PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Morison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Morison will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jones
vs
Morison

190 cm
22
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

207 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Morison!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morison gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Morison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morison closes the distance but Jones moves to the side

and Jones counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Morison's guard now.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Morison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morison can't keep his opponent in guard - Jones advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morison defends it well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morison is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jones in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morison is trying to control but can't.

Morison is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Jones has latched onto it... Big trouble! Jones pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Morison is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roger Jones!