PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams comes into the arena with Rihanna - So Hard blaring out of the sound system. Tim Adams had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adams
vs
Morrow

170 cm
32
170 lbs
10 - 18 - 1

185 cm
26
162 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams misses the shot to the body.
Adams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Morrow scores with a nice head shot.
Adams works over Morrow's head and body with a nice combination.

Morrow instigates a clinch.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch but Adams keeps him there for the moment.

Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tim Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morrow defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morrow darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck for Adams with that takedown attempt.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Morrow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Adams blocks a low kick nicely.
Adams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morrow as he avoids it easily.
Morrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Morrow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Adams's head.
A punch combination from Morrow misses.
Jax Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adams dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Adams misses.
Morrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Adams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrow is looking to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Adams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrow.
Adams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrow on the side of the head.
Morrow throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.
Morrow is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Adams wants to clinch up but Morrow keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Morrow.
Morrow works over Adams's head and body with a nice combination.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
Adams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morrow connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adams momentarily.
Adams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morrow defends it nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrow scores with a nice right hand.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Morrow misses with a two punch combination.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams checks a leg kick.
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into Morrow's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Adams connects with a couple of short punches.
Adams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adams throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Adams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morrow looking to control.

Morrow pushes Adams off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow tries a low kick but Adams avoids it.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morrow!
Adams lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Morrow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jax Morrow will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Adams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrow.
Adams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adams throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Morrow does no damage.
Adams swings for the body but Morrow moves out of range.

Morrow clinches up against the cage.

Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams throws a right and a left that Morrow avoids nicely.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adams circles away quickly and effectively.
Adams lands a two punch combo.
Adams tries to move into range but Morrow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Adams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morrow sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrow throws a series of punches but Adams avoids them all with ease.
Morrow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow throws a right hand that Adams ducks under and follows up with a left that Adams also avoids with ease.
Jax Morrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrow scores with the left hand. Adams knows he should have avoided that one.
Morrow has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Adams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adams swinging wildly here.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Morrow.
Morrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Adams throws a sloppy head kick and Morrow moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Adams misses with a leg kick.

Morrow clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow wants to break free but Adams has control.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Morrow.
Morrow has had enough of the clinch but Adams keeps him there for the moment.

Adams breaks from the clinch.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrow dodges the punch combination from Adams.
Morrow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrow tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a nice looking combination but Morrow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morrow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adams.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adams circles away quickly and effectively.
Adams moves to clinch but Morrow breaks away
and Morrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrow lands the left hand.
Morrow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Adams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrow on the side of the head.
Morrow tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adams takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A head kick misses from Adams.
Adams shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morrow dodges the punch combination from Adams.
Morrow tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Adams throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morrow.
Morrow connects with a leg kick. Adams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morrow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morrow slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Morrow misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Adams.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jax Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Morrow closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morrow tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Adams tries to clinch but Morrow moves out of range.
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Morrow backpedaling.

It looks like Jax Morrow has been cut.
Morrow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morrow feints a jab promting Adams to slip. Morrow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Adams slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Adams swinging wildly here.
Adams throws a right hand that Morrow ducks under and follows up with a left that Morrow also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrow throws a combination. Adams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morrow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams fails to land the takedown.
Adams is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow throws a combination. Adams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Adams throws out a loose jab but Morrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrow lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morrow fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Adams on the side of the head.
Adams throws the left hand but Morrow avoids the punch easily.
Adams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrow.
Adams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.

Adams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morrow napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Adams tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow wants to control but Adams postures up.
Adams wants to control but Morrow is keeping him busy.
Morrow struggling a bit here.
Morrow is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Adams trying to control the action but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Adams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adams throwing shots but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Adams looks to land a strike but Morrow avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrow is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams postures up in Morrow's guard and throws a big left but Morrow blocks it.
Adams trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Morrow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adams content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tim Adams just wasn't active enough.
Adams misses with a wild combination.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrow circles away.
Morrow misses with a low kick.
Adams shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adams shoots in but Morrow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tim Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Adams scrambles back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jax Morrow.
I've got Morrow 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jax Morrow!
A relieved looking Jax Morrow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.