PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Morgan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Morgan
vs
Slaughter

190 cm
27
207 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Slaughter!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Slaughter.
Slaughter fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slaughter staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Slaughter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Slaughter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Slaughter fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slaughter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Slaughter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Slaughter with a hook.
Slaughter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Daniel Slaughter has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Slaughter backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slaughter fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Slaughter moves out of range.
Slaughter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan throws a combination that misses
and Slaughter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Slaughter misses with a head kick.
Matt Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Slaughter counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slaughter.
Slaughter throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Slaughter does no damage.
Slaughter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morgan on the side of the head.
Slaughter misses with the combination.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Slaughter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slaughter thuds a left hand into Morgan's body.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slaughter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice jab there from Slaughter.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Slaughter throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Slaughter.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Slaughter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Slaughter's cut.
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.

Morgan throws a series of punches but Slaughter moves out of range.
Slaughter throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Slaughter misses with a low kick as Morgan jumps back.
Morgan staying out of range there.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Slaughter dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan throws a right hand that Slaughter ducks under and follows up with a left that Slaughter also avoids with ease.
Slaughter throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slaughter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Slaughter.
Slaughter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Slaughter.
Morgan scores with a head kick.
Morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Slaughter is rocked!

That has opened up Daniel Slaughter's cut even more.
The fighters circle, before Morgan throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Slaughter's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Morgan lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Matt Morgan!