PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morton comes to the cage accompanied by Rock N Roll-Led Zeppelin. Bo Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morton
vs
Jones

180 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Morton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bo Jones!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morton takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Ricky Morton has been cut.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Morton circles away.

Morton looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morton throws a big right hand that misses.
Morton stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Morton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morton defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones tried to score with a low kick but Morton checks it.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morton cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morton looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones tries to move into range but Morton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morton thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Morton misses.

Morton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Morton getting side control.
Morton working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morton winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morton lands a nice short elbow.
Jones has hold of Morton's hands but Morton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Morton there.
Jones wants to control but Morton is keeping busy.
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.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Morton in his half guard.
Morton winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jones is looking to escape.
Jones has hold of Morton's hands but Morton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Morton is taking a breather. Jones says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Morton in his half guard.
Morton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morton drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Morton not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morton is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Morton.
Morton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones tries to roll over but Morton keeps him under control.
Morton drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morton is working away from the top position though.
Morton working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Morton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Morton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morton throws out a powerful jab.
Jones swinging wildly here.

Morton shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Morton slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Morton has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Morton is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jones is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jones has escaped and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break Morton's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Morton has Jones pulled in close to control his posture.
Morton tries to strike from the bottom.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead Morton has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Morton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morton stands and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jones is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Morton working the body and head with strikes.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Jones is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Morton is chipping away with strikes.
Morton in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jones takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morton working the ground and pound.
Morton looks up at the clock and then as Jones takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morton smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Morton lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morton scoring with punches and elbows.
Morton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jones taking a bit of punishment here - Morton scoring with strikes.
Morton lands a nice forearm strike.

Morton wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jones, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morton lands an elbow.
Jones is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Morton is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Morton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morton avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Morton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Morton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Morton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morton throws a good cross that connects.

Morton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Morton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Morton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morton thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Morton slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
Morton lands strikes from half guard.

Jones is kicking away at Morton from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Morton grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a hell hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Jones trying to push Morton off... Jones taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Ricky Morton!