PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stella Artois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieth Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Artois
vs
Morrison

210 cm
23
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stella Artois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kieth Morrison!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Morrison. Those never looked like landing.
Artois scores with a head kick. Morrison tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Kieth Morrison has been cut.
Artois lands a nice looking body shot.
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Artois scores with a one two! Morrison had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Artois closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Artois is controlling the position.
A bit of stalling here from Artois.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch but Artois keeps him there for the moment.

Artois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Artois counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Morrison!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Artois prevents Morrison from getting the reversal.
You get the feeling that Morrison really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Artois takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Artois cracks Morrison with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morrison wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Artois.
Artois knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morrison on the ground.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Artois isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison wants to hold on but Artois pushes him away.
Artois trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Artois wants to control the pace but Morrison is squirming around nicely.
Artois content just to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Stella Artois wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Artois darts in and clinches Morrison up against the cage.
Morrison is trying to force a seperation but Artois has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Artois keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrison's efforts to push away.

Artois pulls guard effortlessly.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morrison throws a strike aimed at the side of Artois's head but Artois avoids it well.

Morrison decides to stand up, so the ref orders Artois to his feet.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kieth Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison throws a right hand that Artois ducks under and follows up with a left that Artois also avoids with ease.

Morrison rushes Artois and presses him up against the cage.
Morrison is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morrison is trying to force a seperation but Artois has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artois looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Artois is controlling him.
Artois drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morrison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Artois with a knee to the head.
Morrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morrison being controlled against the cage.
Morrison tries to break the clinch but Artois is controlling the position.
Artois misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrison.
Morrison drops down looking for an ankle pick but Artois pulls his leg out and moves away.
Morrison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Artois counters with a left and a right that stings Morrison.
Morrison looks gassed!
Morrison wants to clinch but Artois slips to the side
and Artois counters with a head kick. That will keep Morrison thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Artois!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Artois is defended easily by Morrison.
Morrison throws a left and a right that both miss

and Artois holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Artois pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Morrison. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stella Artois dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kieth Morrison's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morrison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Artois.
Morrison throws a left and a right that both miss

and Artois counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Artois.

Artois has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Morrison is trying to keep an underhook but Artois manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Morrison is staying active underneath Artois, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Artois decides to return to a standing position.
Morrison dips to his left and cracks Artois with an uppercut!

Morrison clinches.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a left and a right that both miss
and Artois counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morrison slaps away a takedown attempt from Artois, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morrison feints a jab promting Artois to slip. Morrison then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Artois slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
Artois lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morrison scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morrison scores with a punch to the head.
Artois wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
Morrison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Artois counters with a nice leg kick.
Morrison throws a combination that misses

and Artois counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Artois breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Artois sprawls well. Artois wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison swinging wildly here.

Morrison clinches.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Artois holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Artois.
Artois with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artois prevents Morrison from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morrison.
Artois tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morrison avoids it.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Artois.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artois obliges.
Artois tries a knee to the head but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Artois with a knee to the head.
Artois has had enough of the clinch but Morrison keeps him there for the moment.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison tries to circle away but Artois has him pinned against the cage.
Morrison tries to circle away but Artois has him pinned against the cage.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Artois breaks the clinch.
Morrison throws a left and a right that both miss
and Artois counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Stella Artois is winning the standup battle so far.
Artois pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Artois avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Artois shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrison as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stella Artois. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tests Artois's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morrison tries to clinch there but Artois circles away.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Artois. Artois gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison misses with a combination
and Artois counters with a three punch combo that has Morrison backing up. Morrison nods at Artois to acknowledge the strikes.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Artois uses good head movement to avoid it.
Artois shoots for a takedown but Morrison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morrison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Artois counters by moving into the clinch.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Artois wants a takedown but no success here.
Artois tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morrison wants to break free but Artois has control.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Artois.
Morrison can't break the clinch.
Artois tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morrison smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artois shoots for a takedown but Morrison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morrison misses with the combination.

Artois forces Morrison back against the cage and clinches.
Morrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artois tries to circle away but Morrison has him pinned against the cage.
Artois has Morrison pressed against the cage, preventing Morrison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Artois keeps control of Morrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Artois keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrison's efforts to push away.
Artois lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Artois pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Morrison does no damage.
Artois wants to clinch

and Morrison counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Stella Artois will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kieth Morrison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Artois has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morrison wants to break free but Artois has control.

Artois's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Morrison does no damage.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Artois throws a combination. Morrison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Artois fails in his attempt to clinch.
Artois circles away from the clinch attempt
and Artois counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stella Artois is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Artois shoots in looking for a takedown. Morrison tries to sprawl out of it but Artois keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morrison manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morrison moves in looking to clinch but Artois pushes him off.
Morrison looks to land a combination but Artois avoids it well.
Artois throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrison throws a combination that misses

and Artois counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Artois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison tries to clinch but Artois moves away
and Artois counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Morrison throws a combination that misses
and Artois counters with a left and a right that stings Morrison.

Artois has managed to clinch.

Artois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison thows a body shot but no joy.

Artois takes the fight into the clinch.
Artois pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morrison is trying to force a seperation but Artois has the dominant position.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Artois looking to throw knees to the head but Morrison is blocking nicely.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Artois pinned against the cage. Artois gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Artois forces Morrison back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Artois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a combination that misses

and Artois counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Artois.

Artois pulls guard.

Morrison stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Artois's shoulder, as Artois tries to avoid the shot.
Artois fails to land the takedown.
Artois displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Artois stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Artois wants it to stay on the feet.
Artois will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stella Artois. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Artois slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.
Artois fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morrison lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a combination

and Artois moves into the clinch.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morrison is trying to break the clinch but Artois is controlling him.
Artois is working for takedown but Morrison is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morrison working hard to break the clinch.
Artois tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morrison can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artois obliges.
Artois leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Artois has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Artois has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morrison is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Artois jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morrison walks away with a smile on his face. Artois gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Artois dodges the punch combination from Morrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morrison throws a right and a left that Artois avoids nicely.
Artois tries for a takedown but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Artois shoots in and drives through. Morrison sprawls well.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.
Morrison takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Morrison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Morrison gets a clinch.
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Artois won't allow it.
Artois using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrison wants to break free but Artois has control.
Kieth Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stella Artois is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Artois backwards.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stella Artois showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Artois has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stella Artois!