PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colin Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Change or Die - Papa Roach kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Morgan

225 cm
23
300 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

215 cm
23
285 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Syndicate Drugs

2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 144 Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Colin Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Morgan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan slips under a jab.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morgan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Morgan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morgan trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morgan connects with a couple of short punches.
Smith wants to stand and escape but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morgan controls the pace.
Morgan looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Morgan shoots in and bounces Smith off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Morgan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Morgan trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scoring with punches from side control.
Morgan scoring with punches and elbows.
Morgan remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Morgan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Morgan happy to just control the position for now.
Morgan wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Morgan cracks Smith with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Smith taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan scoring with punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Morgan takes a little break here. Smith wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Let's hope that Morgan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Morgan grinds an elbow into Smith's temple.
Morgan looks up at the clock and then as Smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morgan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Morgan cracks Smith with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Morgan takes a little break here. Smith wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking for a sweep.
Morgan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Morgan working the head with strikes.

Morgan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smith has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morgan advances to mount.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Morgan tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morgan landing strikes from the mount and Smith is in trouble!
Smith tries to reverse the position but Morgan maintains control.
Morgan with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Morgan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morgan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morgan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smith won't be happy with that.
Morgan taking a breather here.
Morgan wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Morgan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Morgan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Morgan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smith has escaped the position, nice work there.
Smith on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Smith takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morgan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Morgan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Morgan working the head with strikes.
Morgan is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face as Morgan controls the position.
Smith is looking for a sweep.

Morgan tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Morgan working away.
Morgan landing a few strikes.
Morgan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morgan connects with a decent elbow.
Morgan cracks Smith with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Morgan working the body and head with strikes.
Morgan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Morgan scoring with punches and elbows.
Smith is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Morgan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Morgan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to buck Morgan off.

Morgan tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Morgan wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Smith struggling a bit here.
Morgan working the head with strikes.
Morgan is chipping away with strikes.
Morgan cracks Smith with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Morgan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morgan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Smith is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Morgan is controlling him well.
Smith prevents Morgan from moving into mount.
Smith is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Morgan controlling from side mount.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Morgan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Well, if Morgan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Smith misses with a takedown attempt

and Morgan counters with a single leg into guard. Smith didn't expect that.
Thomas Morgan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morgan forces his way into half guard.
Morgan stalling.
Smith is looking to improve his position.
Morgan lands with a punch from half guard.
Morgan not doing much here.
Smith taking some punishment here, with Morgan in his half guard.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Well, if Morgan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morgan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Morgan wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Morgan throwing shots but Smith is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Morgan.
Morgan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Morgan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morgan passes to side control.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan advances to mount.
Smith is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morgan breaks from Smith's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.

Morgan is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Smith can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morgan avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morgan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morgan trying to control but Smith is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Morgan controlling from mount.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
Morgan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morgan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith tries to hold on but Morgan postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith wants to try and get back to his feet.
Smith wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morgan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Colin Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan working Smith over with strikes here.
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Morgan unloading with bombs!
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Morgan has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith is working hard here to advance position.
Smith's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Morgan cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morgan with a couple of short strikes.

Morgan is working for a guillotine from mount but Smith frees his head quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morgan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Morgan!