PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and How Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Morgan
vs
Long

175 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

166 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, How Long!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Long drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.
Morgan looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
Long keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long lands an elbow inside that Morgan shrugs off.
Long gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Morgan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Long just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Long landing knees to the head.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long crunches a lovely knee into Morgan's ribcage.
Long gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Long is keeping busy.
Morgan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Long lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morgan jumps guard but Long stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Morgan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
Morgan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Long scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Long closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Long.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morgan.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morgan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan clinches but Long breaks the clinch

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Long just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Long.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Morgan pulls guard effortlessly.

Long decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morgan, up you get!
Long circles away from the clinch attempt

and Long counters with a shoot takedown. Morgan fights it but they end up in guard.

Long stands and steps away. Morgan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan misses with a right hand

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long prevents a takedown attempt there.
Long tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Long just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Long avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Long.
Morgan is trying to stall.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Long, against the cage.
Long landing knees to the head.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Long lands an elbow inside that Morgan shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Long.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Long lands a nice elbow.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Long lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
Long gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

How Long dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morgan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Long holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
How Long seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long lands a nice elbow.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Morgan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Long with a knee to the head.
Long pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Long.

Morgan has hold of one of Long's legs. Long is fighting the takedown attempt but Morgan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Morgan looking to pass the guard.
Long is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

Long has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morgan off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Long wants to clinch.

Long scores with a takedown into Morgan's guard.
Morgan is trying to keep Long in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long won't allow Morgan to sweep him here.

Long gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Long scores with a takedown into Morgan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morgan is working an open guard so Long takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long wants to clinch

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch.
Long is pressed up against the cage. Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Long down to the mat. Long avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Long shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Long was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Morgan wants to control but Long is having none of it.
Morgan is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

How Long showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Long wants to clinch.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan stalling in the clinch.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan avoiding damage as Long throws knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Long.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morgan's face.
Morgan is working for takedown but Long is calmly controlling the position for now.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan tries for a takedown but Long circles away easily

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.
Long throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Morgan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Long prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morgan's face.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Long prevents it.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long landing knees to the head.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Long.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Morgan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Morgan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Long's guard now.
Long wants to get back to his feet but Morgan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Long has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morgan off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Long darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Long stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morgan to get to his feet.
Morgan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long lands an elbow just above Morgan 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Long throws an elbow but misses.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Long lands an elbow inside that Morgan shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.
Long lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Long prevents it.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Long.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Long pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Long lands an elbow that stopped Morgan in his tracks for a moment.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Long throws an elbow but it misses.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

Long rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dexter Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Long landing knees to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
How Long comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Long winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... How Long!