PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Powerman 5000 - Drop The Bombshell. Morgan has chosen Change or Die - Papa Roach as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Morgan

199 cm
25
283 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

215 cm
26
285 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

KING clothing

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Thomas Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Morgan has clasped his hands together around Gracie's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morgan trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Morgan happy to just control the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.

Morgan decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a nice body shot.
Morgan looks gassed!
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Morgan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gracie counters with a big uppercut that knocks Morgan off his feet! Gracie dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Thomas Morgan has been cut.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Morgan is avoiding damage well.
Morgan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morgan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie slows the pace down.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Morgan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie thuds a left hand into Morgan's body.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Morgan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie lands with an overhand left.
Gracie scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Gracie throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie misses the body punch
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Xavier Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a one-two to the body.
Morgan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
A cross from Gracie lands.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Gracie moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Gracie throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
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!
A shot to the body from Morgan misses
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gracie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Morgan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Gracie throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Morgan misses the body punch
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Morgan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Morgan counters with a two punch combo.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morgan thinking.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Gracie with a hook.
Morgan moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Morgan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morgan finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Thomas Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie slips under a jab.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie stuns Morgan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gracie, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Gracie!