PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Blaylock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blaylock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Head Like a Hole. Morgan has chosen Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jason Morgan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Blaylock
vs
Morgan

192 cm
23
273 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
247 lbs
8 - 0 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Blaylock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaylock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Morgan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan thumps Blaylock with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Morgan.
Blaylock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blaylock walks into a left hand.

It looks like Dirk Blaylock has been cut.
Danga de danga de dang - Morgan scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaylock.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Blaylock tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Blaylock works the jab nicely.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Blaylock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jason Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Blaylock moves out of range.
Blaylock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morgan misses with a hook. Blaylock ducked under it nicely.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaylock manages to avoid it.
Morgan throws a front kick aimed at Blaylock's knee but Blaylock avoids it well.
Blaylock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Blaylock.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Blaylock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blaylock counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaylock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Morgan lands a right hook to the body.
Blaylock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Jason Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Blaylock decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Blaylock looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morgan wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blaylock sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morgan defending well though.
Morgan trying to control but Blaylock postures up.
Morgan is refusing to be controlled, as Blaylock sits in half guard.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blaylock lands a nice short elbow.
Morgan is controlling Blaylock's trapped leg to prevent Blaylock from advancing to side control.
Morgan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock stalling away here and it's allowed Morgan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Blaylock's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Blaylock throwing strikes but missing.
Blaylock working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morgan looking to control.
Blaylock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blaylock throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Blaylock lands a couple of elbows.
Blaylock sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morgan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blaylock.
Morgan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Blaylock is trying to control. Morgan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morgan wants to improve his position but Blaylock is controlling well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaylock throwing shots but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Morgan is trying to stand.
Morgan tries to get to full guard but Blaylock has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaylock not doing much here.
Blaylock is trying to control the action in half guard but Morgan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
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 Dirk Blaylock will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Blaylock's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blaylock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blaylock shoots in but no luck this time.
Morgan tries to bum rush Blaylock with a series of wild strikes but Blaylock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jason Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaylock.
Morgan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Blaylock eats them both and turns towards Morgan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Morgan tries to work over Blaylock's front leg with a kick but Blaylock checks it.
Blaylock is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Blaylock down.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blaylock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Blaylock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaylock.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaylock swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blaylock is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Blaylock blocks the low kick.
Blaylock tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jason Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaylock scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaylock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blaylock needs to keep his hands up - Morgan had a free shot at his head there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaylock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaylock misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan tests Blaylock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blaylock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morgan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaylock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan digs a good body shot into Blaylock's ribs.
Blaylock tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Blaylock misses with a body shot.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Blaylock swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blaylock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blaylock misses with a body shot.

Blaylock shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morgan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Blaylock landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaylock wants to control for a moment but Morgan uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Blaylock is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
Blaylock has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blaylock content just to control the position here.
Morgan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Blaylock stalling.
Morgan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blaylock.
Morgan is trying to stand back up but Blaylock is controlling him
Morgan is trying to maintain the position but Blaylock is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaylock thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Morgan kicks off Blaylock and gets to his feet.
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 Dirk Blaylock will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Blaylock's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Morgan throws a leg kick but Blaylock sees it coming and moves out of range.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Blaylock rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Blaylock taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Blaylock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Blaylock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan being controlled against the cage.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Blaylock.
Morgan looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaylock is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Blaylock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan taking a breather.
Morgan cracks Blaylock with a nice body shot.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Morgan.
Blaylock wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Morgan looking to slow down the pace here.
Blaylock prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Blaylock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morgan tries a body shot but Blaylock blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock pushes Morgan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan lands with a light punch inside.
Blaylock wants to stall.
Morgan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morgan tries to work over Blaylock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Blaylock.
Jason Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgan misses with the head strike.
Blaylock prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Jason Morgan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaylock stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blaylock avoids the elbow strike from Morgan, against the cage.
Blaylock has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dirk Blaylock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blaylock pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaylock.
Morgan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Blaylock is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.

Blaylock has picked Morgan up - he's going for a ride! Blaylock dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Morgan is staying active underneath Blaylock, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blaylock scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Morgan kicks off Blaylock and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Blaylock counters with a one-two to the body.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Blaylock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Blaylock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaylock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morgan's waist but Morgan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blaylock off to one side.
Blaylock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dirk Blaylock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blaylock lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Morgan misses with a low kick.

Blaylock looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Blaylock controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Morgan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Blaylock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blaylock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Blaylock!
A victorious Dirk Blaylock thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.