PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chicken Salad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craven Morehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morehead has chosen The Mystery of Chess Boxing as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salad
vs
Morehead

177 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
188 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chicken Salad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craven Morehead!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Salad feints and as Morehead raises his hands in defense, Salad changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Morehead is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morehead is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morehead trying to strike off his back.
Morehead looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salad chips away with some ground and pound.
Salad is looking to work some ground and pound but Morehead has wrist control.
Morehead is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Salad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morehead is trying to keep Salad in close.
Salad throws a big right hand that misses.
Morehead avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Salad throws an elbow that misses. Morehead uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Salad's guard. Nice move by Morehead!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Salad is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morehead looking to control.
Morehead working a defensive guard but Salad passes into half guard.
Salad wants to pass the guard but Morehead is defending well.
Salad prevents Morehead from improving his position.
Morehead wants to get back to full guard but Salad has mounted him!
Morehead regains half guard.
Morehead is looking to improve his position.
Morehead trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morehead manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Salad trying to control but Morehead is working from the bottom.
Morehead utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morehead preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Salad throws a big right hand that misses.
Morehead is trying to control the position but Salad postures up.
Salad prevents Morehead from getting back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Morehead looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Salad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morehead lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Salad!
Salad might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salad can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morehead is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morehead cracks Salad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Salad wants to hold on but Morehead pushes him away.
Morehead wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Morehead prevents Salad from getting the reversal.
Morehead with the ground and pound from mount.
Salad stops Morehead from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Salad is trying desperately to improve position.
Morehead dominating with strikes here.
Salad is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morehead with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salad tries to hold on but Morehead postures up.
Salad keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morehead tries to control but Salad wriggling away.
Morehead has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salad's face.
Morehead lands with some strikes.
Morehead has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salad blocking the ground and pound.
Salad tries to lock up and control but Morehead gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Morehead connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Salad has given up his back here.

Morehead has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Morehead misses with an elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craven Morehead dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Salad swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Morehead counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Salad utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morehead loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salad lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morehead!
Salad looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morehead wants to hold on but Salad pushes him away.
Salad scoring with strikes but Morehead is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salad raining down hammerfists from mount.
Salad unloading with bombs!

Morehead is rocked!
Salad raining down hammerfists from mount.
Morehead is still in real trouble! Can Salad finish him?
A nice elbow there by Salad.
Morehead is squirming around, avoiding Salad's attempts to control the action.
Morehead takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Salad's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chicken Salad!