PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Kinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ain't No Make Believe. Kinley has chosen Prodigy - Diesel Power as his entrance music. Joseph Morris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morris
vs
Kinley

186 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Jons fight wear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dexter Kinley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Kinley does no damage.
Dexter Kinley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kinley takes the fight into the clinch.
Kinley tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.

Morris is trying to trip Kinley. He has hold of a leg but Kinley is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Morris persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Morris passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Morris drops an elbow to the side of Kinley's head.
Kinley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morris scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kinley gets full guard.

Kinley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morris doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morris manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Kinley isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morris stacks Kinley on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morris!
Morris creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinley can't do much from the bottom here.
Kinley is looking for a sweep.
Morris cracks Kinley with a big elbow.
Morris tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kinley sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kinley trying to hold on to Morris's head to control him but Morris postures up.
Morris scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kinley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Morris lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kinley is on top in guard.
Kinley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kinley is looking to stand up but Morris won't let him.
Kinley looks gassed!
Morris throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kinley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morris is keeping the position for now.
Kinley wants to control from the top but Morris keeps moving.

Morris pushes Kinley off and gets back to his feet.

Morris looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kinley!
Kinley is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinley wants to control but Morris is having none of it.
Morris unloading with bombs!
Kinley is looking to improve his position but Morris isn't that keen on the idea.
Kinley bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Morris wants to sweep but no luck.
Kinley tries to free his leg and advance position but Morris is retaining full guard.
Kinley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morris looking for a sweep. Not yet Morris, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Kinley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kinley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kinley landing some decent shots from guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kinley tries to bum rush Morris with a series of wild strikes but Morris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kinley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kinley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Morris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kinley shoots and misses
and Morris counters with a three punch combo that has Kinley backing up. Kinley nods at Morris to acknowledge the strikes.

Morris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Kinley is rocked!
Kinley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morris throws a strike but Kinley avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Morris would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Morris dominated that round.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice takedown defense from Kinley. No joy for Morris on that attempt.
Kinley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morris but Morris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kinley tries to clinch but Morris moves away
and Morris counters with a nice uppercut.
Morris circles away from the clinch attempt

and Morris counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Kinley!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kinley is desperately trying to improve his position but Morris has a good base and remains in mount.
Joseph Morris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morris scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kinley?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kinley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kinley gets back to half guard.
Kinley missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinley manages to get to full guard.
Kinley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morris would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kinley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morris postures up in Kinley's guard and throws a big left but Kinley blocks it.

Kinley looking for a guillotine here but Morris defends easily.
Kinley keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kinley is working an open guard so Morris takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kinley throws a left and a right that both miss

and Morris counters with a takedown into side control.
Morris is putting a hurting on Kinley here, landing some big shots from side control.
Morris tries to stand but Kinley is controlling his head.
Morris in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Morris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kinley to see if he's OK.
Morris connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kinley some visible discomfort.
Kinley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Morris stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Morris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kinley on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morris prevents Kinley from improving his position.
Morris working over Kinley with some ground and pound. Kinley looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morris working Kinley over with strikes.

Kinley looking for submissions off his back.
Morris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinley is trying to control but can't.
Kinley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Kinley misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kinley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morris's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morris's back!
Kinley scores with punches to the body.
Morris looking very determined here, making life difficult for Kinley.
Kinley lands a shot to the head.
Kinley punishes Morris with strikes from the back mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kinley has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Morris! Can he survive? No! He's out! Kinley gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dexter Kinley!