PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harold Morse (ranked 25381 p4p, 2859 weight class) and Bob Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morse has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Harold Morse has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morse
vs
Joe

225 cm
25
130
1 - 7 - 0

150 cm
25
130
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harold Morse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Joe!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joe looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Joe is nestled in close to Morse, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morse on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morse really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Joe working Morse over with strikes.
Joe lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Morse is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe working over Morse with some ground and pound. Morse looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Morse is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morse is breathing heavily.
Joe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Joe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morse has hold of Joe's hands but Joe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Joe lands with a punch from half guard.
Joe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Joe lands with a punch from half guard.
Joe winds up and cracks Morse with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Joe is nestled in close to Morse, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morse on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morse taking some punishment here, with Joe in his half guard.
Joe lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morse with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Morse taking some punishment here, with Joe in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Joe connects with a nice short shot to Morse's temple.
Joe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Joe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Joe.
Joe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morse with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Joe lands strikes from half guard.
Joe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Joe winds up and cracks Morse with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Joe working the head and body with strikes.
Morse knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Joe on the ground.
Joe passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morse taking shots to the head.
Joe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Joe loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Morse scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Joe land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Joe stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Joe!