PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yves Morello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Shalf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morello comes into the arena with Fuel blaring out of the sound system. Yves Morello has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Morello
vs
Shalf

180 cm
27
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yves Morello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Shalf!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shalf throws a left and a right that both miss

and Morello counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Shalf is defending against the submission attempts here by Morello.

Morello is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Shalf has managed to free his arm - good work.

Morello is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Shalf is just riding it out for now. Morello eventually gives up the hold.

Morello is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morello is working for a kimura but Shalf is defending it quite comfortably.

Shalf is defending against the submission attempts here by Morello.
Shalf is trying to stand back up but Morello is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Morello is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Morello is looking for a kimura here.

Morello is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morello is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Morello is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Shalf doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morello.

Morello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morello is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Morello is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shalf defends it well.

Morello is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Morello is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yves Morello dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shalf swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Morello counters with a takedown into side control.

Morello looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Morello has hold of Shalf's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Shalf tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Morello cranks the arm and Shalf screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Shalf, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Yves Morello!
An out of breath Yves Morello thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.