PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Berry Morse (ranked 24686 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Time (ranked 6589 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Morse
vs
Time

207 cm
19
278 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Berry Morse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Time!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Time shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morse defends it nicely.
Morse appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Morse stuffs the takedown.
Morse looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Time is fending him off so far but Morse persists. Nope, Time circles away and we're back to standing.
Morse tries a head kick but it misses.
Time shoots in but no luck this time.
Morse wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Berry Morse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Time.
Time fails to land the takedown.
Morse appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Time gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morse is trying to pull guard but Time turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morse manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morse trying to control the position here.

Time avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Time postures up in Morse's guard and throws a big left but Morse blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morse pulls Time in close to his closed guard and prevents Time from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Time pushes down on Morse's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Time not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morse is not content to let Time control the position.
Time trying to pass the guard but Morse defending well.
Morse has hold of Time's hands but Time slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morse is controlling Time's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Time looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morse preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Morse is refusing to be controlled, as Time sits in half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Time should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morse misses with a jab, cross combination.

Morse closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morse works on Time's body with a couple of short punches.
Morse prevents the takedown attempt.
Morse is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Time to keep the fight standing.
Morse tries to pull guard but Time forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Time jumps guard but Morse stands there with Time around his waist. Time gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Morse gets control of Time's arms and successfully pulls guard. Morse will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Time is looking to advance position but Morse has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berry Morse dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Time shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morse defends it nicely.
Time shoots in looking for a takedown but Morse manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Time's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Time looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morse is fending him off so far but Time persists. Nope, Morse circles away and we're back to standing.
Berry Morse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Time.

Time has taken the fight to the clinch.

Time's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Time dives in and grabs Morse's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morse pushes down on Time's head and hops out.

Morse looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Time has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morse off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morse connects with a good right hand that stumbles Time. Time circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brian Time seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Time forces Morse back against the cage and clinches.

Morse drags the fight down to the ground.
Time pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morse is keeping the position for now.
Morse will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morse keeping moving, preventing Time from controlling successfully.
Morse seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Time landing some decent shots from guard.
Time works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morse is not content to let Time control the position.
Morse throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morse tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Time wants to control but Morse is keeping him busy.
Morse is trying is best to control the position here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick by Time misses

and Morse counters with a single leg into guard. Time didn't expect that.
Time is breathing heavily.
Morse works over Time with some ground and pound from guard.
Time working a defensive guard but Morse passes into half guard.
Morse performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Time flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Morse is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morse looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Time with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Morse stands up out of the half guard.
A low kick from Time is predictable there

and Morse counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Morse lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morse sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Time is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morse's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morse's back!

Morse preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Time.
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 Berry Morse will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Morse has closed the distance and engaged Time in a clinch.
Time fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Time fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Time is looking for a takedown.
Berry Morse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Time.
Time slows down the pace here.

Morse pulls Time into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morse controlling Time's posture.

Morse working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Time doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Time manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morse holds on and takes a little breather.
Morse continues to stall.
Morse keeping moving, preventing Time from controlling successfully.
Morse trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morse managing to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Time has closed the distance and engaged Morse in a clinch.
Morse tries to pull guard but Time holds him up against the cage and eventually Morse drops back down to his feet.

Morse jumps guard.
Morse pulls Time in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morse's guard.
Time looking to sit in guard and control but Morse gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Time is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morse defends well.
Time utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Time wants to stand and escape but Morse is having none of it.
Morse is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Time controls Morse momentarily but Morse frees himself.
Time takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morse stands up over Time, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morse is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morse is looking to work some ground and pound but Time has wrist control.
Morse preventing the sweep.
Morse with a nice head shot there.
Morse stands up over Time, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morse works over Time with some ground and pound from guard.
Morse connects with a couple of short punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morse keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Time's head.
Morse sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brian Time has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berry Morse is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morse scoring with punches to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Berry Morse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morse, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Berry Morse!