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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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176 lbs
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177 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scotty Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones gets a clinch.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones tries a body shot but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morrison walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Morrison closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. Morrison will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a jab.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Morrison has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
Jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Scotty Morrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Jones.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrison gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Jones 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jones no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Morrison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Morrison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones stands up and beckons Morrison to his feet.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working hard to break the clinch.
Jones pulls guard effortlessly.
Morrison has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jones has Morrison pulled in close to control his posture.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Morrison defends easily.
Jones trying to strike off his back.
Jones pushes Morrison off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones clinches.
Jones manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jones is adopting a defensive guard.
Jones 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Scotty Morrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones darts in and clinches Morrison up against the cage.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morrisons head.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Morrison blocks it.
Jones stalling.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones keeps control of Morrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones tries to break free but Morrison pushes him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Morrison won't allow it.
Morrison is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Morrison doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Morrison tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Morrison tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Morrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morrison is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jones pulls guard effortlessly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to stand and escape but instead Jones has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Morrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morrison is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jones is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Morrison is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Morrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones throws a sloppy head kick
and Morrison counters with a body kick.
Morrison lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morrison tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones gets a clinch.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Morrison has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones keeps control of Morrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones jumps guard.
Morrison is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Morrison won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison to get to half guard.
Morrison tries to stand and escape but Jones actually recovers to full guard.
Morrison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing Morrison from standing up.
Jones had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrison defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Morrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jones's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison being controlled here momentarily.
Jones pushes Morrison off and scrambles back to his feet.
Morrison wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Scotty Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcus Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Jones in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morrison.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scotty Morrison.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Jones!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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