Spiliopoulos is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morrison in particular looking to stall.
Morrison has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Spiliopoulos defends it.
Spiliopoulos is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Spiliopoulos defends it well.
Morrison is just content to waste time from the top position. Spiliopoulos takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (20) vs (4) Spiliopoulos

Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Spiliopoulos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morrison is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Spiliopoulos's shoulder. That is not cool.
Morrison advances nicely into full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison (22) vs (4) Spiliopoulos
Spiliopoulos tries to lock up and control but Morrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morrison controlling his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Spiliopoulos has given up his back. Will we see Morrison going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (25) vs (4) Spiliopoulos
Morrison is riding his opponent, not letting Spiliopoulos buck him off.

Morrison looking for the RNC.

Morrison is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Spiliopoulos has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison gets his hands free as Spiliopoulos looks to control.
Morrison is trying to control but Spiliopoulos is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Spiliopoulos wants to control but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison looking to control but Spiliopoulos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison fails to advance to Spiliopoulos's back.
Spiliopoulos is looking to get to half guard.
Spiliopoulos has given up his back here. Will Morrison look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (28) vs (4) Spiliopoulos

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Spiliopoulos's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Morrison biding his time, looking for the opening.
Spiliopoulos just trying to survive but Morrison is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.

Spiliopoulos showing good submission defense here.
Spiliopoulos looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morrison.

Morrison is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Spiliopoulos knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Spiliopoulos for a finish.
Morrison is riding his opponent, not letting Spiliopoulos buck him off.

Spiliopoulos defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Spiliopoulos staying busy and making it hard for Morrison to control.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.

Morrison is working for a rear naked choke. Spiliopoulos is not defending it well and Morrison has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Spiliopoulos refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Spiliopoulos's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 13:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Morrison!
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: PF 16 - Stewart vs Terror     
Date:   Oct 15, 2016
#R1#
Morrison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison swinging wildly here.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Tural shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tural tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morrison lands with a hook. Tural tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tural misses with a looping left.
Morrison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#TD#
Tural gets caught napping as Morrison dives in and scores a takedown. Tural manages to retain guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Morrison 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Tural is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.#T1##SUB#
Morrison working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morrison laying and praying for a moment but Tural takes advantage and regains half guard.
Morrison has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tural is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison has a good base and remains in mount.#T2#
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tural is looking to escape.
Tural prevents Morrison from taking his back.#SUB#
Morrison goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Tural is on top in guard.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tural is one step ahead there.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Tural is proving a slippery customer. #T3#
Tural looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tural trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison controls Tural momentarily but Tural frees himself. #SUB#
Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tural defends it easily.
Tural must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#SUB#
Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Tural to get to half guard. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morrison tries to roll over but Tural keeps him under control.
Morrison is looking to get back to full guard here but Tural has managed to pass to side control instead.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Tural presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Morrison is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Morrison dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Tural slips the punch.
Morrison throws a body punch but Tural moves out of range.
Tural staying out of range there.
Tural missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tural lands the left hand.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tural just misses with a punch to the body.
Tural throws an off balance right hand
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
Morrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tural counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison takes a swing at Tural's ribcage but misses.
Morrison scores with a jab. Tural acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Tural.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tural keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison staying out of range there.
Tural gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Morrison has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.#T1#
Tural waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
and Tural counters with an outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tural swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tural uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Morrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morrison tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tural sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morrison somewhat.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Tural misses with a two punch combination.
Tural swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Tural counters with a three punch combo that has Morrison backing up. Morrison nods at Tural to acknowledge the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tural defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Tural misses with a leg kick
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tural moves away.
Tural bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tural connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morrison momentarily.
Tural wants to slow Morrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tural misses with a straight left.
A quick step to the side and Morrison tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison shoots for a takedown but Tural saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tural uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Abi Tural is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Tural's head.
Nice shot by Morrison.
Tural takes one on the chin but keeps coming. #TD#
Morrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tural did well to prevent Morrison getting side control.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Tural is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tural trying to hold on to Morrison's head to control him but Morrison postures up.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tural can do to turn this around?
Morrison is looking to advance position but Tural won't allow it. #T3#
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morrison wants to free his trapped foot but Tural is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Tural is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tural wants to get back to full guard.#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tural is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison is looking to stall here but Tural recovers full guard.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tural trying to control the position. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
David Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison takes a swing at Tural's ribcage but misses.
Morrison throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Tural to counter with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Tural clinches. #BC#
Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
David Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Tural misses.
It looked like Morrison was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tural.
Good standup being displayed there by Morrison as he connects with a hook.
Tural moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Morrison dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Tural ducks down to avoid it.
Tural throws out a counter right but Morrison avoids it with no problem.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Tural was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Tural defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison looks to throw the jab but Tural is out of range.
Morrison slips a straight right by Tural.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison throws a hook but Tural avoids it easily.
Tural loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morrison is defended easily by Tural.
It seemed like Tural was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tural takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrison misses with a straight left. #T1#
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Tural was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison defending well as Tural loads up on a big left hand.
Tural lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Morrison lunges at Tural with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tural's hand.
Tural missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morrison.
Tural throws a low kick but Morrison moves out of range easily.
Morrison connects with a body shot that sends Tural's belly button to the back.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tural jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tural darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morrison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Tural takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Morrison does it's job there.#T2##CL2#
Tural moves into the clinch.
Morrison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tural is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morrison is keeping busy.
Tural scores with a shoulder strike.
Tural lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Tural has him pressed against the cage.
Tural is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morrison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tural has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
Morrison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tural or not.
Tural is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tural working aggressively here. #BC#
Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.#T3#
Tural attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tural misses with a hook
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tural tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Tural. That snapped Morrison's head back.
Tural takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tural to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Tural. No joy for Morrison on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison connects with a right hand. Tural shakes it off.
Tural takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tural throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Nice defenses there by Tural.
It seemed like Tural was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tural moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Tural scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tural throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it. #T4#
Tural takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tural bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tural has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison throws a hook but Tural avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Tural on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#TD#
Morrison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.#SUB#
Morrison swings around for an armbar but Tural sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Morrison's guard.
Tural's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tural stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison wants to hit a switch here but Tural passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morrison there!
Tural content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Morrison!

Our winner, David Morrison, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: PF 12 - Oppelaar va Barkley     
Date:   Sep 10, 2016
#R1##TD2#
Queen feints and as Morrison raises his hands in defense, Queen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Queen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to control. #SUB#
Queen is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Morrison has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Queen is looking to defend but Morrison has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Queen! Morrison pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Queen taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). David Morrison!
A relieved looking David Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Jul 22, 2016
#R1#
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pocc fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pocc has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morrison scores with a jab to the head.
Morrison with a hook.
Pocc misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab from Morrison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison throws out a powerful jab.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Pocc tries to work over Morrison's front leg with a kick but Morrison checks it.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab. #ROC#
Pocc is rocked!#T1#
Morrison fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Pocc to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Pocc looks to clinch but Morrison throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Pocc taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). David Morrison!
A victorious David Morrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: TWGC 12 (145lbs, D1): London Qualifier - Round 1     
Date:   Jul 14, 2016

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Brent and David Morrison. Brent comes to the cage accompanied by David Brent - 'Life on the Road'. Morrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Diary of a Madman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!




168 cm
32 yrs
148 lbs



182 cm
25 yrs
156 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; David Brent! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 1 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.


The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Brent shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrison as he jumps to the side.
Brent is looking to clinch.
Morrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brent tries to counter with a takedown but Morrison is quick to defend against it.

Morrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brent did well to prevent Morrison getting side control.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Brent (0) vs (2) Morrison

Morrison is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brent has managed to free his arm - good work.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but Brent is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morrison to get the leverage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brent manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Brent keeps moving.
Brent is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Brent is retaining full guard.
Brent might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison trying to control but Brent is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Brent gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brent (2) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Brent from controlling successfully.
Our spies down at at Canadian Top Team inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brent manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brent (2) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is looking to advance position but Brent has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Brent (6) vs (4) Morrison
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brent can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.
Brent content just to control the position here.
Brent wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brent content just to control the position here.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.
Brent controlling the pace for now.
Brent trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brent tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Brent looking to secure an arm triangle but Morrison defends it well.
Brent can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Brent has a good base and remains in mount.
Brent controlling the position easily from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brent tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brent takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morrison regains half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Brent frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brent (9) vs (4) Morrison
Brent content just to control the position here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brent tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Brent controlling his opponent.
Brent tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison tries to lock up and control but Brent gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Brent is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Morrison is surviving well by controlling Brent's body position as best he can.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
Brent avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
Morrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Brent is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brent is working away from the top position though.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Brent trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brent is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brent prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison keeps trying to improve his position.

Brent looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Brent is pressing down on Morrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrison is holding on for now.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Brent is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is in trouble now - Brent has advanced to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Brent (12) vs (4) Morrison

Brent jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morrison manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Morrison prevents Brent from moving into mount.
Morrison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brent's best efforts.

Morrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison gets full guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Brent pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison gets full guard.
Brent trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison working a defensive guard but Brent manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Brent (15) vs (4) Morrison

Brent has hold of Morrison's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Morrison seems comfortable defending it but Brent has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Morrison is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Morrison is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Brent couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Brent!
Post fight, an emotional David Brent said 'Never doubt The Brentmeister!'.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 
 
 
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