PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Lopez
vs
Morgan

166 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
144 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricardo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.

Morgan has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Morgan effectively controlling the action here.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Lopez swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan lands a nice uppercut.
Morgan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Morgan lands a right hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lopez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan has Lopez pushed against the cage.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Lopez.
Morgan lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Morgan as the two fighters clinch.
Morgan blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan lands a nice uppercut.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan lands a body shot.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Lopez's head.

Lopez is rocked!
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Oh Lopez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan misses with a punch on the inside.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Lopez seems to have got his legs back now.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Lopez's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Lopez to his knees! Morgan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dexter Morgan!
A relieved looking Dexter Morgan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.