PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pep Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hernandez's choice of entrance music: Heart Vacnacy- the wanted. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morrison
vs
Hernandez

165 cm
30
144 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

187 cm
28
175 lbs
12 - 15 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pep Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez slaps away a takedown attempt from Morrison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morrison displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Hernandez, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Hernandez against the ropes but Hernandez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hernandez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morrison.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hernandez gets tackled into the ropes by Morrison. Morrison maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morrison has him pressed against the ropes.
Hernandez tries to circle away but Morrison has him pinned against the ropes.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Hernandez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morrison counters with a series of strikes. Hernandez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Hernandez. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hernandez backs up against the ropes.
Hernandez misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
Morrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hernandez is fending him off so far but Morrison persists. Nope, Hernandez circles away and we're back to standing.
Hernandez tries to bum rush Morrison with a series of wild strikes but Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hernandez looks gassed!
Hernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pep Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hernandez defends it nicely.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Hernandez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Morrison counters by moving into the clinch.
Morrison scores a nice knee to the body.

Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hernandez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morrison has a takedown stuffed.
Morrison connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez tries to bum rush Morrison with a series of wild strikes but Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Morrison.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Hernandez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hernandez is looking for a sweep.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Hernandez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Hernandez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Morrison looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hernandez manages to get back to half guard.
Morrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Morrison drops an elbow to the side of Hernandez's head.
Morrison working Hernandez over with strikes.

Morrison decides to stand and escape the position.
Hernandez connects with a right hand. Morrison shakes it off.

Morrison moves into range and clinches up with Hernandez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison landing knees to the body.
Hernandez letting Morrison take a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Morrison is controlling him.

Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Morrison looking to score a takedown here. Hernandez is defending well but Morrison drives through and ends up in Hernandez's guard.

Morrison is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hernandez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hernandez has escaped and now he's on top!
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morrison keeping full guard, as Hernandez tries to pass.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hernandez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.
Morrison is trying to keep Hernandez in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pep Hernandez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jim Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Hernandez misses with a combination
and Morrison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Morrison is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hernandez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Morrison shoots in but no luck this time.
Sloppy strikes from Hernandez. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Morrison avoids them all with ease.
Hernandez is breathing heavily.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.

Morrison clinches.
Morrison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Morrison lands a takedown into guard.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hernandez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morrison passes into side control.

Morrison is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hernandez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison landing strikes.

Morrison decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hernandez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Hernandez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.
A shot to the liver by Morrison. Beautiful body shot.
Hernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hernandez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Morrison moves into the clinch.

Morrison gets control of Hernandez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Morrison will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Hernandez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morrison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hernandez has managed to get both his arms back between Morrison's legs - danger averted.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hernandez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hernandez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hernandez is sitting in close to Morrison's body. Morrison has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Hernandez is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Hernandez is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Morrison.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jim Morrison!