PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Basil Morrison (ranked 6154 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ibnu Rusyd (ranked 8738 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morrison
vs
Rusyd

166 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Basil Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ibnu Rusyd!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rusyd throws a series of punches but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rusyd misses with a few strikes there.

Rusyd clinches up with Morrison and pushes him back against the cage.
Rusyd stalling in the clinch but Morrison improves position.

Morrison decides to pull guard.
Rusyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morrison has his hands on Rusyd's head, controlling the position.
Rusyd is working Morrison over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rusyd trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.

Morrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morrison landing some decent shots from guard.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Rusyd has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison scoring with some ground and pound.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Rusyd trying to control the position.
Morrison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rusyd's head.
Morrison works over Rusyd with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morrison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Morrison landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rusyd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morrison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Rusyd is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morrison is controlling him.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Rusyd.
Rusyd looks winded!
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rusyd's head.
Morrison scoring with some ground and pound.
Morrison cracks Rusyd with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basil Morrison dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rusyd avoids a kick to the body.
Rusyd counters with a body kick.
Rusyd throws a shot to the body.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Rusyd moves into the clinch.
Morrison controlling the action here for a moment.
Rusyd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rusyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morrison tries to pull guard but Rusyd forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rusyd tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morrison just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Rusyd avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusyd is trying to pull guard but Morrison has him pressed against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morrison - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rusyd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Morrison manages to pull guard.
Morrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rusyd defends it easily.

Rusyd avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusyd is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rusyd wants to get back to his feet.
Basil Morrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Morrison.
Morrison working Rusyd over with strikes.
Morrison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rusyd is trying to stand.

Morrison looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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. Morrison connects with a nice short shot to Rusyd's temple.

Morrison is working for a kimura but Rusyd is defending it quite comfortably.
Rusyd is trying to get back to full guard.

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.
Morrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morrison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Morrison is working for a submission of some sort.
Rusyd wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basil Morrison dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rusyd misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Morrison moves into the clinch.

Rusyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rusyd clinches up with Morrison and pushes him back against the cage.

Morrison jumps guard and drags Rusyd to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rusyd wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rusyd manages to get himself to full guard.

Morrison postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rusyd's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a couple of short punches.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rusyd's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morrison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morrison stands up over Rusyd, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rusyd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rusyd has momentary wrist control but Morrison slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morrison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morrison is in close to Rusyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rusyd's head.
Rusyd wants to stand and escape but Morrison is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison is working Rusyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
Morrison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morrison cracks Rusyd with a solid left hand.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morrison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morrison is in close to Rusyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morrison is in close to Rusyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison postures up.
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rusyd's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ibnu Rusyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Basil Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Basil Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Basil Morrison!
The defeated Ibnu Rusyd had this to say: 'Sorry, mama I lost.'.