PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Monkey -Sage Francis. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hunter
vs
Morrison

171 cm
27
140 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

165 cm
28
142 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hunter, pushing him back against the cage.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Morrison clinches with his opponent.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Morrison closes the distance and pushes Hunter back into the cage.
Hunter has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morrison avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morrison tries for a takedown. No joy.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.

Morrison tries to keep at a distance but Hunter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hunter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morrison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Morrison has Hunter pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hunter manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morrison gets underhooks to prevent Hunter's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrison jabs at Hunter's body.

Hunter moves into the clinch.

Morrison ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Morrison no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Morrison uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Hunter moves into range and clinches up with Morrison.
Morrison has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hunter avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Morrison breaks from the clinch.
Hunter dives in and grabs Morrison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes down on Hunter's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Morrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hunter did well to prevent Morrison getting side control.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morrison throwing shots but Hunter is blocking nicely.
Hunter is breathing heavily.
Morrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morrison not doing much here.

Morrison seems to be looking for submissions.
Hunter wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hunter is just riding it out for now. Morrison eventually gives up the hold.
Morrison winds up and cracks Hunter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hunter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hunter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morrison working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from Morrison.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison moves into full mount! Hunter won't be happy about that!
Morrison is landing with some decent strikes but Hunter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Morrison landing strikes from the mount.
Hunter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morrison landing punches.
Morrison landing shots from mount.
Morrison is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hunter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hunter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morrison cracks Hunter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working the ground and pound effectively.
Morrison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morrison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Morrison.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison lands with some strikes.
Morrison putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Hunter is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison landing punches.

Hunter defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morrison.
Morrison is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hunter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Morrison dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hunter tries to keep at a distance but Morrison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morrison lands an uppercut.
Morrison is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morrison is pressed up against the cage. Hunter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morrison down to the mat. Morrison avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hunter tries to keep at a distance but Morrison has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hunter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hunter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hunter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morrison is defending well for now.
Morrison avoiding damage as Hunter throws knees to the body.

Morrison has picked Hunter up - he's going for a ride! Morrison dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Morrison decides to stand up.

Morrison pushes Hunter up against the cage in a clinch.

Morrison is trying to trip Hunter. He has hold of a leg but Hunter is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Morrison persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrison trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is pushing down on Hunter's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hunter is fighting to maintain full guard but Morrison has managed to sneak the leg through.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hunter defends it well.
Morrison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hunter is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison sits in half guard.

Morrison decides to stand and escape the position.
Morrison moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Morrison throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morrison rushes Hunter and presses him up against the cage.

Morrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matt Hunter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morrison bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hunter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hunter takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunter is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Morrison controls the position.
Morrison scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands some shots froms side control.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jim Morrison!