PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bmo Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregory Jones looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Jones
vs
Morris

180 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gregory Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bmo Morris!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morris shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
Morris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones trying to control the position.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morris is controlling him.
Morris pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morris is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as Morris sits in half guard.
Morris might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Morris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morris wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Morris tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Jones kicks Morris off and gets to his feet.
Morris shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Morris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Morris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morris shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Gregory Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bmo Morris.
Morris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morris off to one side.
Morris misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Morris shoots in.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morris scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.
Morris looks gassed!
Morris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morris looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morris is one step ahead there.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morris's guard.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morris on the ground.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Morris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Morris is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break Morris's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gregory Jones.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morris is defended easily by Jones.

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.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Morris shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones is looking to clinch.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Morris in a clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Morris bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jones is trying to buck Morris off.
Morris lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morris wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bmo Morris will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Morris.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones works over Morris's head and body with a nice combination.
Morris fails to land the takedown.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morris.
Gregory Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bmo Morris.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Morris's ribs.
Morris drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Gregory Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Morris gets the takedown into side control.
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Morris controls the position from side control.
Morris has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jones!
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morris content just to control the position here.
Morris pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
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.
Morris looking to finish with strikes here!
Morris throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones taking shots to the head.
Jones tries to hold on but Morris pushes him away.
Morris tries to control but Jones wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Morris's attempts to control the action.
Morris content just to control the position here.
Jones taking shots to the head.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Jones wants to try and get back to his feet.
Morris with good strikes from the mount here!
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morris dominating with strikes here.
Morris in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of Morris. What's that going to do exactly?
Morris scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Morris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morris looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morris blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as Morris sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morris in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bmo Morris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Jones swinging wildly here.
Jones scores with a nice strike.

Morris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jones was covering up waiting for the punch and Morris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Morris slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morris working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jones takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jones is trying to control Morris's posture but Morris avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris working the ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Morris trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Bmo Morris has got the better of the ground game so far.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face as Morris controls the position.
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Morris seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morris tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Morris wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
An elbow from Morris crashes against the mat.
Jones stops Morris from passing to mount.
Jones is not content to let Morris control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to buck Morris off.
Morris landing a few strikes.
Morris scores with a couple of short elbows.
Morris is working Jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jones is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Morris has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morris in side control lands a decent elbow.
Morris in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Morris lands a nice forearm strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Morris cracks Jones with a big right hand but Jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jones wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is trying to control Morris's posture but Morris avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morris working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jones tries to control but Morris manages to take his back.
Bmo Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morris is trying to control but Jones is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bmo Morris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morris winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bmo Morris!