PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergiy Sklyar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Easy Way Out. Sklyar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Scarface - No Tears. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morgan
vs
Sklyar

170 cm
37
141 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

160 cm
30
140 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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The Big Kabosh

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 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sergiy Sklyar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sklyar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Morgan.
Sklyar throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan lands with a nice combination. Sklyar backs away looking to recover.
Morgan scores with a punch to the head.
Sklyar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morgans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan swings for the body but Sklyar moves out of range.
Sklyar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morgan wants it to stay on the feet.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Sklyar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sydney Elite Systems in the buildup to the fight.
A clash of legs there as Morgan blocks the low kick.
Morgan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sklyar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
Sklyar tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.

Sklyar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sklyar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Morgan sneaks back into half guard.
Sklyar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sklyar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sklyar trying to control from half guard but Morgan is working away.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sklyar tries to pass to full mount but Morgan defends it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan is looking for a sweep. Sklyar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sklyar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Sklyar is trying to control. Morgan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sklyar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sklyar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sklyar's back!

Morgan working for the choke.
Morgan scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sklyar is looking for a way out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan struggling to land strikes to the head as Sklyar covers up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morgan has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Sklyar has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Morgan misses with a punch to the head.
Morgan keeps control of the position as Sklyar tries to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan missing with punches from the back.
Sklyar is really stuck here.
Morgan is landing with strikes from the back.
Sklyar tries to break free.

Sklyar defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Sklyar wants to control his opponent's hands but Morgan gets his hands free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar is covering up but some of the strikes from Morgan are getting through and doing damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sklyar is taking damage to the body and head.
Sklyar covering up well under a series of strikes from Morgan.

Morgan has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Sklyar has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Morgan lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Morgan missing with punches from the back.
Sklyar can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan throws a series of strikes and Sklyar wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Morgan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sklyar because Morgan loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry 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.

Sklyar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Sklyar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Morgan has Sklyar up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sklyar.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sklyar.
Sklyar is working for takedown but Morgan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morgan misses with the head strike.
Morgan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
Sklyar prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Sklyar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sklyar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sklyar working aggressively here.
Sklyar lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sklyar lands a shot to the body.
Sklyar lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sklyar backwards.
Sklyar managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
A short left from Sklyar.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sklyar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sklyar has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sklyar.

Sklyar has picked Morgan up - he's going for a ride! Sklyar dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Morgan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Sklyar controlling him for the moment.
Sklyar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sklyar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sklyar landing some decent shots from guard.

Morgan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sklyar is aware though and is defending well.
Morgan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sklyar works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Sklyar pushes down on Morgan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sklyar moves into full mount! Morgan won't be happy about that!
Sklyar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sklyar working Morgan over with strikes here.

Morgan is rocked!
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Morgan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Sklyar! That's really hurt Morgan and he's turned his back - Sklyar keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sklyar jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergiy Sklyar!
An out of breath Sergiy Sklyar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.