PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams
vs
Morgan

194 cm
23
217 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Derek Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Morgan lunges at Williams with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Williams's hand.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams shoots for a double leg takedown but Morgan sprawls well. He's pushed Williams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Charles Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Williams is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morgan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morgan.

It looks like Charles Williams has been cut.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Morgan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
Williams is breathing heavily.

Morgan has managed to clinch.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Morgan improves position.
Morgan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgan pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan works on Williams's body with a couple of short punches.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morgan walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Williams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams slips under a jab from Morgan.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morgan.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Williams takes a shot to the head.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Williams's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Williams defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.

Morgan gets a clinch.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Morgan.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morgan.
Williams darts in trying to clinch

and Morgan counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is stalling here.
Williams looking to stall.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Williams wants to clinch
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Morgan moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Morgan.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Charles Williams's cut is getting worse.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Morgan sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morgan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Williams clinches but Morgan breaks the clinch
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
Morgan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Williams shoots and misses
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams slips a straight right by Morgan.
Nice defenses there by Williams.

Morgan clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Morgan on the inside.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams has his takedown stuffed
and Morgan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams tries to clinch up

and Morgan moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morgan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Charles Williams's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Williams shoots and misses
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morgan scores with a jab to the head.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch

and Morgan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan scores with a shoulder strike.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a good cross that connects.
Williams tries to clinch

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morgan.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Morgan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Williams. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Morgan throws an elbow that misses.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Morgan drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgan is keeping busy.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams letting Morgan take a breather here.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Williams avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Williams's body.

Morgan forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
Morgan effectively controlling the action here.
Morgan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Morgan misses.

Morgan drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Morgan.
Williams letting Morgan take a breather here.
Williams tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Williams drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Williams down.

Morgan darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Williams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Morgan.

Charles Williams's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morgan stalling the fight.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morgan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Morgan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Charles Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Derek Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morgan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 24:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 24:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Morgan!