PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carl Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devin Morningstar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marx
vs
Morningstar

180 cm
24
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Marx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Morningstar!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Marx there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Marx.
Marx lands with a thumping leg kick.

Marx instigates a clinch.
Marx tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morningstar avoids it.
Nice elbow from Marx.
Marx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morningstar is defending well for now.
Marx lands an elbow that stopped Morningstar in his tracks for a moment.
Marx lands an elbow just above Morningstar 's eye.
Morningstar avoids the elbow strike from Marx, against the cage.
Morningstar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morningstar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marx lands an elbow that stopped Morningstar in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Marx.
Marx connects with a knee to the head.
Marx has Morningstar pressed against the cage, preventing Morningstar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marx lands a nice knee to the body.
Morningstar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marx misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morningstar.
Marx with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marx lands an elbow inside.
Marx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morningstar's defenses.
Nice elbow from Marx.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morningstar tries to break free but Marx pushes him back against the cage.
Marx tries to land knees in the clinch but Morningstar avoids the damage to the body.
Morningstar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morningstar's defenses.
Marx scores with a knee to the head.
Morningstar managing to block the knees to the body from Marx.
Morningstar is trying to break the clinch but Marx is controlling him.
Marx lands a nice elbow.
Marx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morningstar's defenses.
Morningstar avoiding damage as Marx throws knees to the body.
Morningstar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marx has him pressed against the cage.
Marx tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morningstar avoids it.
Marx connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morningstar's face.
Marx lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marx throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marx lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Marx.
Marx using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morningstar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marx is breathing heavily.
Marx missing with knees to the body.
Marx pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morningstar managing to block the knees to the body from Marx.
Marx lands an elbow inside that Morningstar shrugs off.
Marx with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marx prevents Morningstar from breaking the clinch.
Morningstar blocks an elbow strike from Marx.
Marx landing knees to the head.
Morningstar tries to break free but Marx pushes him back against the cage.
Morningstar is trying to break free.
Marx missing with knees to the body.
Marx misses with an elbow over the top.
Marx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morningstar is defending well for now.
Marx lands a good knee to the midsection. Morningstar won't want to take too many of those.
Morningstar has had enough of the clinch but Marx keeps him there for the moment.
Marx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marx tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morningstar avoids it.
Marx trying to land knees to the body.
Marx lands an elbow just above Morningstar 's eye.

Morningstar has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Marx regains guard immediately.
Marx wants to get back to his feet but Morningstar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morningstar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morningstar lands a couple of digs.
Morningstar throws a big right hand that misses.
Morningstar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morningstar stands up over Marx, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morningstar is working Marx over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morningstar stands up over Marx, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morningstar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Morningstar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morningstar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morningstar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Marx.
Good standup being displayed there by Morningstar as he connects with a hook.
Morningstar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marx looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morningstar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marx circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx throws a head kick that Morningstar semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marx throws a nice head kick!
Morningstar works the jab nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Marx.
Morningstar throws a lazy right hand but Marx sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morningstar misses with a wild combination.

Morningstar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morningstar working the ground and pound.
Morningstar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Marx sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Marx defending against the ground and pound.

Morningstar tries for a kimura but Marx is defending well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marx is trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morningstar scores with a couple of short elbows.
Morningstar working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Devin Morningstar will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morningstar fails with the takedown.
Morningstar takes a kick to the side of the head.
Devin Morningstar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morningstar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marx scoring well with a low kick there.
Marx lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Marx looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marx dodges the punch combination from Morningstar.
A head kick from Marx lands but Morningstar takes it in his stride.
No joy there for Morningstar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morningstar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marx.
Marx lands a high kick!
A combination from Morningstar does no damage.

Marx rushes Morningstar and presses him up against the cage.
Marx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morningstar's defenses.
Marx lands an elbow that stopped Morningstar in his tracks for a moment.
Marx lands an elbow that stopped Morningstar in his tracks for a moment.
Morningstar is breathing heavily.
Marx lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morningstar takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marx lands a nice elbow.
Marx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morningstar is defending well for now.
Marx landing knees to the head.
Marx tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morningstar avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marx.
Marx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marx throws an elbow but misses.
Marx tries to land knees in the clinch but Morningstar avoids the damage to the body.
Marx trying to land knees to the body.
Morningstar can't break the clinch.
Morningstar has had enough of the clinch but Marx keeps him there for the moment.
Morningstar wants to break free but Marx has control.
Marx tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morningstar avoids it.
Morningstar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morningstar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marx landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A frustrated look appears on Morningstar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marx is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two 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.
Marx looking to throw knees to the head but Morningstar is blocking nicely.
Morningstar is trying to force a seperation but Marx has the dominant position.
Marx tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morningstar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marx has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Marx.
Morningstar wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Morningstar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morningstar managing to block the knees to the body from Marx.
Marx with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morningstar tries to break free but Marx pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marx.
Morningstar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Morningstar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morningstar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morningstar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morningstar is trying to break the clinch but Marx has him pressed against the cage.
Morningstar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marx scores with a knee to the head.
Marx keeps control of Morningstar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx missing with knees to the body.
Morningstar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marx tries a knee to the head but Morningstar blocks it.
Marx keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morningstar's efforts to push away.
Morningstar wants to get back to striking at distance but Marx won't allow it.
Morningstar looking for a takedown.
Marx misses with an elbow strike.
Marx lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morningstar is trying to force a seperation but Marx has the dominant position.
Morningstar managing to block the knees to the body from Marx.
Marx crunches a lovely knee into Morningstar's ribcage.
Marx keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morningstar's efforts to push away.
Morningstar is trying to break the clinch but Marx is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marx.
Marx using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marx misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morningstar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marx keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morningstar's efforts to push away.
Morningstar is trying to break the clinch but Marx has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Marx.
Marx throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morningstar blocks it with crossed arms.
Morningstar wants to break free but Marx has control.
Morningstar is trying to force a seperation but Marx has the dominant position.
Morningstar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marx has him pressed against the cage.
Marx unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morningstar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marx tries to land knees in the clinch but Morningstar avoids the damage to the body.
Morningstar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morningstar wants a takedown.
Carl Marx has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devin Morningstar.
Morningstar working hard to break the clinch.
Morningstar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marx creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marx working Morningstar over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Marx dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morningstar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morningstar blocks a head kick by Marx.
Morningstar misses with a wild combination.
Marx turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Morningstar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morningstar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morningstar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Marx is bucking up trying to escape but Morningstar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Morningstar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morningstar unloading with bombs!
Morningstar won't let Marx get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Morningstar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morningstar lands a big elbow.
Marx knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morningstar on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morningstar with a couple of short strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marx tries to buck Morningstar off but he can't manage it.
Devin Morningstar has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Morningstar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morningstar unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Morningstar.
Morningstar working the ground and pound effectively.
Morningstar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morningstar with the ground and pound from mount.

Morningstar is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Morningstar extends the arm and Marx is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Devin Morningstar!