PBP Commentary

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

Morrow
vs
Green

181 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clay Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Green!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow slips under a jab from Green.
Morrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Green throws a right and a left that Morrow avoids nicely.
Morrow checks the leg kick nicely there.
A punch combination from Green misses.
Green's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morrow under the eye.
Green misses with a double jab
letting Morrow counter with a right hand.
Green throws the left hand but Morrow avoids the punch easily.
Green throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
Green misses with a double jab.

Morrow rushes Green and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morrow gets through Green's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Green pushes off an throws an elbow but Morrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Green throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Morrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow blocks an elbow strike.
Morrow working hard to break the clinch.
Green misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrow.
A right hook to the body lands for Morrow.
Green throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morrow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Green up against the cage.
Green pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Green lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Green comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Green has Morrow pressed against the cage, preventing Morrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morrow blocks the elbow strike.
Morrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Morrow lands a body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Green just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrow's brow.
Morrow tries to break the clinch but Green is controlling the position.
Green tries to stall but Morrow uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
Morrow scores with a shoulder strike.
Green takes a shot to the head.
Morrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morrow avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Morrow.
Green is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morrow lands with a right to the head.
Green tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrow avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Morrow as the two fighters clinch.
Morrow taking a breather.
Green is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Green controls his hands.
Green trying to control the position but instead, Morrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Green into the cage.
Morrow dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Morrow on the inside.
Green wants to stall.
Morrow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Green up against the cage.
Morrow gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Morrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Green with a knee to the head.
Morrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee calls for Green to work.
Morrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Morrow.
Green crunches a lovely knee into Morrow's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
Morrow avoids a wild elbow strike from Green.
Knees in the clinch landing for Green.
Morrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrow is working Green over against the cage.
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 lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Morrow.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrow.
Green looking to throw knees to the head but Morrow is blocking nicely.
Green lands an elbow that stopped Morrow in his tracks for a moment.
Morrow is trying to push Green away but Green has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A right hook to the body lands for Morrow.
Green tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrow avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Morrow.
Morrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morrow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Green creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
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 Clay Morrow will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Green tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.

Morrow closes the distance and pushes Green back into the cage.
Morrow tries to work over Green's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrow tries to throw a body punch but Green avoids it by throwing Morrow back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Morrow.
Green landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Green prevents Morrow from breaking the clinch.
Morrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Green's elbow.
Morrow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Green backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Green throws an elbow but misses.
Morrow tries to work over Green's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Green pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Green with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Green lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Green keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrow's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morrow scores with a shoulder strike.
Green lands an elbow inside.
Clay Morrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Green.
Morrow blocks the elbow strike.
Green lands an elbow just above Morrow 's eye.
Morrow takes an elbow to the temple.
Green connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morrow's face.
Morrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Green controls his hands.
Green prevents a body shot from Morrow.
A right hook to the body lands for Morrow.
Green missing with knees to the body.
Morrow lands an uppercut.
Green throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Green.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Green blocks a body shot from Morrow.
Morrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Morrow scores with a shoulder strike.
Green throws an elbow but it misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Green.
Morrow avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
Morrow'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.
Morrow avoids the elbow strike from Green, against the cage.
Green taking a breather.
Morrow gets through Green's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Green is trying to maintain a safe position but Morrow gets an underhook and turns Green into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Green lands an elbow that stopped Morrow in his tracks for a moment.
Morrow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Morrow.
Morrow blocks an elbow strike.
Green throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Green.
A hook to the body from Morrow.
Green trying to land knees to the body.
Green is breathing heavily.
Morrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morrow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Green throws an elbow but misses.
Green wants to stall.
Green displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morrow up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a punch to the body.
Morrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Morrow.
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!
Green is looking to control Morrow's arms but Morrow gets an underhook and turns him. Now Green has his back to the cage.
A body shot lands from Morrow.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrow.
A short body shot lands from Morrow as the two fighters clinch.
Morrow has Green pressed against the cage.
Morrow lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morrow lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morrow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Green up against the cage.
Morrow pushes Green back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Morrow dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Morrow misses with a double jab.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Green misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Green throws the left hand but Morrow avoids the punch easily.
Morrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.

Morrow instigates a clinch.
Green misses with a knee to the head.
Morrow avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrow.
Morrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morrow avoids a wild elbow strike from Green.
Morrow is trying to stall.
Morrow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Green up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green trying to stall but Morrow improves his position.
Green tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Green looking to stall.
Green's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Green with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Green takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morrow lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morrow throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morrow lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Morrow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Morrow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Green prevents a body shot from Morrow.
Green has Morrow pressed against the cage, preventing Morrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrow scores with a shoulder strike.

Green is rocked!
Morrow blocks an elbow strike from Green.
Green is still on wobbly legs! Can Morrow finish him?
Morrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morrow lands a body punch.
Green trying to control the position but instead, Morrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Green into the cage.
Green seems to have recovered his senses.
Morrow can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Morrow.
Morrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Green backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Morrow.
Morrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Morrow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a nice uppercut.
Morrow throws a big uppercut that drops Green! More strikes from Morrow and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Green lies dazed against the cage as Morrow celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clay Morrow!
Clay Morrow seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.