PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joachim de silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theron Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen Thieves by Ministry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

de silva
vs
Morrison

170 cm
21
167 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
29
157 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joachim de silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Theron Morrison!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a right hand to the body.
Morrison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
de silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morrison lands a lovely overhand right.
Joachim de silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but de silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de silva missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

de silva tries to keep at a distance but Morrison has taken the fight into the clinch.
de silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Morrison won't allow it.
de silva is trying to break the clinch but Morrison is controlling him.
de silva is trying to push Morrison away but Morrison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

de silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison scores with a sloppy right hand. de silva should have avoided that one.
de silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
de silva cracks Morrison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
de silva jabs Morrison to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A leg kick checked by de silva.
de silva takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Morrison scores with a decent looking hook.
de silva swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison slips a straight right by de silva.
de silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de silva misses with a left hand
and Morrison counters with an outside leg kick.
Morrison wants to clinch up but de silva keeps it at a distance.
de silva walks into a left hand.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
de silva throws a right hand that Morrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Morrison also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de silva throws an off balance right hand
and Morrison counters with a big head kick but de silva shrugs it off.
de silva digs a good hook to Morrison's body.
Morrison throws a head kick but de silva moves out of range.
de silva blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Danga de danga de dang - Morrison scores with a four punch combination!
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from de silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Morrison blocks a jab.
de silva misses with a body shot.
de silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
de silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
de silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison works over de silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Morrison wants to clinch.
Morrison misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
de silva throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent de silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
de silva lands with a good body shot.
Morrison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. de silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison slips under a jab from de silva.
de silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.

Morrison closes the distance and pushes de silva back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theron Morrison dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

de silva connects with a single shot there.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches de silva on the side of the head.
That kick from Morrison tenderised de silva's leg. de silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
de silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
de silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morrison back to the cage. de silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A slow jab from de silva misses its intended target.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from de silva.
de silva loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
de silva lands with a cross.
de silva misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de silva cracks a nice hook into Morrison's ribs.
de silva misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
de silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
de silva misses the body punch
and de silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrison blocks a jab.
de silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
de silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Morrison counters with a solid body kick.
de silva misses with a double jab.
de silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Morrison.
de silva throws an off balance right hand
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
de silva ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison throws a series of punches but de silva avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot lands for de silva.
Morrison lands a right hook to the body.
de silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from de silva.
de silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison blocks a jab.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and de silva moves out of range easily.
Morrison jabs de silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
de silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from de silva misses.
de silva throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good exchange - Morrison coming out on top.
de silva throws out a powerful jab.
de silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Theron Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
de silva misses with a straight right.
de silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
de silva misses with an uppercut
enabling Morrison to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from de silva.
Morrison lands with a nice combination. de silva backs away looking to recover.
de silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison avoids the body shot from de silva.
de silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morrison throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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 Joachim de silva will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
de silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a good low kick that de silva was not able to check.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.

Morrison instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on de silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
de silva tries to break free but Morrison pushes him back against the cage.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison won't allow it.
de silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrison just stands there and leans against the cage.
de silva 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. de silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joachim de silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
de silva misses the shot to the body.

Morrison forces de silva back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison lands with a short shot to the head.
de silva is trying to force a seperation but Morrison has the dominant position.
de silva is trying to force a seperation but Morrison has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Morrison.
Morrison pushes de silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison holds him up against the cage and eventually de silva drops back down to his feet.
de silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morrison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
de silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as de silva controls the action.
de silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrison just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de silva fails to pull guard.
A body shot lands from Morrison.
Morrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
de silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morrison creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
de silva is trying to force a seperation but Morrison has the dominant position.
de silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morrison lands a shot to the body.
de silva prevents a body shot from Morrison.
de silva 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. de silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de silva throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left lands for Morrison.
de silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Morrison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morrison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
de silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
de silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Morrison has closed the distance and engaged de silva in a clinch.
Morrison lands with a light punch inside.
de silva fails to pull guard.
de silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison holds him up against the cage and eventually de silva drops back down to his feet.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as de silva controls his hands.
Morrison keeps control of de silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
de silva 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. de silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison dips to his left and cracks de silva with an uppercut!
de silva thows a body shot but no joy.
de silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morrison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morrison counters with a head kick. That will keep de silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
de silva lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theron Morrison really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
de silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Morrison counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from de silva.
de silva misses with a hook
and Morrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
de silva looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison connects with an inside leg kick.
de silva looks to throw the jab but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison slips under a jab from de silva.
de silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morrison eats them both and turns towards de silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de silva misses with a double jab.
Morrison scores with a leg kick.
de silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morrison lands a nice shot that snaps de silva's head back.
Morrison scores with a kick to the midsection.
de silva missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morrison fails in his attempt to clinch.
de silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between de silva's hands.
de silva lands a nice hook to Morrison's body. Morrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Morrison clinches up against the cage.
de silva tries to break free but Morrison pushes him back against the cage.
Morrison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morrison has him pressed against the cage.
de silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrison just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison pushes de silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Morrison.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison won't allow it.
Theron Morrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Morrison.

de silva breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morrison instigates a clinch.
Morrison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
de silva jumps guard but Morrison stands there with de silva around his waist. de silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joachim de silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morrison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt de silva or not.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison holds him up against the cage and eventually de silva drops back down to his feet.
de silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de silva takes a shot to the head.
Morrison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A frustrated look appears on de silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morrison lands an uppercut.
Morrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de silva's efforts to push away.
de silva can't break the clinch.
Morrison lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison lands a shot to the body.
de silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison lands with a short shot to the head.
Morrison lands a body punch.
Morrison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theron Morrison dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

de silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Morrison lands a jab to the head.
de silva throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison lands with a kick to the temple. de silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Morrison drives through and clinches with de silva against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.
de silva fails to pull guard.
A body shot lands from Morrison.
Morrison lands a right hand.
de silva 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. de silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a head kick but de silva moves out of range.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches de silva on the side of the head.
Morrison fakes the leg kick and cracks de silva in the body.
de silva blocks a head kick by Morrison.
de silva thows a body shot but no joy.
de silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrison counters with a nice kick to the body.
de silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and de silva moves out of range easily.
Morrison lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed de silva momentarily.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but de silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
de silva throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
de silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
A big right from de silva misses.
de silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
de silva misses with a right hand

and Morrison counters by moving into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of de silva backwards.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joachim de silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de silva fails to pull guard.
de silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
de silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Morrison has double underhooks.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of de silvas head.
Nice body punch from Morrison - that landed with a thud.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of de silva backwards.
de silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of de silva backwards.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
de silva fails to pull guard.
Joachim de silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrison lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de silva fails to pull guard.
de silva tries to pull guard but Morrison holds him up against the cage and eventually de silva drops back down to his feet.
de silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de silva 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. de silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - de silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A right-left combo lands from Morrison.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morrison slips under a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Theron Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theron Morrison! Theron Morrison retains his lightweight title!