PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Morgan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morgan
vs
Christ

209 cm
25
283 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesus Christ!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Christ counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morgan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches up with Christ, looking for a takedown. Morgan pushes Christ against the cage but Christ circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Christ takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christ throws a low kick but it's checked well by Morgan.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Christ.
Christ blocks a head kick by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Christ counters with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Christ slips the punch.
Morgan lands an overhand right.
Christ throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Christ.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Christ as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christ closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Christ has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christ tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Christ.
Morgan misses with a double jab

and Christ counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Christ is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.
Morgan tries to get to full guard but Christ has control of the leg.
Morgan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morgan tries to get out of the position.
Morgan has a hand on Christ's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Christ takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Christ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Christ landing strikes, looking to finish!
Christ can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
Christ looking to finish with strikes here!
Christ throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Christ.
Christ with a couple of short strikes.
Christ throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because Christ loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because Christ loaded up on that one.
Morgan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Christ.
Christ thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Christ thowing shots but they're missing.
Christ looking to ground and pound but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Christ throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Christ tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Christ throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Christ landing punches.
Christ looking to finish with strikes here!
Christ punching from mount but Morgan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Christ prevents Morgan from getting the reversal.
Morgan just holding on.
Morgan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Christ on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christ looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jesus Christ will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morgan misses with a body punch

and Christ holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Christ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christ scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morgan lands the left hand.
Christ looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Christ persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Christ moves into the clinch.
Christ should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Christ has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christ is trying to stall.
Christ jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Christ around his waist. Christ gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morgan is working for takedown but Christ is calmly controlling the position for now.
Christ tries to break free but Morgan pushes him back against the cage.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Christ keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Come on Morgan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Christ using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Christ is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.

Christ gets caught flat footed, as Morgan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morgan throws a strike but Christ rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Christ looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Christ from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Christ trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jesus Christ.
A head kick by Morgan misses
and Christ counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Morgan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morgan works over Christ's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.

Christ gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morgan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morgan trying to control but Christ is working from the bottom.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ is trying to keep Morgan in close.
Morgan looking to pass the guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Morgan tries to stand but Christ is controlling from the bottom.

Morgan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Christ as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Christ moved away.
Christ takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Morgan dominated that second round.
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!

Morgan throws a head kick but Christ moves out of range.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Christ counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Christ moves into the clinch successfully.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Christ is keeping busy.
Christ looking to slow down the pace here.

Christ manages to break the clinch.
Morgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Christ counters by moving into the clinch.
Christ with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christ has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Christ missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morgan as Christ tries to tie him up.
Christ tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Christ drops back down to his feet.
Christ throws a knee to the head but misses.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Matt Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Christ.
Christ avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christ manages to avoid it.
Christ misses with a head kick.
Morgan jabs at Christ's body.
Nice takedown defense from Christ. No joy for Morgan on that attempt.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Christ circles away.
Morgan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Christ.
Christ shoots in and drives through. Morgan sprawls well.
Morgan connects with a nice looking jab.
Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Christ shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morgan defends it nicely.
Morgan wants to clinch.

Morgan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morgan tries to stand but Christ controls the position and pulls Morgan into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Christ is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christ swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Christ trying to strike off his back.

Christ working for a triangle but Morgan defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Christ had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morgan defends it easily.
Christ has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgan is looking to stand up but Christ won't let him.

Morgan gets to his feet. Christ looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Morgan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Matt Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.

Morgan manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Christ on his heels. He'll look to pass Christ's guard now, I'm sure.

Christ is working an open guard so Morgan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Morgan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Christ gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Morgan!