PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morris
vs
Hardy

180 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Hardy!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Morris scores a takedown into full mount!
Morris wants to take Hardy's back here but Hardy is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

Morris looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
You get the feeling that Hardy really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Morris avoids the attempt from Hardy to control.
Morris throwing strikes but Hardy uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Morris wants to pass to mount but Hardy is defending the position.
Hardy is trying to get back to full guard.

Morris looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hardy prevents Morris from taking his back.
Hardy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morris could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hardy can't escape the position.

Morris with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Morris is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hardy can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hardy wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hardy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hardy wants to hold on but Morris pushes him away.
Hardy can't escape the position.

Morris working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Hardy looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Morris! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sammy Morris!