PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heston Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Morrison
vs
Butcher

175 cm
19
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heston Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Butcher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Butcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
Butcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Butcher but Butcher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Butcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher wants to clinch.
Morrison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Butcher tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Butcher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Jack Morrison has been cut.
Butcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morrison avoids the elbow strike from Butcher, against the cage.
Morrison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Butcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morrison's defenses.
Butcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrison avoids the damage to the body.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike from Butcher.
Morrison goes for a takedown in the clinch but Butcher prevents it.
Butcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morrison takes an elbow to the temple.
Butcher pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Butcher.
Butcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Morrison avoids the damage to the body.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Butcher's elbow.
Morrison tries to pull guard but Butcher holds him up against the cage and eventually Morrison drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Butcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Butcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Morrison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher misses with an elbow strike.
Butcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrison.
Butcher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morrison avoiding damage as Butcher throws knees to the body.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Butcher.
Morrison takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Butcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrison's brow.
Butcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morrison's defenses.
Morrison blocks the elbow strike.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Butcher.
Butcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Butcher.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch but Butcher keeps him there for the moment.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morrison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Butcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Butcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morrison.
Butcher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morrison can't break the clinch.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike.
Morrison avoids a wild elbow strike from Butcher.
With the fighters up against the cage, Butcher throws an elbow but misses.
Morrison avoids the elbow strike from Butcher, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Butcher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jack Morrison's cut is getting worse.
Morrison blocks the elbow strike.
Butcher misses with an elbow over the top.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Butcher.
Butcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morrison's defenses.
Butcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Butcher won't allow it.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Butcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Butcher is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Butcher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Butcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morrison misses with a low kick.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heston Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
The fight stays on the outside here - Butcher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Butcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Butcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Butcher tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Butcher is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Butcher tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heston Butcher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Morrison's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Morrison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Morrison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Butcher tries to kick Morrison off but Morrison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Morrison is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Butcher has managed to free his arm - good work.
Butcher looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morrison passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Butcher!
Butcher is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Butcher is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Morrison working for a guillotine from mount but Butcher is in no mood to give up.

Morrison looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Butcher wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Morrison.
Butcher is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

Morrison is working for a guillotine from mount but Butcher frees his head quite easily.

Morrison is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Butcher has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Butcher is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Butcher is having none of it.
Butcher trying desperately to get to his feet.
Morrison postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Butcher looks a forlorn figure.

Butcher somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Butcher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Butcher moves into the clinch.
Butcher lands a nice elbow.
Butcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Butcher pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Butcher scores a nice knee to the body.
Butcher lands an elbow inside that Morrison shrugs off.
Butcher lands a nice elbow.
Butcher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from Butcher.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Butcher.
Butcher misses with an elbow over the top.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from Butcher.
With the fighters up against the cage, Butcher throws an elbow but misses.
Morrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Butcher.
Morrison blocks an elbow strike from Butcher.
Butcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morrison is working for takedown but Butcher is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Butcher.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Butcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morrison takes an elbow to the temple.
Morrison avoids the elbow strike from Butcher, against the cage.
Butcher lands an elbow just above Morrison 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jack Morrison will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Morrison's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morrison.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morrison looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Butcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Butcher tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Butcher is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher wants to clinch.
Butcher tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Butcher tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a head kick but Butcher moves out of range.
Butcher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Butcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heston Butcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Butcher tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Butcher tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
Butcher wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Butcher.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Butcher tries to clinch there but Morrison circles away.
Butcher tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Jack Morrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Butcher tries to clinch up but Morrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Butcher wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
Butcher tries to clinch but Morrison moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Butcher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Butcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.

Butcher clinches up against the cage.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Butcher has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Butcher lands a damaging elbow.
Morrison managing to block the knees to the body from Butcher.
Butcher pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morrison dodges an elbow strike from Butcher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morrison pulls guard successfully.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Butcher manages to get himself to full guard.
Morrison prevents Butcher from getting back to his feet.
Morrison pushing down on Butcher's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morrison wants to pass to mount but Butcher is defending the position.
Butcher is trying to stand.

Butcher pushes Morrison off, looking to escape but Morrison dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Butcher is forced to tap! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Morrison!