PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephane Ouelet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ouelet has chosen Chien Fou as his entrance music. Trent Morrow is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Morrow
vs
Ouelet

170 cm
28
165 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

180 cm
23
165 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Rio

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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stephane Ouelet!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouelet darts in trying to clinch
and Morrow counters with a three punch combo that has Ouelet backing up. Ouelet nods at Morrow to acknowledge the strikes.
Ouelet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrow cracks Ouelet with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ouelet looks to clinch
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Morrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrow throws a looping overhand right but Ouelet ducks down to avoid it.

Morrow drives through with a takedown into Ouelet's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ouelet is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Morrow seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrow creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ouelet sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Morrow working the ground and pound.
Morrow in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Morrow throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ouelet manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ouelet wants to stand but Morrow has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Morrow slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ouelet tries to kick Morrow off but Morrow keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouelet wants to get back to full guard but Morrow has mounted him!
Morrow has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ouelet really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Morrow.
Ouelet blocking the ground and pound.
Ouelet can't escape the position.
Ouelet takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ouelet really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ouelet tries to reverse the position but Morrow maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrow is landing with some decent strikes but Ouelet is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ouelet tries to hold on but Morrow postures up.
Morrow with shots to the head and body - Ouelet looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morrow is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ouelet can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ouelet is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow scoring with strikes but Ouelet is staying in there.
Ouelet wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Morrow.
Morrow landing strikes, looking to finish!

Ouelet is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Morrow! Ouelet is hurt baaadly! Morrow is firing away with more strikes - Ouelet is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trent Morrow!
A relieved looking Trent 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.