PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Dawson (ranked 1904 p4p, 3054 weight class) and Sam Morril (ranked 198 p4p, 294 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dawson
vs
Morril

178 cm
22
165
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
21
168
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Morril!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morril swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morril chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dawson can pounce on him.
Dawson with a nice calf kick.
A combination from Dawson does no damage.
Dawson throws a shot to the body.
Dawson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morrils jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morril takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Michael Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morril throws a looping overhand right but Dawson ducks down to avoid it.
Morril misses with a hook. Dawson ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Morril there.
Dawson lands a leg kick that knocks Morril off balance momentarily.
Dawson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
Morril lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dawson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morril walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson slips under a jab.
Morril uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dawson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morril! But no joy.
Dawson moves out of range as Morril strikes.
Morril looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dawson jabs Morril right on the nose. Morril blinks but takes it well.
Morril misses with a straight right.
Dawson misses with a body punch
and Morril connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morril defending well as Dawson loads up on a big left hand.
Morril looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dawson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dawson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dawson lands with a hook. Morril tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dawson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morril ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dawson moves away.
Dawson throws a low kick, looking for Morril's leg but Morril calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morril moves away from the strike by Dawson.
A slow jab from Dawson misses its intended target.
Dawson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morril looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Morril does no damage.
Dawson looks to score with a jab to the body but Morril is just out of range.
Dawson walks into a left hand.
Morril has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dawson finds it's way round the side to connect with Morril's head.
Morril swings for the body but Dawson moves out of range.
Morril stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morril missing with a left hand there. Dawson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morril moves out of range of the strikes.
Dawson avoids the body shot from Morril.
Dawson throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson misses with an uppercut
and Morril counters with a right hand to the body.
A nice leg kick from Morril, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dawson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morril throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dawson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dawson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morril.
Morril with a jab.
Morril fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawson manages to avoid it.
Dawson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circling - Dawson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've been told by Dawson's head coaches at California Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Morril sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A big right from Dawson misses.
Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morril.
Dawson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morril's head backwards.
Dawson throws a lazy body kick
and Morril cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dawson misses with a wild combination.
Dawson throws a shot to the body.
Dawson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morril finds it's way round the side to connect with Dawson's head.
Morril keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morril! But no joy.
Dawson misses with a double jab
and Morril connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morril comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dawson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morril feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dawsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawson misses with a double jab
and Morril counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michael Dawson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morril cracks Dawson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dawson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morril.
Dawson moves away from the strike by Morril.
Dawson throws a jab when Morril was well out of range.
Dawson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morril checks a leg kick.
Michael Dawson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dawson throws a hook but Morril blocks it.
Morril now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dawson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dawson moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot lands for Morril.
Dawson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morril throws out the jab.
Dawson throws a body kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dawson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morril has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morril and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morril dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morril.
Morril slips a straight right by Dawson.
Dawson throws a right hand that Morril ducks under and follows up with a left that Morril also avoids with ease.
Morril ducks under a wild hook from Dawson.
Morril takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dawson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dawson throws a big shot that misses.
Morril misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dawson.
Morril slips under a jab.
Dawson scores with a hook.
Michael Dawson is winning the standup battle so far.
Morril throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Morril misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson ducks under a wild hook from Morril.
Dawson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dawson thumps Morril with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morril uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawson.
Dawson misses the jab.
Dawson misses with a wild combination.
Morril buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dawson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Morril.
Morril misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morril's hands.
Morril showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dawson.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Morril might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dawson has got the better of the exchanges.
Morril throws an overhand right that lands on Dawson's shoulder, as Dawson tries to avoid the shot.
Morril takes a swing at Dawson's ribcage but misses.
Dawson takes one to the side of the head.
Morril lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawson at a distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Dawson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dawson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morril cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dawson lands a really nice looking cross but Morril seems unphased.
Dawson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morril uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawson.
Morril swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morril lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morril throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dawson.
Morril misses with a wild body shot.
Dawson with a jab.
Morril cracks Dawson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Dawson is rocked!
Morril lands a slapping body shot.
Oh Dawson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morril dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crack! Morril connects with the perfect overhand right and Dawson falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Morril!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sam Morril!
A very excited looking Sam Morril rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.