PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gleb Alexandrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gleb Alexandrov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andrew Morris's chin.

Morris
vs
Alexandrov

150 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gleb Alexandrov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Alexandrov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morris fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Morris manages to break the clinch.

Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Alexandrov kicks Morris off and gets to his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alexandrov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morris pressing his opponent against the cage.

Alexandrov breaks the clinch.
Alexandrov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morris tries to avoid it but Alexandrov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morris to the ground. Morris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morris is looking for a counter combo.
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!
Morris throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alexandrov shoots in but Morris avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alexandrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Morris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov closes the distance and clinches up with Morris, looking for a takedown. Alexandrov pushes Morris against the cage but Morris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andrew Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gleb Alexandrov.
Morris throws a jab when Alexandrov was well out of range.
Alexandrov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexandrov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alexandrov misses with a kick to the body.
Morris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gleb Alexandrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Alexandrov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Morris is working Alexandrov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris postures up in Alexandrov's guard and throws a big left but Alexandrov blocks it.
Alexandrov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alexandrov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morris throws a big right hand that misses.
Alexandrov wants to get back to his feet but Morris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alexandrov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morris throwing strikes but missing.
Morris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alexandrov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but Alexandrov has wrist control.
Morris wants to get up but he can't break Alexandrov's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but Alexandrov has wrist control.
Morris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morris distracts Alexandrov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Alexandrov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morris defends it easily.
Alexandrov looks winded!
Morris scoring with some ground and pound.
Morris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morris is in close to Alexandrov's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morris working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alexandrov is looking to stand up but Morris isn't so interested in that idea.
Alexandrov striking off his back but it's not causing Morris any problems.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Morris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morris distracts Alexandrov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morris throwing strikes but missing.
Morris working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Alexandrov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Morris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Alexandrov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morris but Morris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alexandrov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morris tries to avoid it but Alexandrov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morris to the ground. Morris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morris is looking to counter the offense by Alexandrov and move into the clinch.
Morris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Alexandrov defends it nicely.
Alexandrov follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

Morris closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Alexandrov pushes Morris off and gets back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morris gets the takedown into side control.

Alexandrov throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov goes for a double leg but Morris avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Morris continues to drive forward.
Andrew Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gleb Alexandrov.
Alexandrov is breathing heavily.
Morris tries to clinch but Alexandrov is having none of it.
Morris defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alexandrov.
Morris appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Morris drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Morris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Alexandrov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alexandrov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morris scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morris drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Morris working over Alexandrov with some ground and pound. Alexandrov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morris is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexandrov can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexandrov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morris.
Alexandrov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morris scores with a couple of nice shots.

Morris stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Alexandrov stuffs the takedown attempt from Morris. Morris gets slowly back to his feet.
Morris dives in for a single leg takedown but Alexandrov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alexandrov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morris.
Andrew Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morris shoots in and bounces Alexandrov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Alexandrov is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alexandrov breaks from the clinch.

Alexandrov rushes Morris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morris trying to stall but Alexandrov improves his position.

Alexandrov pulls Morris into guard.
Morris working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alexandrov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alexandrov wants to sweep but no luck.
Alexandrov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morris puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morris thows a huge punch but Alexandrov dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alexandrov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morris winds up and cracks Alexandrov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Alexandrov trying to control from the bottom.
Morris takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alexandrov is looking to improve his position.
Alexandrov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alexandrov taking some punishment here, with Morris in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gleb Alexandrov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Morris gets the takedown into side control.
Morris working the body and head with strikes.
Alexandrov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morris scores with punches from side control.
Alexandrov wants to control but Morris postures up.
Alexandrov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Morris.
Morris throws an elbow but Alexandrov slips to the side and avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alexandrov is trying to improve his position.
Alexandrov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morris tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris cracks Alexandrov with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Alexandrov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Morris.
Morris trying to control the action but Alexandrov is working from the bottom.
Alexandrov tries to bench press Morris off him but Morris keeps the position.
Morris working the head with strikes.
Morris throws an elbow but Alexandrov slips to the side and avoids it well.
Alexandrov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Alexandrov to see if he's OK.
Morris is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Morris landing a few strikes.
Morris working the body and head with strikes.
Alexandrov tries to buck Morris off but Morris is having none of it.

Morris decides to stand up, so the ref orders Alexandrov to his feet.
Morris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Alexandrov gets caught napping as Morris dives in and scores a takedown. Alexandrov manages to retain guard.
Morris lands a couple of elbows.
Morris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alexandrov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morris.
Morris throws a big right hand that misses.
Alexandrov wants to stand and escape but Morris is having none of it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morris postures up.
Morris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alexandrov 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.
Alexandrov has momentary wrist control but Morris slips an elbow through the middle.
Morris cracks Alexandrov with a solid left hand.
Alexandrov has momentary wrist control but Morris slips an elbow through the middle.
Alexandrov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morris has passed into side control.
Morris is chipping away with strikes.
Alexandrov pushes Morris away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Morris gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Morris wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Alexandrov, who protects the arm well.
Morris works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Alexandrov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Morris asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alexandrov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Morris!