PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Salvatore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogerio Salvatore is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Morgan
vs
Salvatore

169 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Salvatore!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Salvatore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Salvatore.

It looks like Carlos Morgan has been cut.
Salvatore tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Salvatore tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan throws a right hand that Salvatore ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvatore also avoids with ease.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Salvatore.
Salvatore throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Salvatore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Salvatore doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Salvatore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan tries to bum rush Salvatore with a series of wild strikes but Salvatore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Morgan takes a swing at Salvatore's ribcage but misses.
Salvatore throws a one two combo.
Salvatore throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Salvatore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salvatore throws a chopping leg kick but Morgan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Salvatore.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salvatore misses with a wild combination.
Rogerio Salvatore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Salvatore.
Salvatore tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Salvatore doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan misses with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from Salvatore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morgan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Salvatore thinking.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Salvatore closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rogerio Salvatore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Salvatore looks gassed!
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan misses the jab.
Salvatore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Salvatore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morgan throws a right hand that Salvatore ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvatore also avoids with ease.
Salvatore throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Morgan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Morgan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Salvatore throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan tries to bum rush Salvatore with a series of wild strikes but Salvatore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan swings for the body but Salvatore moves out of range.
Salvatore throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgan misses the target.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salvatore.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Salvatore takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morgan scores with a jab.
Morgan punishes Salvatore's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Morgan.

Salvatore is rocked!
Morgan connects with a nice cross there... Salvatore is looking wobbly and Morgan recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Salvatore to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Morgan jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Carlos Morgan!