PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 42 p4p, 283 weight class) and Kronos Doomsday (ranked 6 p4p, 40 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme blaring out of the sound system. Doomsday has chosen Main Theme - Doom Eternal as his entrance music. 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!

Morrison
vs
Doomsday

181 cm
35
170
39 - 18 - 0

175 cm
37
175
25 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Hoarse Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kronos Doomsday!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morrison.
A punch lands to the side of Doomsday 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morrison throws a body punch but Doomsday moves out of range.
A punch combination from Doomsday misses.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Doomsday moved out of range.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Doomsday throws a shot from downtown. Morrison moves away and avoids it.
Doomsday fails with a takedown attempt.
Morrison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Doomsday.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison with a jab.

Morrison shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Doomsday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morrison pulls Doomsday in close to prevent any damage.
Doomsday throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Doomsday preventing the sweep.
Morrison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Doomsday.
Doomsday postures up in Morrison's guard and throws a big left but Morrison blocks it.
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.
My spies in House of 1000 Corpses inform me that Doomsday has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Doomsday from controlling successfully.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Doomsday's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morrison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morrison throws a big right hand that misses.
Morrison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Doomsday's head.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Doomsday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morrison controlling the position.
Doomsday stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Doomsday is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Doomsday trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison controlling the position.
Doomsday won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison trying to keep a closed guard but Doomsday is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Doomsday has passed into side control.
Morrison tries to bench press Doomsday off him but Doomsday keeps the position.
Doomsday working the ground and pound but Morrison is defending the strikes.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to hold on to Doomsday's head to control him but Doomsday postures up.
Doomsday prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but Doomsday is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison trying to control here.
Doomsday throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morrison trying to control but Doomsday postures up.
Morrison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morrison won't allow Doomsday to pass to mount.
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Doomsday slips a jab from Morrison.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrison takes a swing at Doomsday's ribcage but misses.
Doomsday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doomsday takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doomsday.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Morrison.
Doomsday feints the counter takedown.
Doomsday misses the shot to the body.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doomsday bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doomsday. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Doomsday swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Doomsday moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Morrison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Doomsday.
Doomsday with the counter takedown but Morrison avoids it easily.
Morrison cracks Doomsday with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Doomsday ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Doomsday on the side of the head.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doomsday.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doomsday with the counter takedown but Morrison avoids it easily.
Doomsday scores with a sloppy right hand. Morrison should have avoided that one.
Donk. Doomsday catches Morrison right on the button with a cross.
Morrison scores with a jab to the body.
Morrison scores with a one two! Doomsday had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Morrison gets the takedown into side control.
Morrison throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday is looking to reverse the position.
Doomsday dodges the ground and pound from Morrison.
Doomsday on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doomsday can do to turn this around?
Doomsday sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Doomsday regains full guard. Nicely done.
Doomsday wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Doomsday is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Doomsday wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morrison stands up over Doomsday, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Doomsday has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doomsday keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday is controlling Morrison's posture.
Doomsday wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Doomsday has wrist control.
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Doomsday keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Doomsday looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morrison throws a big right hand that misses.
Morrison postures up and lands a big shot to Doomsday's brow.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Morrison dominated that second round.
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.

Doomsday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Doomsday moved out of range nicely.
Doomsday scores with a nice head shot.
Doomsday slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
Morrison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrison swings for the body but Doomsday moves out of range.
Doomsday is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Doomsday takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Doomsday throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Doomsday walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doomsday.
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Doomsdays jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Doomsday moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morrison shoots in looking for a takedown but Doomsday manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morrison's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doomsday swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Morrison. Beautiful body shot.
Morrison lands with a nice body punch.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Doomsday takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Doomsday throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.
Doomsday with the counter takedown but Morrison avoids it easily.
Doomsday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doomsday throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison lands a jab to Doomsday's midsection.
Doomsday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doomsday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morrison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Doomsday throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doomsday throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Doomsday.
Doomsday is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Doomsday cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Doomsday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Doomsday feints the counter takedown.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
Doomsday takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Doomsday looks to land a combination but Morrison avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
Doomsday tries to counter by closing the distance.
Morrison throws a hook but Doomsday blocks it.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.

Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Doomsday avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Doomsday keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kronos Doomsday!
Kronos Doomsday is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kronos Doomsday thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Frank Morrison had this to say: 'This is no place for cowards'.