PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Van Steyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. Van Steyne has chosen When Angels Cry as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Morgan
vs
Van Steyne

185 cm
29
194 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

187 cm
26
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francois Van Steyne!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan looks to land a combination but Van Steyne avoids it well.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Van Steyne off balance momentarily.
Van Steyne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Van Steyne's sensitive parts.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Steyne.
Morgan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Steyne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Van Steyne blocks a jab.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Van Steyne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne blocks a jab.
Morgan misses with a hook
and Van Steyne counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Steyne looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan throws a shot to the body.
Van Steyne misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Morgan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Morgan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morgan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Van Steyne looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Van Steyne is looking to land body kicks.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Morgan throws a hook but Van Steyne avoids it easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Morgan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Van Steyne - the referee stops the clock and Morgan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Van Steyne. Morgan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Some wild striking there from Van Steyne.
Morgan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Steyne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan throws a chopping leg kick but Van Steyne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Morgan thumps Van Steyne with a low kick.
Van Steyne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Van Steyne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Van Steyne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morgan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morgan throws a leg kick which misses Van Steyne's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Steyne tries to avoid it.
Morgan lands the left hand.
Van Steyne misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van Steyne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Van Steyne does no damage.
Morgan throws the left hand but Van Steyne avoids the punch easily.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Steyne.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Van Steyne moves out of range easily.
Van Steyne misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Morgan misses.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Van Steyne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Van Steyne.
Morgan looks to throw a body kick
and Van Steyne counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Van Steyne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan needs to keep his hands up - Van Steyne had a free shot at his head there.
Van Steyne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Van Steyne pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Steyne throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Van Steyne thumps Morgan with a low kick.
Van Steyne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Van Steyne.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Van Steyne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Morgan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Van Steyne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Steyne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Steyne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Steyne.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Morgan lands a front kick.
Van Steyne slips a jab from Morgan.
Nice body kick there by Van Steyne.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Steyne should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Steyne.
Nice cross by Van Steyne.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Steyne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van Steyne, right into the meat.
Van Steyne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morgan. Morgan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Van Steyne has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morgan.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Van Steyne saw that one coming.
Van Steyne missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Steyne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Van Steyne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Van Steyne connects with a leg kick. Morgan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Steyne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morgan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Van Steyne works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Van Steyne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Steyne checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van Steyne moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Van Steyne scores with a nice head shot.
Van Steyne scores with a leg kick.
Morgan stuns Van Steyne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Steyne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Steyne lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Morgan gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Morgan is rocked!
Morgan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Van Steyne scores with a push kick.
Francois Van Steyne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Steyne is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a hook but Van Steyne blocks it.
Van Steyne takes a kick to the side of the head.
Van Steyne drops Morgan with a huge uppercut! Morgan drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Van Steyne is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francois Van Steyne!
Francois Van Steyne spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.