PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between White Bread (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siss Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bread
vs
Morrow

190 cm
26
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Bread!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siss Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrow is looking to clinch but Bread is avoiding it.
Morrow tries to clinch up
and Bread counters with a nice body shot.
Morrow shoots in but Bread avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morrow moves in looking to clinch but Bread pushes him off.
Siss Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Morrow clinches with his opponent.
Morrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bread backwards.
Morrow is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bread backwards.
Bread blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bread is trying to break the clinch but Morrow is controlling him.

Morrow turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Morrow manages to end up in side control.
Morrow creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bread is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Morrow controls the position from side control.

Morrow is trying to get an arm triangle but Bread is defending well.
Morrow scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bread is pushing Morrow's head away, looking to escape. Morrow manages to hold on to the position though.
Morrow tries to score with some ground and pound. Bread controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morrow taking a breather here.
Morrow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrow throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Morrow working the ground and pound from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Morrow lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morrow throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Morrow fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morrow taking a breather here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bread takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bread is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bread takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bread defending against the ground and pound.

Morrow has hold of Bread's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Bread seems comfortable defending it but Morrow has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Bread is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Bread is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Morrow couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Siss Morrow!
Siss Morrow seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.