PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Slice
vs
Morgan

225 cm
22
264 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kimbo Slice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zach Morgan!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Slice.
Slice tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slice sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Morgan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Slice is trying to defend but Morgan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Morgan stands up and beckons Slice to join him on the feet.
Slice throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Morgan stalks Slice and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Slice's face. Slice staggers backwards, shaken.
Morgan lands a nice shot that snaps Slice's head back.
Slice misses with a combination

and Morgan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Slice's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Morgan throws a big right hand that misses.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morgan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morgan throwing strikes from guard but Slice blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morgan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Slice's guard.

Slice looking for subs from the bottom but Morgan mounts him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morgan working the ground and pound effectively.
Morgan controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is landing with some decent strikes but Slice is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan prevents Slice from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slice in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Morgan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Slice wants to clinch

and Morgan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Morgan stands up out of the half guard.
Slice misses with a double jab.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morgan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Slice can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Morgan raining down shots from the mount!
Morgan looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.
Morgan working the ground and pound effectively.
Slice taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan thowing shots but they're missing.
Morgan raining down shots from the mount!
Slice is in a horrible position here. Morgan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling from the full mount.
Morgan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Slice is bucking up trying to escape but Morgan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Morgan with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slice is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Slice is in a horrible position here. Morgan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Slice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Morgan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slice won't be happy with that.
Slice is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morgan connects with a decent elbow.

Slice is rocked!
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!
Morgan lands a big left to the face of Slice, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Morgan and another - Slice is out! Morgan stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Zach Morgan!