PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chase Beebe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leslie Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chase Beebe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Beebe
vs
Morrow

175 cm
31
153 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

160 cm
26
147 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chase Beebe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leslie Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beebe moves into the clinch.
Morrow tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morrow pushes off an throws an elbow but Beebe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beebe has Morrow pushed against the cage.
Morrow is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morrow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Beebe gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Chase Beebe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leslie Morrow.
Morrow jumps guard but Beebe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Beebe gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Beebe trying to control the action but Morrow is working from the bottom.

Beebe wants to work for an arm triangle but Morrow is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Beebe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Morrow!
Beebe looking to finish Morrow with some ground and pound. This is bad for Morrow!
Beebe 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Beebe working for a submission but Morrow is keeping him at bay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beebe trying to control but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beebe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beebe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morrow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Beebe is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Morrow is surviving well by controlling Beebe's body position as best he can.

Beebe jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morrow manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Morrow can't do much from the bottom here.

Beebe has hold of Morrow's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Morrow seems comfortable defending it but Beebe has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Morrow is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Morrow is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Beebe couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chase Beebe!
Chase Beebe really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 5th Round Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.