PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Lancaster (ranked 708 p4p, 194 weight class) and Frank Morrison (ranked 86 p4p, 24 weight class). Morrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lancaster
vs
Morrison

183 cm
35
185
28 - 20 - 0

181 cm
29
170
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Lancaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison jabs Lancaster to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lancaster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lancaster's head backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Lancaster misses the target.
Morrison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morrison scores with a jab to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lancaster enables Morrison to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lancaster manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lancaster wants to sweep but no luck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison trying to control but Lancaster is working from the bottom.
Lancaster wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Lancaster keeps moving.
Morrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison scoring with some ground and pound.
Lancaster looking for a sweep. Not yet Lancaster, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lancaster is adopting a defensive guard.
Morrison postures up in Lancaster's guard and throws a big left but Lancaster blocks it.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Lancaster keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morrison slips a jab from Lancaster.
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.
Lancaster waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Morrison swings for the body but Lancaster moves out of range.
Lancaster has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Lancaster takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Lancaster looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lancaster with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison digs a good hook to Lancaster's body.
Lancaster takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good shot there by Morrison.
Lancaster misses the jab.
Lancaster throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morrison with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lancaster in his tracks.
Lancaster on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lancaster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lancaster.
Lancaster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lancaster's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lancaster had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Lancaster.
Lancaster throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henry Lancaster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lancaster takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lancaster takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lancaster gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morrison.
A punch combination from Lancaster misses.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lancaster.
Morrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lancaster misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Lancaster's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Lancaster seems unphased.
Morrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lancaster at a distance.
Lancaster misses with a hook
and Morrison counters with a two punch combo.
Lancaster's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lancaster scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lancaster stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morrison lands a slapping body shot.
Lancaster keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison moves out of range as Lancaster strikes.
Lancaster is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Morrison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morrison throws a good cross that connects.
Lancaster looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lancaster looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lancaster.
Morrison scores with a punch to the head.
Lancaster rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison lands a nice shot that snaps Lancaster's head back.
Lancaster closes the distance but Morrison moves to the side
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Morrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morrison slips a straight right by Lancaster.
Morrison lands a jab.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.

Lancaster closes the distance and clinches.
Lancaster blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Morrison.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison swings for the body but Lancaster moves out of range.
Lancaster connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lancaster defends it nicely.
Lancaster moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Morrison.
Lancaster throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Frank Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lancaster throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Morrison counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lancaster!
Morrison fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lancaster struggling a bit here.
Lancaster 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 score with some ground and pound. Lancaster controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lancaster manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Lancaster is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morrison lands a nice short elbow.
Lancaster taking some punishment here, with Morrison in his half guard.
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lancaster is looking to escape.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lancaster's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lancaster slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lancaster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison's guard.

Morrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lancaster trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morrison's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison managing to control the position.
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.
Lancaster would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Morrison. Beautiful body shot.
Morrison cracks Lancaster with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Lancaster's body.
Lancaster misses with a right hand
enabling Morrison to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lancaster stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrison. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.

Morrison gets a double leg takedown into Lancaster's guard.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Morrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lancaster swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Morrison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lancaster doesn't seem phased though.
Lancaster misses the jab.
Lancaster takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lancaster looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.
Lancaster gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Morrison fails with the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Lancaster misses the target.
Lancaster throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrison lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lancaster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lancaster tries to clinch up.
Morrison digs a good body shot into Lancaster's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Lancaster seems unphased.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrison digs a good hook to Lancaster's body.
Lancaster misses with a hook.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrison swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lancaster counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Morrison.
Morrison with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Lancaster takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lancaster misses with a double jab
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison tries to move into range but Lancaster moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
Henry Lancaster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lancaster walks into a left hand.
Lancaster gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morrison.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Lancaster knows he should have avoided that one.
Morrison lands with a shot to the body.
Morrison jabs Lancaster to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lancaster throws a lazy right hand but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lancaster misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison cracks Lancaster with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morrison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lancaster jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster throws a good cross that connects.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lancaster doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison has a takedown stuffed.
A jab from Lancaster misses.
Lancaster misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lancaster walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A left lands for Morrison.
Lancaster misses with a combination
and Morrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Jab from Morrison.
Morrison digs a good hook to Lancaster's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Lancaster's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster throws a hook but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lancaster looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lancaster.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from Morrison does it's job there.
Morrison scores with a body shot.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morrison lands with a hook. Lancaster tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slow jab from Lancaster misses its intended target.
Lancaster throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lancaster misses with a wild combination.
Morrison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morrison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
Frank Morrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.