PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Tsunami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Psychosocial by Slipknot. Tsunami has chosen Remember Me by Hoobastank as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Riley Morgan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morgan
vs
Tsunami

187 cm
21
225 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
223 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Riley Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, James Tsunami!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Tsunami misses with the combination.
Tsunami just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.

Tsunami clinches with his opponent.
Morgan wants to break free but Tsunami has control.
Morgan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tsunami tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tsunami prevents a takedown attempt there.
Morgan wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Riley Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsunami blocking some punches.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Tsunami turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Tsunami stands up and beckons Morgan to his feet.
Morgan misses with a combination

and Tsunami moves into the clinch.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Tsunami has double underhooks.
Tsunami looking for a takedown.
Tsunami softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morgan prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tsunami turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tsunami manages to end up in side control.
Morgan is pushing Tsunami's head away, looking to escape. Tsunami manages to hold on to the position though.
Morgan regains half guard.
Tsunami thows a huge punch but Morgan dodges it nicely.
Tsunami trying to pass the guard but Morgan defending well.
Tsunami has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Morgan works to full guard.
Tsunami wants to stand but Morgan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tsunami looks gassed!
Morgan throwing short punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsunami wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Tsunami is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morgan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tsunami's guard.
Morgan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tsunami is wriggling around but Morgan manages to pass to half guard.

Morgan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsunami trying to control from the bottom.
Morgan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Tsunami.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morgan decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Tsunami counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsunami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Tsunami avoids it well.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Tsunami avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Tsunami.
Morgan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tsunami throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tsunami counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsunami tries for a takedown but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morgan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tsunami swivels and escapes.

Morgan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
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 Riley Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Tsunami darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsunami uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
Morgan gets underhooks to prevent Tsunami's takedown attempt.

Tsunami wants the takedown. Morgan is fighting it off but Tsunami persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Morgan's guard against the cage.
Tsunami throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgan wants to sweep but no luck.

Tsunami drops back, looking for a kneebar! Morgan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Morgan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Morgan!

Morgan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tsunami has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsunami is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morgan has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Morgan decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan misses with a double jab

and Tsunami counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tsunami.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing Tsunami from standing up.
Tsunami looking to pass the guard.
Morgan pulls Tsunami in close to his closed guard and prevents Tsunami from doing any damage or advancing position.
Tsunami wanted to stand there but Morgan had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to stand up but Tsunami is controlling him.
Morgan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tsunami manages to get himself to full guard.
Morgan thows a big elbow that misses.
Morgan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tsunami working a defensive guard but Morgan manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on Tsunami's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Morgan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Tsunami gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Horrible takedown by Morgan or perhaps it was just good defense by Tsunami which made him look bad.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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 Riley Morgan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morgan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morgan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tsunami thows a body shot but no joy.

Tsunami drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.

Tsunami jumps into guard, dragging Morgan to the mat.
Morgan preventing the sweep.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tsunami is keeping the position for now.

Tsunami is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tsunami takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Tsunami is controlling the position.

Morgan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Morgan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Tsunami.
Tsunami tries to kick Morgan off but Morgan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsunami is looking to improve his position.
Tsunami tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Morgan has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Morgan looking to finish Tsunami with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tsunami!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morgan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Morgan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Morgan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tsunami has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Riley Morgan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tsunami wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Tsunami can't escape the position.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.
Tsunami is squirming around, avoiding Morgan's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsunami takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tsunami is squirming around, avoiding Morgan's attempts to control the action.
Tsunami working to try and regain half guard.
Morgan content just to control the position here.
Morgan dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan with shots to the head and body - Tsunami looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morgan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tsunami is looking to escape.
Tsunami is desperately trying to improve his position but Morgan has a good base and remains in mount.
Morgan working Tsunami over with strikes here.
Tsunami keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
James Tsunami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riley Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

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