PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Morsio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Dahmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morsio
vs
Dahmer

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Morsio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Dahmer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morsio scores with a decent looking hook.
Dahmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Morsio.
Morsio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Morsio darts in and clinches Dahmer up against the cage.
Morsio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dahmer gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Morsio breaks from the clinch.
Dahmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morsio throws a leg kick but Dahmer checks it.
Dahmer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morsio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dahmer swivels and escapes.
Dahmer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Morsio instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer tries to throw a body punch but Morsio avoids it by throwing Dahmer back against the cage.

Morsio pulls guard successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dahmer wants to stand but Morsio is controlling his posture from full guard.
Morsio managing to control the position.
Morsio 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.
Dahmer controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dahmer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer wants to stand but Morsio has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dahmer shoots for a double leg takedown but Morsio sprawls well. He's pushed Dahmer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pawel Morsio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Dahmer.

Morsio rushes Dahmer and presses him up against the cage.

Morsio jumps into guard, dragging Dahmer to the mat.
Dahmer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morsio keeping moving, preventing Dahmer from controlling successfully.

Dahmer stands and steps away. Morsio gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Morsio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dahmer avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morsio shoots in but no luck this time.
Morsio is breathing heavily.
Dahmer misses with the combination.
Morsio stuffs the takedown.
Morsio leaves Dahmer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morsio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morsio moves out of range of the body kick from Dahmer.
Dahmer misses with a double jab.
Morsio leaves Dahmer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dahmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morsio pinned against the cage. Morsio gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Some bone on bone action there as Morsio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morsio fails to land the takedown.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Dahmer has eaten all the pies!
Morsio tries to clinch but Dahmer is having none of it.
Morsio looks for a takedown but Dahmer sprawls well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horrible takedown by Dahmer or perhaps it was just good defense by Morsio which made him look bad.
Morsio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dahmer is fending him off so far but Morsio persists. Nope, Dahmer circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pawel Morsio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dahmer fails in his attempt to clinch.

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

Morsio decides to pull guard.
Morsio pulls Dahmer in close to prevent any damage.
Dahmer looking to sit in guard and control but Morsio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morsio is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dahmer pulls Morsio in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morsio trying to control but Dahmer is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dahmer wants to stand up but Morsio is controlling him.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pawel Morsio wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Morsio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dahmer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morsio is looking to clinch but Dahmer is avoiding it.
Morsio displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dahmer.
Nice sprawl there from Morsio as Dahmer shoots in.
Dahmer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morsio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dahmer paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morsio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dahmer looks for the body kick but Morsio saw that one coming.
Morsio tries a head kick but it misses.
Dahmer shoots in for a takedown but Morsio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pawel Morsio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Dahmer.
Dahmer keeps the fight on the outside.
Dahmer looks to clinch
and Morsio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dahmer thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morsio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morsio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dahmer pinned against the cage. Dahmer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pawel Morsio is winning the standup battle so far.
Dahmer throws a head kick but Morsio moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Morsio. No joy for Dahmer on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer closes the distance looking to clinch

and Morsio moves into the clinch.
Morsio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dahmer smiles and moves away.
Morsio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dahmer circles away.
Morsio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Morsio. No joy for Dahmer on that attempt.
Horrible takedown by Dahmer or perhaps it was just good defense by Morsio which made him look bad.
Dahmer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dahmer fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morsio is defended easily by Dahmer.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dahmer.
Dahmer misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morsio keeps the fight on the outside.
Dahmer tries to close the distance and clinch but Morsio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pawel Morsio will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Dahmer or perhaps it was just good defense by Morsio which made him look bad.

Morsio pushes Dahmer up against the cage in a clinch.
Morsio tries for a takedown. No joy.

Morsio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dahmer fails to land the takedown.
Morsio is looking to clinch.
Dahmer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pawel Morsio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Dahmer.
Morsio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dahmer's waist but Dahmer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morsio off to one side.
Dahmer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morsio throws a body punch but Dahmer moves out of range.
Dahmer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer leaves Morsio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morsio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dahmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dahmer is looking to clinch but Morsio is avoiding it.
Morsio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morsio shoots in but no luck this time.
Dahmer shoots in for a takedown but Morsio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Dahmer.
Morsio has his takedown stuffed

and Dahmer counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morsio tries to pull guard but Dahmer holds him up against the cage and eventually Morsio drops back down to his feet.
Dahmer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dahmer looking to stall.
Dahmer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dahmer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morsio smiles and moves away.

Dahmer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dahmer wants to control but Morsio is keeping him busy.

Dahmer maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Morsio could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Dahmer has cracked it and Morsio is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Dahmer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jeff Dahmer!