PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gus Franz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Franz
vs
Morrow

175 cm
20
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
35
162 lbs
19 - 20 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gus Franz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Franz.
Morrow tries a knee to the head but Franz blocks it.
Morrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Franz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morrow walks away with a smile on his face. Franz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jax Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franz slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Franz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morrow pinned against the cage. Morrow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Franz or perhaps it was just good defense by Morrow, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gus Franz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrow misses with a double jab.
Franz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morrow counters with a two punch combo.
Morrow throws a body punch but Franz moves out of range.
Franz dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Franz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morrow circles away.
Morrow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morrow shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Franz eats them both and turns towards Morrow to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jax Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Franz closes the distance and clinches.
Franz jumps guard but Morrow turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Morrow slowing the pace effectively.
Franz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Morrow breaks the clinch.

Morrow has Franz up against the cage in a clinch.
Morrow lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Franz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morrow prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morrow lands a shot to the body.
Morrow lands with a right to the head.
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!
Morrow effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franzs head.
Morrow prevents a takedown attempt there.
Franz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franz can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrow.

Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Franz moves into the clinch.

Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow throws a big shot that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Morrow. No joy for Franz on that attempt.
Franz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Morrow counters by clinching up.

Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franz motions for Morrow to come forward. Franz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franz circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morrow throws a right and a left that Franz avoids nicely.
Morrow throws a right and a left that Franz avoids nicely.
Franz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Morrow as Franz shoots in.
Morrow misses with a two punch combination.
Franz avoids the body shot from Morrow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Franz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franz shoots in looking for a takedown but Morrow manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Franz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morrow doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Morrow has closed the distance and engaged Franz in a clinch.
Morrow throws a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Morrow breaks the clinch.
Morrow stuffs the takedown attempt from Franz. Franz gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franz circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morrow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jax Morrow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morrow connects with a body shot that sends Franz's belly button to the back.
Morrow jabs at Franz's body.
Morrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Franz fails with the takedown.
Morrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Franz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morrow but Morrow pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Franz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrow.
Franz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrow stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morrow wants it to stay on the feet.
Morrow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gus Franz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franz dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Franz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrow scores with a nice head shot.
Jax Morrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrow leaves Franz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gus Franz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrow misses with a few strikes there.

Morrow clinches.

Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow feints a jab promting Franz to slip. Morrow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Franz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morrow lands a nice shot that snaps Franz's head back.

Morrow gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow digs a right hand into Franz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Franz's gas tank.
Morrow tries a knee to the head but Franz blocks it.
A short right from Morrow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morrow leaning against his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morrow trying to land knees to the body.

Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Franz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morrow circles away.
Franz misses with a takedown attempt - Morrow sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Despite the aggression on Morrow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Franz misses with a two punch combination.
Franz misses with a hook. Morrow ducked under it nicely.
Morrow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Franz darts in looking for a takedown but Morrow gets double underhooks and turns Franz into the cage.
Franz tries to bum rush Morrow with a series of wild strikes but Morrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morrow throws a right hand that Franz ducks under and follows up with a left that Franz also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Franz is defended easily by Morrow.
Morrow lands a jab to the nose.
Franz shoots in but no luck this time.
Franz dives in for a single leg takedown but Morrow sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrow lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morrow.

Morrow clinches with his opponent.

Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Franz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrow misses.
Morrow lands a nice hook to Franz's body. Franz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice sprawl there from Morrow as Franz shoots in.
Despite the aggression on Morrow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrow defends well and Franz ends up having to push Morrow into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Morrow unleashes a big counter combination but Franz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrow smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left lands for Morrow.
Franz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Morrow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Franz. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morrow lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jax Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Franz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morrow feints a jab promting Franz to slip. Morrow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Franz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Franz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrow has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Franz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrow scores with a jab to the body.
Morrow misses with the combination.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morrow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Franz rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Morrow.
Franz misses with a wild combination.
As Franz backs off Morrow throws a huge counter combo but Franz manages to avoid it all.
Franz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Franz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Franz dives in for a single leg takedown but Morrow sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Morrow. Those never looked like landing.
Morrow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Franz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Franz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Morrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrow lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Franz is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Franz fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gus Franz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franz shoots in and drives through. Morrow sprawls well.
Morrow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Morrow has closed the distance and engaged Franz in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morrow.
A short uppercut from Morrow.
Franz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Franz tries to clinch but Morrow is having none of it.
Franz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morrow is fending him off so far but Franz persists. Nope, Morrow circles away and we're back to standing.
Morrow looks to land a combination but Franz avoids it well.
Morrow displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Franz.
Franz is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
Morrow bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Franz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrow checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
It seemed like Morrow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Franz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Morrow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morrow.
Morrow effectively controlling the action here.
Morrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morrow is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Morrow breaks the clinch.
Franz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrow sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Franz somewhat.
Morrow lands with a nice combination. Franz backs away looking to recover.
Gus Franz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Morrow moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jax Morrow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrow 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jax Morrow!
A victorious Jax Morrow thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.