PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Morton
vs
Williams

192 cm
23
255 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

199 cm
23
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White 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 Las Vegas, Carl Morton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Williams!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morton fails to land the takedown.

Williams feints and as Morton raises his hands in defense, Williams changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams postures up in Morton's guard and throws a big left but Morton blocks it.
Morton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morton controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Morton blocks nicely.
Williams with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Morton has wrist control.
Morton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morton tries to clinch up.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Morton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Williams rushes Morton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams wants a takedown but no success here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Morton tries to tie him up.
Morton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morton stops a takedown attempt from Williams.
Carl Morton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Williams.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morton prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries for a takedown. No joy.
Williams looks gassed!
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morton missing with knees to the body.
Morton is pressed up against the cage. Williams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morton down to the mat. Morton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Morton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morton doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Williams throwing shots but Morton is blocking nicely.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Williams is thwarting Morton's attempts to control the position.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morton's head.
Morton is trying to maintain the position but Williams is very close to passing his half guard.
Morton tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams working Morton over with strikes.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morton wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Morton misses with a takedown

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams postures up in Morton's guard and throws a big left but Morton blocks it.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Williams manages to get himself to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Morton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Morton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Williams trying to strike off his back.
Morton wants to stand but Williams is controlling his posture from full guard.
Williams throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to strike from the bottom.
Morton forces his way into half guard.
Williams lands a couple of sideways elbows.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morton has his takedown stuffed

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown. Morton fights it but they end up in guard.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Morton.
Williams postures up and lands a big shot to Morton's brow.
Morton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Williams's guard.

Morton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to sweep here but Morton controlling him for the moment.
Williams throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Morton throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
Williams lands a decent punch to the body there.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morton 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.
Williams tries to strike from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Williams shoots for a double leg takedown but Morton sprawls well. He's pushed Williams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Morton with a nice cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morton shoots and misses

and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Morton lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Morton has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Williams dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morton shoots and misses

and Williams counters with a single leg into guard. Morton didn't expect that.
Morton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams postures up and lands a big shot to Morton's brow.
Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Williams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Williams postures up in Morton's guard and throws a big left but Morton blocks it.
Morton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morton shoots and misses

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morton pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morton trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morton has his takedown stuffed

and Williams counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carl Morton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morton prevents it.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Morton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
Morton shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Williams rushes Morton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morton tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.

Williams lands a takedown into guard.
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morton trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
Morton controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.
Morton is really struggling to control Williams but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton closes the distance but Williams moves to the side

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown. Morton fights it but they end up in guard.

Williams decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morton, up you get!
Williams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morton.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Morton.

Williams lands a takedown into guard.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Morton blocks nicely.
Williams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morton controlling Williams's posture.
Williams working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morton's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Williams drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morton working a defensive guard here.
Williams won't allow Morton to sweep him here.
Williams distracts Morton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Williams preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morton working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morton tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Morton tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Williams counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Morton wants to clinch
and Williams counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Morton with a lazy takedown attempt

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Williams is thwarting Morton's attempts to control the position.
Williams 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.
Morton tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.
Tommy Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Williams is working away from the top position though.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Williams there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Williams lands strikes from half guard.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morton defending well though.
Morton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Williams.
Williams is thwarting Morton's attempts to control the position.
Williams throwing shots but Morton is blocking nicely.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Williams looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Williams moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carl Morton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morton is working for takedown but Williams is calmly controlling the position for now.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morton tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tommy Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morton tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to break free but Morton has control.

Williams works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Morton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morton has a closed guard, preventing Williams from standing up.
Morton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morton shoots and misses

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morton.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Williams.
Morton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Morton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morton closes the distance looking to clinch

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morton trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morton trying to control the position.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Morton seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morton controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morton swivels and escapes.
Morton shoots and misses

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown. Morton fights it but they end up in guard.
Tommy Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morton trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carl Morton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Williams!