PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 839 p4p, 1318 weight class) and Joe Exotic (ranked 134 p4p, 206 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Exotic has chosen I Saw a Tiger as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Morrison
vs
Exotic

181 cm
22
170
10 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
169
6 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joe Exotic!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Exotic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Exotic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison slips a straight right by Exotic.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Exotic scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Exotic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morrison shoots and misses
and Exotic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Exotic has Morrison up against the cage in a clinch.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Exotics head.

Exotic manages to break the clinch.
Morrison walks into a left hand.
Exotic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Exotic lands a nice hook to Morrison's body. Morrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Exotic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joe Exotic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Exotic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Exotic closes the distance and clinches.
Exotic tries to throw a body punch but Morrison avoids it by throwing Exotic back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Exotic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Exotic misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison digs a right hand underneath Exotic's ribcage. Exotic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Morrison.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Exotic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Exotic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Exotic.
Exotic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Exotic ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.

Exotic drives through and clinches with Morrison against the cage.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Exotic tries to work over Morrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Morrison has picked Exotic up - he's going for a ride! Morrison dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Exotic wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
Exotic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrison.
Exotic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Exotic controlling the position for now.
Morrison working over Exotic with some ground and pound. Exotic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Exotic trying to control but Morrison postures up.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Exotic blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morrison slips a nice elbow through Exotic's hands, connecting with Exotic's forehead.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morrison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Exotic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison stops Exotic from getting back to his feet.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Exotic gets back to full guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Exotic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Exotic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Exotic controlling Morrison's posture.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Exotic blocks nicely.
Exotic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Exotic trying to control the position here.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frank Morrison will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Morrison lands with a nice body punch.
Morrison takes one on the button.
Morrison moves in looking to clinch but Exotic pushes him off.
Morrison throws a predictable looking body shot
and Exotic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrison throws the left hand but Exotic avoids the punch easily.
Exotic moves out of range of the strikes.
Exotic stuns Morrison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
Joe Exotic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Exotic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morrison scrambles back to his feet.
Morrison swings for the body but Exotic moves out of range.
Exotic lands with a cross.
Morrison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Exotic.
Exotic cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Morrison wants to clinch
and Exotic counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from Exotic.
Morrison scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a jab when Exotic was well out of range.
Exotic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Exotic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Exotic! But no joy.
A jab lands there for Morrison.
Exotic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Exotic is looking to clinch.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Exotic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morrison throws a body punch but Exotic moves out of range.
Morrison drops his hands momentarily and Exotic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Exotic lands a leg kick that knocks Morrison off balance momentarily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morrison.
Exotic throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch lands to the side of Morrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Exotic throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Exotic blocks a jab.
Joe Exotic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Exotic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison backing away here, and Exotic unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Exotic thumps Morrison with a low kick.

Morrison has closed the distance and engaged Exotic in a clinch.

Exotic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Exotic misses with a looping right.
Exotic misses with a hook
and Morrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Morrison. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison blocks a low kick nicely.
Morrison misses with a hook. Exotic ducked under it nicely.
Morrison throws a body punch but Exotic moves out of range.
Exotic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Exotic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Exotic moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Exotic.
Morrison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looks to throw the jab but Exotic is out of range.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Exotic staying out of range there.
Morrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Exotic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Exotic slips under a jab.
Morrison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Exotic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Exotic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Exotic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Exotic works Morrison's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Exotic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Exotic does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Exotic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison checks a leg kick.
Exotic misses with a body shot.
Exotic slips under a jab.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Exotic manages to avoid it.
Exotic looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison checks a leg kick.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Exotic.
Some wild striking there from Morrison.
Exotic throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Exotic was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison lands a body shot.
Morrison tries to clinch up but Exotic circles away and keeps his distance.
Exotic throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrison counters with a left to the body.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Exotic circles away easily
letting Exotic counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Exotic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Exotic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison throws a jab when Exotic was well out of range.
Exotic misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Morrison.
Exotic stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrison. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Exotic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morrison at a distance.
Morrison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morrison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Exotic can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Exotic scores with a hook.
Exotic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Exotic throws a chopping leg kick but Morrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Morrison clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Morrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is working Exotic over against the cage.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.
Exotic tries to move into range but Morrison moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Exotic.
Morrison misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Exotic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Exotic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Exotic wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
Morrison slips under a jab.

Morrison closes the distance and clinches.

Exotic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Morrison shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morrison showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison thows a huge punch but Exotic dodges it nicely.
Exotic is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison trying to control the pace.
Exotic blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throwing shots but Exotic is blocking nicely.
Exotic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrison lands a nice short elbow.
Exotic trying to control here.
Exotic has a hand on Morrison's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Morrison takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Exotic is in a horrible position here. Morrison smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morrison with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Exotic wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Morrison.
Morrison misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Morrison misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Morrison landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Exotic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morrison lands with some strikes.
Exotic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morrison misses with some ground and pound and Exotic recovers position to half guard.
Morrison is nestled in close to Exotic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
After winning the bout, Frank Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.