PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Conway Twitty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conway Twitty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Twitty
vs
Morrow

168 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Conway Twitty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Twitty closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Morrow manages to get to full guard.
Morrow can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Twitty controls the pace.
Morrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Twitty is one step ahead there.
Morrow lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Twitty!
Twitty is squirming around, avoiding Morrow's attempts to control the action.
Morrow prevents Twitty from getting the reversal.
Morrow with good strikes from the mount here!
Twitty working to try and regain half guard.
Twitty knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morrow on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow looking to control but Twitty is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Twitty is working to get back to half guard.
Morrow can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Twitty is looking to escape.
Twitty keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrow avoids the attempt from Twitty to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrow breaks from Twitty's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morrow tries to control but Twitty wriggling away.
Morrow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twitty tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrow is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Twitty is bucking up trying to escape but Morrow cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Morrow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Twitty wants to hold on but Morrow pushes him away.
Twitty is squirming around, avoiding Morrow's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrow might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Twitty kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Morrow in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twitty tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrow postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Twitty looks a forlorn figure.
Morrow is landing with some decent strikes but Twitty is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Morrow landing strikes from the mount and Twitty is in trouble!
Morrow controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twitty working to try and regain half guard.
Morrow unloading with bombs!
Twitty tries to reverse the position but Morrow maintains control.
Twitty is breathing heavily.
Morrow cracks Twitty with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Twitty on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Twitty tries to get out of the position.
Morrow with shots to the head and body - Twitty looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morrow tries to control but Twitty wriggling away.
Twitty tries to hold on but Morrow pushes him away.
Twitty is working to get back to half guard.
Twitty in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Morrow.
Morrow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrow tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Twitty wants to hold on but Morrow pushes him away.
Twitty is working to get back to half guard.
Morrow working the ground and pound effectively.
Morrow with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrow with good strikes from the mount here!
Twitty is squirming around, avoiding Morrow's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Morrow dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Twitty throws a body punch but Morrow moves out of range.
Twitty tries to clinch there but Morrow circles away.
Morrow lands with a nice combination. Twitty backs away looking to recover.
Twitty dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morrow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Twitty swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morrow counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Twitty falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Don Morrow!