PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Krull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Don Krull was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Morgan
vs
Krull

175 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dexter Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Krull!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krull shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Krull fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Morgan sprawls well initially but Krull persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Morgan pushes Krull off looking to stand but Krull dives back in and keeps control.

Krull decides to return to a standing position.
Morgan has his takedown stuffed

and Krull counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Krull tries to stand and escape but Morgan actually recovers to full guard.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Krull controlling him for the moment.
Krull trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Krull looks gassed!
Krull landing some decent shots from guard.
Krull trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Krull wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
Krull lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morgan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Krull's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wants to pass the guard but Krull is keeping the position.
Krull is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Krull is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Krull looking for a guillotine here but Morgan defends easily.
Morgan prevents Krull from getting back to his feet.

Krull has his feet on Morgan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Morgan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Krull needs to keep his hands up - Morgan had a free shot at his head there.

Krull shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morgan tries to hold on but Krull postures up.
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morgan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Krull on the ground.
Morgan is working hard here to advance position.
Krull dominating with strikes here.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Krull tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Krull thowing shots but they're missing.
Morgan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Krull avoids the attempt from Morgan to control.
Morgan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Morgan tries to hold on but Krull pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working to try and regain half guard.
Krull landing strikes from the mount and Morgan is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Krull.
Morgan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morgan gets back to half guard.
Krull not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Krull lands a nice short elbow.
Krull passes to side control.

Krull decides to stand up, so the ref orders Morgan to his feet.

Krull pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan prevents Krull from breaking the clinch.
Krull can't break the clinch.
Morgan keeps control of Krull as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Krull escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krull throws a push kick but Morgan slaps the foot to one side.
Krull stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krull misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krull looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Morgan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morgan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Morgan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Morgan lands a right hook to the body.

Morgan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krull is trying to buck Morgan off.
Morgan trying to control the action but Krull is working from the bottom.
Krull gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Krull dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Krull will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morgan.
Krull misses with a double jab.

Krull gets a takedown into half guard.

Krull stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morgan to get to his feet.

Morgan has Krull up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morgan looking for a takedown.

Krull breaks from the clinch.
Krull is breathing heavily.
Morgan punishes Krull's body with a nice straight punch.
Krull on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Dexter Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Morgan scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control the pace but Krull is squirming around nicely.

Morgan stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Krull shoots in for a double leg but Morgan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morgan controlling the position easily from mount.
Krull is trying to escape the mount.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Krull?

Morgan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Krull is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan cracks Krull with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morgan landing strikes from the mount.
Krull swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Morgan landing punches.
Don Krull has got the better of the ground game so far.
Krull gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
Krull tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Krull is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Morgan looking to control but Krull is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morgan is really struggling to control Krull but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morgan stands up from mount. Strange move.
Krull scores with a one two! Morgan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Krull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Horrible takedown by Morgan or perhaps it was just good defense by Krull which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krull misses with a jab, cross combination.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Morgan.

Morgan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Krull is trying to keep an underhook but Morgan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Krull is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Krull is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morgan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morgan's back!
Morgan tries to roll but Krull sticks to his back.
Krull connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Morgan to escape the position.
Krull has Morgan flattened out and is raining down punches.
I really don't envy Morgan right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krull tightening his grip on Morgan, looking for the choke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Krull is not going to allow Morgan to sit and survive in this position.
Krull lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Morgan hold on?!
Morgan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Krull is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.
Krull missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krull scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Krull is nestled in close to Morgan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morgan moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dexter Morgan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Krull swivels and escapes.
Krull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morgan shoots in but Krull avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Krull bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morgan is looking to regain half guard here but Krull keeps moving and retains side control.
Krull tries to advance to mount but can't.
Morgan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Morgan is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Krull is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Krull scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morgan wants to hold on but Krull pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morgan is squirming around, avoiding Krull's attempts to control the action.
Morgan wants to control but Krull is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krull postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Krull working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Krull landing punches.
Krull landing strikes from the mount and Morgan is in trouble!
Krull landing strikes from the mount and Morgan is in trouble!
Krull with good strikes from the mount here!
Morgan tries to hold on but Krull pushes him away.
Morgan is working to get back to half guard.
Morgan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Krull wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling the position.
Morgan tries to roll over but Krull keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krull decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Krull shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Krull 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.
Krull has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Krull drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morgan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dexter Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Krull.
Morgan works the jab nicely.
Morgan shoots for a takedown but Krull saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Krull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Krull misses with a leg kick
and Morgan counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Morgan feints and as Krull raises his hands in defense, Morgan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morgan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morgan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Krull for as long as he can get away with.
Morgan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morgan preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Krull wants to get back to his feet but Morgan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Krull preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Krull pushes Morgan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Krull throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Morgan counters with a single leg into guard. Krull didn't expect that.
Krull keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Krull looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Morgan gets to his feet. Krull looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Morgan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Morgan lands in his opponent's guard.

Morgan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krull has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morgan off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Morgan stuffs the takedown.
Krull shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morgan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krull manages to avoid it.
Krull tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan shoots and misses
and Krull counters with a solid body kick.
A combination from Krull does no damage.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Krull shows good takedown defense.

Morgan takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krull throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Morgan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Morgan preventing the sweep.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Krull keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dexter Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Don Krull!