PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rene Lafayette (ranked 154 p4p, 810 weight class) and Frank Morrison (ranked 25 p4p, 117 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lafayette might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Erasure - Always. Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lafayette
vs
Morrison

179 cm
25
170
19 - 5 - 0

181 cm
25
170
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rene Lafayette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafayette ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Lafayette has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Morrison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lafayette looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lafayette.
Lafayette looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lafayette.
Lafayette gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morrison.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lafayette.
Lafayette misses the shot to the body.
Morrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice takedown defense from Lafayette. No joy for Morrison on that attempt.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lafayette gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lafayette shoots in but no luck this time.
Morrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lafayette sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.

Lafayette moves into the clinch successfully.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrison.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Lafayette uses good head movement to avoid it.

Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison misses with a combination
and Lafayette counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lafayette is looking to clinch.
Lafayette doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrison looks for a takedown but Lafayette sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lafayette sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rene Lafayette has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Morrison.
Lafayette looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Morrison moves into range and clinches up with Lafayette.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Lafayette struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrison controls his hands.
Morrison takes a shot to the head.
Lafayette tries for a takedown but Morrison manages to get underhooks.
Morrison misses with some punches.
Morrison has Lafayette pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lafayette manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Lafayette pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison scores with a nice strike.
Morrison connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Lafayette.
A jab from Morrison finds it's way through Lafayette's defenses.
Lafayette tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lafayette slips a jab from Morrison.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lafayette.
Morrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lafayette throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Morrison walks into a straight right hand from Lafayette.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
It looked like Lafayette wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrison dives in for a single leg takedown but Lafayette sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lafayette tries for a takedown but Morrison sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrison throws the left hand but Lafayette avoids the punch easily.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut there from Morrison.
Lafayette takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Lafayette takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morrison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lafayette. Lafayette circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lafayette is looking to wear down Morrison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lafayette tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Lafayette.
Morrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morrison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Lafayette takes the fight into the clinch.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Lafayette controls the action.
Morrison tries to work over Lafayette's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Morrison gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Morrison looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lafayette with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lafayette avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A lazy left from Morrison finds it's target.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morrison defending well as Lafayette loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lafayette looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrison feints the counter takedown.
Lafayette getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morrison sizes up Lafayette with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Morrison lands.
Lafayette moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lafayette but Lafayette pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lafayette throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Lafayette throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lafayette slips a straight right by Morrison.
Lafayette fires out a quick counter leg kick but Morrison just manages to avoid it.

Lafayette gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Lafayette manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.

Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lafayette's guard.

Lafayette lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lafayette passes Morrison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Morrison trying to control here.
Morrison felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Morrison is staying active underneath Lafayette, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Lafayette is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison trying to hold on to Lafayette's head to control him but Lafayette postures up.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Lafayette is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lafayette trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.

Lafayette is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafayette prevents Morrison from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morrison is trying to control the position but Lafayette postures up.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lafayette passes into half guard.
Lafayette is trying to control the action in half guard but Morrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lafayette wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
Morrison wants to control the action here but instead Lafayette manages to pass to full mount!
Lafayette controlling from the full mount.
Lafayette can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lafayette avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Morrison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lafayette sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morrison misses with a shot to the body
and Lafayette counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison punishes Lafayette's body with a nice straight punch.
Morrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morrison takes a swing at Lafayette's ribcage but misses.
Lafayette moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Frank Morrison has been cut.
Morrison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morrison tries to clinch but Lafayette is having none of it.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lafayette doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison needs to keep his hands up - Lafayette had a free shot at his head there.
Morrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lafayette tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lafayette blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Lafayette throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lafayette misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch but Lafayette swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morrison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lafayette stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrison. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Rene Lafayette has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Morrison.
Morrison has his takedown stuffed
and Lafayette counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrison walks into a jab.
Morrison misses with a hook. Lafayette ducked under it nicely.
Lafayette feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lafayette avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of Morrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lafayette ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
Lafayette is looking to clinch.
Lafayette scores with a nice strike.
Morrison swings widly with a right hand
and Lafayette counters with a straight right hand.
Morrison scores with a one two! Lafayette had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Lafayette knows he should have avoided that one.
Lafayette misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lafayette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lafayette lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lafayette scores with a jab.
Morrison goes for a double leg but Lafayette avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Lafayette continues to drive forward.
Morrison clobbers Lafayette with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lafayette scores with a hook to the body. Morrison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrison misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morrison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Morrison slaps away a takedown attempt from Lafayette, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rene Lafayette has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrison throws a poor cross that misses

and Lafayette counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is controlling Lafayette's trapped leg to prevent Lafayette from advancing to side control.
Lafayette seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rene Lafayette overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lafayette wants to work for an arm triangle but Morrison is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Morrison is concentrating on defense, preventing Lafayette from advancing position.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Lafayette has control of the leg.
Lafayette looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lafayette not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rene Lafayette showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morrison 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Frank Morrison!
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Frank Morrison!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Frank Morrison!

Frank Morrison wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Morrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.