PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Legus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Morgan
vs
Legus

191 cm
23
247 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
28
237 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Legus!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Legus.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Legus avoids it well.
Legus connects with a body shot that sends Morgan's belly button to the back.
Some wild striking there from Legus.
Legus tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Legus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morgan thows a body shot but no joy.
Legus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legus tries to clinch up.
Legus is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Legus moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Legus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morgan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Legus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donk. Legus catches Morgan right on the button with a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Legus lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morgan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morgan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morgan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Legus in his tracks.
Legus misses with a straight right.
Legus scores with a jab.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Legus moved out of range.
A jab from Legus finds it's way through Morgan's defenses.
Legus slips under a jab.
Legus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Morgan with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses the jab.
Legus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Legus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morgan thinking.
Legus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Legus thows a left - swing and a miss!
A right-left combo lands from Morgan.
Legus lands the left hand.
A lazy left from Legus finds it's target.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Legus counters with a series of strikes. Morgan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Donk. Legus catches Morgan right on the button with a cross.
Jason Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legus moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Legus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Legus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Morgan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Legus scores with a jab. Morgan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Legus is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morgan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Legus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Morgan swings for the body but Legus moves out of range.
Legus scores with a sloppy right hand. Morgan should have avoided that one.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Legus wants to clinch.
Morgan throws a body kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Legus.
Morgan throws a low kick but Legus avoids it.
Legus scores with a nice right hand.
Legus misses with a body kick.
Morgan takes a swing at Legus's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lunges at Legus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Legus's hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Legus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legus moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Legus fails to land with a series of punches.
Legus digs a good hook to Morgan's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Legus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morgan.
Legus wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Legus.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Morgan catches Legus right on the button with a cross.
Legus lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Legus closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legus has him pressed against the cage.
Legus is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Legus has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgan keeps control of Legus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Legus tries to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling the position.
Legus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Legus wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan prevents Legus from breaking the clinch.
Morgan avoiding damage.

Legus breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan misses with a body punch
and Legus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Legus avoids nicely.
Legus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Jason Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Legus saw that one coming.
Morgan is looking to score with low kicks.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Legus tries to clinch up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Legus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Legus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A big right from Morgan misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legus connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Legus. That snapped Morgan's head back.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Legus clinches up against the cage.
Legus slows down the pace here.
Morgan looking to slow down the pace here.
Morgan is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legus tries to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Legus prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Legus tries to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling the position.

Legus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Legus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Legus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Legus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Legus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Legus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Legus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Morgan looks to land a left hand but Legus moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legus stuns Morgan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jason Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Legus dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut!
Legus tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Legus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab from Legus.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Legus.
Legus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legus dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Nice uppercut there from Morgan.
Legus looks to clinch
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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 Jason Morgan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Legus misses with a low kick.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Legus coming out on top.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Legus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Legus has taken the fight to the clinch.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Legus scores with a decent looking hook.
Legus wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Legus tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Legus connects with a body shot.
Morgan lands a two punch combo.
Legus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Legus wants to land a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throws a hook but Legus blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a hook but Legus blocks it.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Legus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Legus's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morgan under the eye.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Legus tries to clinch up.
Legus dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Jab by Legus.
Legus scores with a jab to the body.
Legus throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Legus sees coming a mile off.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Legus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Legus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legus avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Legus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morgan's head.
Morgan cracks Legus with a good jab.
Legus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Legus lunges at Morgan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morgan's hand.
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!
Morgan misses with a body shot.

Legus has Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Legus crunches a lovely knee into Morgan's ribcage.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgan's efforts to push away.
Legus wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Legus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Legus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Legus clinches.
Legus has Morgan pressed against the cage.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
Legus is trying to break the clinch but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Legus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgan tries to stall but Legus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Legus prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Morgan has Legus pressed against the cage, preventing Legus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morgan keeps control of Legus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Morgan.
Legus wants to break free but Morgan has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Legus manages to break the clinch.
Morgan misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Legus really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Legus instigates a clinch.
Morgan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morgan looking to slow down the pace here.
Morgan leaning against his opponent.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Andrew Legus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Legus is trying to break free.
Morgan avoiding damage as Legus throws knees to the body.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Legus won't allow it.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Legus is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Legus has his back to the cage.
Legus is trying to force a seperation but Morgan has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Legus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Legus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Legus lands with a right hand.
Legus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Legus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Morgan throws a push kick but Legus slaps the foot to one side.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Legus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Legus throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Legus checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Legus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Morgan misses with a right hand
letting Legus counter with a right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morgan.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Legus lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morgan throws a head kick that half lands.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Legus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Good shot there by Legus.
Morgan throws a good cross that connects.
Morgan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Legus's shoulder, as Legus tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with the left hand. Legus knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice shot by Morgan.
Legus tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Legus to counter with a crisp jab.
Legus scores with a nice head shot.
Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Legus.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Legus lands.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Legus is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Legus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Legus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Morgan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Legus misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan walks into a left hand.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Legus scores with a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legus just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Morgan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Legus. Legus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Andrew Legus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Legus is looking to chop away at Morgan's legs.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Morgan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Legus throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Andrew Legus has been cut.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Legus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Legus is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Legus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Legus loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Legus darts in trying to clinch
and Morgan counters with a low kick, right behind Legus 's knee.
Legus is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legus sizes up Morgan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Legus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick.

Legus instigates a clinch.
Morgan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Legus wants to break the clinch but can't.

Legus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Legus cracks Morgan with a good jab.
Morgan throws a head kick but Legus moves out of range.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Legus does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legus with a hook.
Morgan lands a high kick!

Legus forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legus prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan wants to break free but Legus has control.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legus manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Morgan.
Morgan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morgan lands with a nice combination. Legus backs away looking to recover.
Legus misses with a wild combination.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Legus counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Legus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Legus slips the punch.
Legus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan cracks a nice hook into Legus's ribs.
Legus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Legus lands a glancing blow to the side of Morgan's head.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Legus moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Legus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Legus misses with an uppercut.
Legus lands a lovely overhand right.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Legus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morgan.
Morgan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Morgan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Legus throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan scores with a shot to the body.
Legus cracks Morgan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Legus lands with a good body shot.
Legus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Legus.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Legus sees coming a mile off.
Morgan throws a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 48:48
Judge William Peck scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 47:48

The fight is ruled a draw!
Oh dear, what a disastrous situation! The belt remains unclaimed and both fighters go home unhappy!