PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Chen
vs
Morgan

180 cm
28
185 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
200 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sean Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a solid leg kick but Chen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morgan.
Chen looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chen.

Chen darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chen's defenses.

It looks like Sean Chen has been cut.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chen is breathing heavily.
Chen blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morgan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chen's brow.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan misses with an elbow over the top.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chen's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan lands an elbow inside.

Sean Chen's cut is getting worse.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Chen avoids a wild elbow strike from Morgan.
Chen lands a shoulder strike.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Chen working aggressively here.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Chen in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sean Chen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Morgan throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen lands with a light punch inside.
Chen misses with some punches.
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Chen shrugs off.
Morgan lands a body shot.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Morgan lands a shot to the body.
Morgan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeez, Sean Chen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Chen.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan lands a right hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sean Chen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Morgan!