PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forest Beckford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Morello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morello has chosen The Nightwatchman - Whatever It Takes as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Beckford
vs
Morello

180 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

186 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Convicted

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Forest Beckford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Morello!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beckford closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morello to the mat! Morello manages to get full guard.
Beckford wants to control from the top but Morello keeps moving.
Beckford preventing the sweep.
Beckford with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Beckford lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Beckford lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morello working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beckford.

Morello is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Beckford slips nicely into half guard.

Morello actively working from the bottom here.
Morello is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Beckford works his foot free and advances to mount.
Morello is in a horrible position here. Beckford smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Chris Morello has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Beckford.

Morello is rocked!
Morello wants to hold on but Beckford pushes him away.
Beckford postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Morello badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Beckford around the waist but Beckford pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Beckford is the winner by TKO! Beckford jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Forest Beckford!