PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Chernicin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison has chosen The Clocks as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chernicin
vs
Morrison

170 cm
25
150 lbs
5 - 15 - 0

178 cm
26
149 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Chernicin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sid Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chernicin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Morrison gets a takedown into half guard.

Chernicin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chernicin tries to kick Morrison off but Morrison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Chernicin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.
Chernicin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Chernicin defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morrison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chernicin defending well though.
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Chernicin is working away.

Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Chernicin defends it well.
Chernicin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morrison is working away from the top position though.
Chernicin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morrison scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chernicin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.

Morrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Chernicin sees it coming and defends easily.
Morrison is pressing down on Chernicin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Chernicin is holding on for now.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chernicin defending well though.
Morrison trying to control the action but Chernicin is working from the bottom.
Morrison working over Chernicin with some ground and pound. Chernicin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chernicin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morrison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chernicin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Chernicin!
Morrison working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morrison lands a big shot to the head and Chernicin winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sid Morrison!
A relieved looking Sid Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.