PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alek Zimmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alek Zimmer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Morgan's chin.

Zimmer
vs
Morgan

185 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
28
207 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ducksfoot Clothing

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alek Zimmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zimmer.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zimmer circles away quickly and effectively.

Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Zimmer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Zimmer has double underhooks.
Zimmer stalling the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zimmer stalls.
Morgan tries to break free but Zimmer pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Zimmer.
Zimmer keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Zimmer is controlling the position.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zimmer has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Zimmer misses.
Zimmer swings widly with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zimmer is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Zimmer gets a double leg takedown into Morgan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Zimmer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Morgan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zimmer is controlling him.
Zimmer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Zimmer has hold of Morgan's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Morgan seems comfortable defending it but Zimmer has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Morgan is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Morgan is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Zimmer couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alek Zimmer!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Alek Zimmer made sure he mentioned Ducksfoot Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.