PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Bradshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson Bradshaw could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dexter Morgan's chin.

Bradshaw
vs
Morgan

176 cm
28
160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
164 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Bradshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Bradshaw.
Morgan thows a body shot but no joy.
Bradshaw takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bradshaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Bradshaw's body. Bradshaw takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bradshaw throws a combination that misses
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan misses with a left hand
and Bradshaw counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
Bradshaw throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bradshaw gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Morgan takes a swing at Bradshaw's ribcage but misses.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bradshaw is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bradshaw is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bradshaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgan scores with a shot to the body.
Bradshaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Bradshaw blocks a jab.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bradshaw manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradshaw takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bradshaw avoids a kick to the body.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan throws a body punch but Bradshaw moves out of range.
Bradshaw checks a leg kick.
Morgan tries for a takedown but Bradshaw sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A left and a right from Morgan both land. Nice combination.
Morgan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bradshaw rather than just go for the knockout.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradshaw drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Morgan moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bradshaw can't break the clinch.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The referee calls for Morgan to work.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Bradshaw.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Bradshaw.
Morgan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bradshaws jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bradshaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradshaw.
Bradshaw takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bradshaw takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan throws a head kick that Bradshaw semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bradshaw. That did some damage!
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
Morgan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bradshaw takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Morgan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morgan connects with a high kick.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
Bradshaw takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bradshaw has time to react.
Morgan keeps Bradshaw at a distance using the push kick.
Bradshaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradshaw takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bradshaw takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Bradshaw gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morgan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan landing some decent shots from guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Bradshaw keeps moving.
Bradshaw utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan landing some decent shots from guard.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bradshaw swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bradshaw avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan advances position into side control!

Morgan has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bradshaw is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Morgan yanks on the arm and Bradshaw is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Morgan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dexter Morgan!
A very excited looking Dexter Morgan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.