PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ephieldifos (ranked 4420 p4p, 2648 weight class) and Matt Morgan (ranked 519 p4p, 342 weight class). Matt Morgan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marco Ephieldifos's chin.

Ephieldifos
vs
Morgan

193 cm
25
210
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
26
205
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Ephieldifos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Morgan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Ephieldifos drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.

Morgan jumps guard and drags Ephieldifos to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ephieldifos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ephieldifos throws a big right hand that misses.
Ephieldifos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ephieldifos landing some decent shots from guard.
Ephieldifos throwing strikes from guard but Morgan blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ephieldifos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ephieldifos chips away with some ground and pound.
Ephieldifos is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.
Ephieldifos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Ephieldifos has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ephieldifos postures up in Morgan's guard and throws a big left but Morgan blocks it.

Morgan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Morgan has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ephieldifos should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Morgan has tightened it up now! Ephieldifos should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Matt Morgan!