PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Warshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Seether - Remedy. Warshaw has chosen Until It Sleeps as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Morgan
vs
Warshaw

187 cm
21
270 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

197 cm
22
265 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shaun Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buck Warshaw!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warshaw shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
Buck Warshaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan takes a swing at Warshaw's ribcage but misses.
Warshaw connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morgan momentarily.

It looks like Shaun Morgan has been cut.
Warshaw paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Warshaw.
A head kick misses from Warshaw.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Warshaw pushes him off.
Warshaw throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Warshaw fails with the takedown.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warshaw moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Warshaw missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warshaw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Warshaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan slips under a jab.

Morgan rushes Warshaw and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Warshaw looks gassed!
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Warshaw's ribcage. Warshaw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Morgan lands a good knee to the midsection. Warshaw won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan digs a right hand into Warshaw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warshaw's gas tank.
Warshaw blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Warshaw managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Good body shot from Morgan.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warshaw lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morgan presses Warshaw against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warshaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Warshaw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Warshaw is blocking nicely.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Warshaw's elbow.
Warshaw blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Warshaw.
Shaun Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck Warshaw.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan has Warshaw pressed against the cage, preventing Warshaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgan cracks Warshaw with a nice body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Warshaw.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Warshaw controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan working Warshaw over with knees to the body.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Warshaw.
Warshaw avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Warshaw tries to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Warshaw is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan lands with a light punch inside.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Warshaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Warshaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Warshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Warshaw is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Morgan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Morgan can't find room to land a body shot as Warshaw controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Warshaw blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan is pressed up against the cage. Warshaw has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morgan down to the mat. Morgan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Warshaw keeps the fight on the outside.

Warshaw darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Warshaw is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Warshaw not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Morgan'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.

Warshaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Warshaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morgan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Warshaw misses with a series of wild punches.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warshaw avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Warshaw's ribcage. Warshaw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Warshaw's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warshaw can't break the clinch.
Warshaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Morgan.
A hook to the body from Morgan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.
Morgan tries to work over Warshaw's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shaun Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan gets through Warshaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Warshaw blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Warshaw blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Warshaw is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Warshaw tries to circle away but Morgan has him pinned against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warshaw lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan prevents the takedown attempt.
A short body shot lands from Morgan as the two fighters clinch.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Warshaw avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warshaw can do to turn this around?
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Warshaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Warshaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shaun Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck Warshaw.
Warshaw can't get the takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Warshaw's elbow.
Morgan tries to work over Warshaw's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Warshaw is blocking nicely.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan gets underhooks to prevent Warshaw's takedown attempt.
Warshaw blocks a body shot from Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warshaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Warshaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warshaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morgan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Morgan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Warshaw is blocking nicely.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warshaw.
Morgan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Warshaw.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Warshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warshaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warshaw avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Warshaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warshaw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Warshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warshaw tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Warshaw avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.

Warshaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Warshaw fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warshaw throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan tries to clinch but Warshaw is having none of it.
Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Warshaw. Warshaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Morgan wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Morgan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Morgan'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. And we move into the final round!

Warshaw throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Warshaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Warshaw managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan is working Warshaw over against the cage.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan tries a body shot but Warshaw blocks it.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warshaw avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Warshaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morgan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Morgan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Warshaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Warshaw throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Warshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Warshaw misses with a looping left.
Warshaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Warshaw swinging wildly here.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warshaw scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Morgan moves into range and clinches up with Warshaw.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is working Warshaw over against the cage.
Morgan digs a right hand into Warshaw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warshaw's gas tank.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Warshaw avoids the damage to the body.
Warshaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan gets through Warshaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Warshaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warshaw goes for a takedown attempt but Morgan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Shaun Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck Warshaw.
Warshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Warshaw is avoiding it.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Warshaw swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Morgan moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warshaw is defending well for now.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warshaw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morgan prevents it.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Warshaw or not.
Morgan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Warshaw in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Warshaw's ribcage. Warshaw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morgan gets through Warshaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Warshaw.
Nice body punch from Morgan - that landed with a thud.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Warshaw avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
Morgan can't find room to land a body shot as Warshaw controls the action.
Warshaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morgan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Warshaw falls off balance throwing a combination

and Morgan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Morgan tries to work over Warshaw's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Warshaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Warshaw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Morgan.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Warshaw is blocking nicely.
Warshaw is trying to force a seperation but Morgan has the dominant position.
Buck Warshaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Warshaw gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan presses Warshaw against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Warshaw misses with the head strike.
Morgan works on Warshaw's body with a couple of short punches.
Warshaw misses with some punches.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warshaw has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shaun Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Shaun Morgan!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Shaun Morgan!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Shaun Morgan!

Shaun Morgan wins by unanimous decision!