PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Billington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan has chosen Change or Die - Papa Roach as his entrance music. Thomas Morgan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Billington
vs
Morgan

185 cm
24
272 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

215 cm
25
285 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Billington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Thomas Morgan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Billington has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Billington backwards.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Billington shoots in but no luck this time.

Morgan forces Billington back against the cage and clinches.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Billington is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morgan.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Billington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morgan pinned against the cage. Morgan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Billington. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morgan has managed to clinch.
Billington has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tom Billington has been cut.
Billington is breathing heavily.
Billington is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Billington.
Billington has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Billington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Morgan.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

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

Morgan clinches up against the cage.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Morgan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Billington's defenses.
Morgan lands an elbow just above Billington 's eye.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan lands an elbow just above Billington 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Billington backwards.
Morgan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Billington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Billington's head.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice elbow from Morgan.

Tom Billington's cut is getting worse.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
Morgan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Billington's defenses.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Billington lands with a short shot to the head.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Billington's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.
Billington drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Billington shrugs off.
Billington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Billington shrugs off.
Morgan landing knees to the body.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Billington wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side

and Morgan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice elbow from Morgan.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Billington with a poor takedown
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Morgan has Billington up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Morgan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Billington.
A short uppercut from Morgan.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Morgan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Morgan closes the distance and pushes Billington back into the cage.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Billington.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Billington.
Billington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Tom Billington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Billington with a lazy takedown attempt
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Billington swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morgan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morgan throws an elbow but misses.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Billington tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Billington lands a body punch.
Morgan working Billington over with knees to the body.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morgan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morgan working Billington over with knees to the body.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morgan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Billington fails to land.
Billington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Billington avoids it.
Billington drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morgan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Billington misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Billington's cut.
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.

Billington has his takedown stuffed
and Morgan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Billington thinking.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Billington circles away.
A shot to de liver by Morgan. Beautiful body shot.
Billington fails with the takedown
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
Billington darts in trying to clinch
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Billington doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Billington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Billington tries for a takedown but Morgan circles away easily
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
Billington has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Billington there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Billington misses its intended target.
A big right from Billington misses.
Billington fails with the takedown
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Billington. 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 lands with a straight right. Billington didn't see that one coming.
Billington shoots and misses
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice shot lands for Morgan.

Morgan closes the distance and pushes Billington back into the cage.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgan working Billington over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan lands a big right hand that drops Billington! The killer instinct kicks in and Morgan finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Morgan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Morgan!