PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niko Abramovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abramovich kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mr Crowley. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Abramovich
vs
Morrow

188 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niko Abramovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerome Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abramovich fails with an attempt to clinch.

Morrow changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Abramovich looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Morrow working the ground and pound but Abramovich is defending the strikes.

Morrow decides to stand back up.
Abramovich throws a head kick but Morrow moves out of range.
Morrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abramovich.
Morrow misses with a wild body shot.
Abramovich swinging wildly here.
Morrow blocks a head kick by Abramovich.
Abramovich tries to clinch up.
Abramovich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morrow counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abramovich moves to clinch but Morrow breaks away

and Morrow counters by clinching up.
Abramovich has Morrow pushed against the cage.
Morrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrow is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Abramovich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrow.
Morrow wants to get back to striking at distance but Abramovich won't allow it.
Morrow misses with a knee strike.
Abramovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abramovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morrow tries to pull guard but Abramovich holds him up against the cage and eventually Morrow drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow blocks an elbow strike.
Abramovich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abramovich has Morrow pressed against the cage, preventing Morrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abramovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abramovich throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abramovich.
Abramovich misses with an elbow over the top.
Morrow gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Abramovich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Niko Abramovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abramovich is breathing heavily.
Morrow misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Abramovich.
Morrow fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abramovich can't get the takedown.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morrow.

Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Morrow displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Abramovich closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Abramovich lands in his opponent's guard.
Morrow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Abramovich!
Morrow should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Morrow landing shots from mount.
Morrow content just to control the position here.
Morrow lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws some wild stikes that Abramovich manages to avoid easily.
Morrow connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Abramovich is trying to stand up.
Poor strikes thrown by Morrow there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
BOOM! Morrow connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abramovich holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Morrow tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Morrow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morrow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrow controlling from mount.
Morrow trying to control but Abramovich is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow landing punches.
Abramovich is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Morrow throwing strikes here but Abramovich is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Morrow working for a guillotine from mount but Abramovich is in no mood to give up.
Abramovich squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Morrow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morrow darts in and clinches Abramovich up against the cage.
Abramovich landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Abramovich.
Abramovich has Morrow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morrow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Abramovich drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A frustrated look appears on Morrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morrow is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Abramovich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Abramovich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morrow pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Niko Abramovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abramovich trying to control the position but instead, Morrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Abramovich into the cage.
Morrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abramovich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrow just stands there and leans against the cage.
Abramovich throws an elbow that misses.
Morrow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Abramovich just stands there and leans against the cage.

Abramovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Abramovich tries to clinch

and Morrow counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Abramovich is wriggling around but Morrow manages to pass to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morrow connects with a nice short shot to Abramovich's temple.
Abramovich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrow.
Morrow wants to pass to mount but Abramovich is defending the position.

Morrow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Abramovich defends it well.
Jerome Morrow has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abramovich is in trouble now - Morrow has advanced to mount!
Morrow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abramovich?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Morrow.
Morrow controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrow throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abramovich is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Morrow working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morrow with shots to the head and body - Abramovich looks very uncomfortable down there.

Morrow is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Abramovich is surviving well by controlling Morrow's body position as best he can.
Abramovich wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abramovich?
Morrow controlling from mount.
Morrow putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Morrow looking for a guillotine from mount but Abramovich is having none of it.
Abramovich holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Morrow tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Morrow moves into the clinch.
Abramovich lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jerome Morrow has been cut.

Abramovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Abramovich or perhaps it was just good defense by Morrow which made him look bad.
Morrow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice combination there by Morrow.
Morrow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Morrow closes the distance and clinches.

Morrow ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Morrow no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Morrow wants to sweep but no luck.
Abramovich throws and elbow that misses. Morrow uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Abramovich's guard. Nice move by Morrow!
Morrow passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramovich wants to get back to his feet but Morrow drags him back down.
Morrow lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Abramovich is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morrow connects with a decent elbow.
Abramovich tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Morrow tries to control but Abramovich wriggling away.
Morrow lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morrow cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morrow with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow wants to control the pace but Abramovich is squirming around nicely.
Abramovich is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Abramovich defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morrow.
Morrow landing punches.
Morrow trying to control but Abramovich is having none of it.
Morrow thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throwing strikes here but Abramovich is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Abramovich squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Morrow cracks Abramovich with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morrow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morrow tries to control but Abramovich wriggling away.
Morrow controlling his opponent.

That's four 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.
Abramovich is trying to stand up.
Abramovich taking shots to the head.
Morrow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Abramovich is trying to stand up.
Morrow can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Abramovich is looking to escape.
Niko Abramovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jerome Morrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morrow punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Morrow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morrow winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome Morrow!