PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ikki Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Morgan
vs
Emanuel

150 cm
23
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Emanuel defends it nicely.
Emanuel throws a combination. Morgan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Ikki Morgan has been cut.
Emanuel throws a combination. Morgan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Emanuel sprawls well. Emanuel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.
Morgan fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ikki Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan shoots in for a double leg but Emanuel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Morgan. 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 is breathing heavily.
Emanuel lands a nice looking body shot.
Emanuel lands with a nice body punch.
Emanuel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Emanuel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Emanuel lands with a cross.

Emanuel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Morgan!
Emanuel controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.
Emanuel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Emanuel landing strikes from the mount.
Emanuel working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Emanuel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Emanuel looking to control and managing it successfully.
Emanuel lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Ikki Morgan's cut is getting worse.
Emanuel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Emanuel with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Emanuel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the head.
Emanuel with shots to the head and body - Morgan looks very uncomfortable down there.

Ikki Morgan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Emanuel pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Emanuel lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Morgan hang on?

Jeez, Ikki Morgan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ikki Morgan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matthew Emanuel!