PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Barbu (ranked 5597 p4p, 24725 weight class) and Jonathan Morrsion (ranked 551 p4p, 683 weight class). Barbu kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mândruţă frumoasă. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barbu
vs
Morrsion

181 cm
25
162
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
155
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 Montreal, Stefan Barbu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonathan Morrsion!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbu cracks Morrsion with an open hand slap.
Morrsion swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbu.
Barbu shoots in for a takedown but Morrsion shows good takedown defense.
Barbu connects with a body shot.
Barbu lands with a cross.

Barbu lands a left and a right that sends Morrsion crashing to the canvas! Barbu dives into mount looking to finish!

Morrsion is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbu thowing shots but they're missing.
Morrsion is still in real trouble! Can Barbu finish him?
Barbu throwing strikes here but Morrsion is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Barbu is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Morrsion has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Morrsion!

Morrsion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrsion seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Barbu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrsion gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Morrsion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Barbu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrsion can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morrsion seems to have recovered his senses.

Barbu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morrsion defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbu is trying to control the position but Morrsion postures up.
Barbu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrsion's guard.

A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrsion holds on and takes a little breather.
Barbu looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbu won't allow Morrsion to sweep him here.
Morrsion managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbu forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbu trying to pass the guard but Morrsion defending well.
Barbu tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Barbu is stalling here. Morrsion is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Barbu seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Morrsion has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Morrsion happy to just control the position for now.
Barbu tries to buck Morrsion off but Morrsion is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Morrsion off and has taken his back!
Barbu avoiding Morrsion 's attempts to control his hands.

Barbu working for the choke.

Barbu looking for the choke from the back.

Morrsion preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Barbu.
Morrsion is really stuck here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbu avoiding Morrsion 's attempts to control his hands.

Barbu working for a choke but Morrsion is defending well.
Morrsion covering up well under a series of strikes from Barbu.
Morrsion looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Barbu dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Barbu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morrsion to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morrsion scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stefan Barbu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morrsion won't allow Barbu to sweep him here.

Barbu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrsion can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Morrsion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbu trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morrsion is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Barbu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrsion is aware though and is defending well.
Morrsion trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrsion looking to pass the guard.
Morrsion preventing the sweep.
Morrsion wants to pass the guard but Barbu is keeping the position.

Barbu working for a triangle but Morrsion defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Barbu looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Morrsion has picked Barbu up and slammed him! Barbu can't keep hold of the triangle and Morrsion manages to pass to side control!

Morrsion thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barbu is trying to control Morrsion's posture but Morrsion avoids it.
Barbu is trying to get back to half guard.
Morrsion controls the position.
We've been informed that Morrsion has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Barbu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morrsion connects with a decent elbow.
Barbu manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Morrsion wants to pass the guard but Barbu is defending well.
Barbu trying to hold on to Morrsion's head to control him but Morrsion postures up.
Morrsion seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Barbu is not content to let Morrsion control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Barbu wants to improve his position but Morrsion is controlling well.
Barbu won't allow Morrsion to pass to mount.

Barbu looking for subs from the bottom but Morrsion mounts him!
Barbu is working to get back to half guard.
Barbu tries to improve his position but instead Morrsion has taken his back!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barbu wants to control his opponent's hands but Morrsion gets his hands free.

Morrsion is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Barbu has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Morrsion is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Barbu has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Morrsion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barbu throws a right and a left that both miss.

Morrsion closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Morrsion lands in his opponent's guard.
Morrsion lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrsion must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morrsion trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Barbu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrsion doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrsion manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrsion slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbu looking to control.
Morrsion trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrsion passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Morrsion working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morrsion wants to control but Barbu is keeping him busy.

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.
Barbu is trying to improve his position.

Morrsion wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Barbu, who protects the arm well.
Barbu is not content to let Morrsion control the position.

Morrsion is trying to get an arm triangle but Barbu is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrsion is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Barbu's shoulder. That is not cool.
Barbu taking punishment in the form of punches.
Barbu is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Morrsion tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Barbu is looking for a sweep.
Morrsion is looking to take a break and control but Barbu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barbu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrsion has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrsion and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Morrsion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morrsion has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Morrsion!
A relieved looking Jonathan Morrsion thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.