PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Bjorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dexter Morgan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bjorn
vs
Morgan

181 cm
21
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Bjorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjorn wants to clinch
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bjorn wants to clinch.
Bjorn moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Bjorn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morgan scores with a punch to the head.
Morgan lands a lovely overhand right.
Bjorn with a nice cross.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Bjorn.
Bjorn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan wants to break free but Bjorn has control.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Bjorn stalling in the clinch but Morgan improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bjorn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bjorn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bjorn leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bjorn with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Bjorn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bjorn closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.

Morgan has closed the distance and engaged Bjorn in a clinch.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Bjorn has double underhooks.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Bjorn has double underhooks.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Bjorn won't allow it.
Bjorn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjorn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bjorn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bjorn trying to control the position but instead, Morgan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bjorn into the cage.
Bjorn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Bjorn won't allow it.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Bjorn won't allow it.
Bjorn is struggling to control the position.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Bjorn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dexter Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morgan misses with a straight left.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Bjorn.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Bjorn rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Bjorn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Bjorn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morgan working hard to break the clinch.
Bjorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Bjorn.
Morgan is trying to push Bjorn away but Bjorn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bjorn stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bjorn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bjorn throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Bjorn walks into a jab.

Morgan instigates a clinch.

Bjorn breaks from the clinch.
Bjorn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bjorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Bjorn slips the punch.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Bjorn counters with a body kick.
Bjorn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Bjorn saw that one coming.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Bjorn.
Bjorn is looking to clinch.
Bjorn throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ragnar Bjorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Morgan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Bjorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan connects with a crisp jab.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bjorn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjorn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bjorn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morgan tries to circle away but Bjorn has him pinned against the cage.
Bjorn prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Bjorn just leaning against Morgan, taking a breather.
Bjorn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bjorn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bjorn missing with knees to the body.
Bjorn is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Bjorn is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bjorn has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Bjorn has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Bjorn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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 misses with an uppercut.
Bjorn tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Bjorn closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
and Morgan counters with a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bjorn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
Good shot there by Morgan.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bjorn doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Bjorn wants to clinch.
Bjorn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a hook
and Bjorn counters with a big head kick but Morgan shrugs it off.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjorn wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Bjorn gets a clinch.
Bjorn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bjorn.
Bjorn is trying to maintain a safe position but Morgan gets an underhook and turns Bjorn into the cage.
Bjorn tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bjorn.
Bjorn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morgan up against the cage.
Bjorn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morgan working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ragnar Bjorn has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bjorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bjorn tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Bjorn tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Bjorn.
Morgan looks to land a combination. Bjorn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ragnar Bjorn is winning the standup battle so far.
Bjorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bjorn is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Bjorn doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Bjorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Bjorn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morgan is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bjorn tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Bjorn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danga de danga de dang - Morgan scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Morgan darts in and clinches Bjorn up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bjorn stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnar Bjorn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bjorn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ragnar Bjorn!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ragnar Bjorn made sure he mentioned //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.