PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metalingus. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Morrison
vs
Almeida

170 cm
27
139 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

181 cm
25
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexandre Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Almeida's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Morrison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison looking to pass the guard.
Almeida seems keen to control Morrison's posture.
Almeida trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison passes into half guard.
Morrison working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Almeida defending well though.
Morrison 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.
Almeida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morrison working the head and body with strikes.
Morrison lands strikes from half guard.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Almeida's head.
Morrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Morrison seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison's back!
Almeida misses with an elbow to the head.
Morrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Almeida looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Almeida wants to take a breather but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
Morrison thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Morrison throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Almeida is sitting in close to Morrison's body. Morrison has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Almeida is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Almeida is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Morrison.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Morrison!
Our winner, John Morrison, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.