PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jae Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Draxler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Morgan
vs
Draxler

179 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jae Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Draxler!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Draxler moves into the clinch.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Draxler is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Draxler.

It looks like Jae Morgan has been cut.
Draxler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Draxler stalling.
Morgan fails to pull guard.
Draxler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morgan's face.
Draxler drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morgan pulls his leg out and moves away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Draxler is defended easily by Morgan.

Draxler has closed the distance and engaged Morgan in a clinch.

Draxler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johan Draxler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Draxler clinches up against the cage.
Draxler tries to pull guard but Morgan won't allow it.
Jae Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Draxler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draxler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan trying to stall but Draxler improves his position.

Draxler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Draxler misses with a takedown
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draxler darts in looking for a takedown but Morgan gets double underhooks and turns Draxler into the cage.

Draxler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Morgan moves into the clinch.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draxler.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Draxler wants a takedown but no success here.
Draxler pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fails to pull guard.
Draxler holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Draxler misses with a knee strike.
Draxler is trying to pull guard but Morgan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Morgan has Draxler pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Draxler manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Draxler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Draxler looks winded!
Draxler scores with a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morgan tries to circle away but Draxler has him pinned against the cage.
Draxler tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Draxler, against the cage.
Morgan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Draxler pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Morgan is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Draxler has the dominant position.
Draxler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Draxler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.

Draxler jumps guard and drags Morgan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Morgan works over Draxler with some ground and pound from guard.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morgan throws a big elbow that misses.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan throws a strike but Draxler rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morgan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Draxler throws a big right hand that misses.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draxler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Draxler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Draxler from controlling successfully.

Draxler stands and steps away. Morgan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draxler misses with a takedown attempt

and Morgan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morgan.
Morgan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morgan won't allow Draxler to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Morgan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johan Draxler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jae Morgan's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Draxler as he avoids it easily.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Morgan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Draxler wants to get back to his feet.
Draxler wants to control but Morgan is keeping busy.
Morgan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Draxler actively working from the bottom here.
Draxler is breathing heavily.
Morgan stops Draxler from getting back to his feet.
Draxler trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Draxler doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morgan.
Morgan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Draxler is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morgan with the ground and pound but Draxler uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Jae Morgan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Morgan has gone for a leg lock! Draxler slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morgan's guard.
Draxler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Draxler is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the position.
Draxler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Morgan is working an open guard so Draxler takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Draxler fails with the takedown

and Morgan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draxler has momentary wrist control but Morgan slips an elbow through the middle.
Morgan throws a strike but Draxler rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Morgan is working an open guard so Draxler takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Draxler shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a head kick.

Morgan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Draxler to the mat! Draxler manages to get full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Draxler is on top in guard.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Draxler controlling him for the moment.

Draxler decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Draxler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johan Draxler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Draxler tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jae Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Draxler.

Draxler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Draxler, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Morgan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draxler throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Draxler keeping his opponent close.
Draxler tries to bench press Morgan off him but Morgan keeps the position.
Morgan is working Draxler over with some ground and pound from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Morgan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morgan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Morgan is trying to get an arm triangle but Draxler is defending well.
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 Jae Morgan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jae Morgan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Draxler has a takedown stuffed.
Draxler closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
and Morgan counters with a leg kick.

Draxler clinches.
Morgan avoiding damage as Draxler throws knees to the body.
Draxler jumps guard but Morgan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Draxler ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Draxler no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Morgan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Draxler's head.
Draxler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morgan throwing strikes from guard but Draxler blocks nicely.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Draxler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan preventing the sweep.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morgan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morgan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Draxler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Draxler looking for a sweep. Not yet Draxler, not yet.
Morgan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morgan wants to stand but Draxler is controlling his posture from full guard.
Draxler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Draxler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Draxler manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morgan has Draxler in his guard.
Morgan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Draxler!
Draxler is trying desperately to improve position.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Morgan is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Draxler has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Draxler!
Draxler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Draxler decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morgan, up you get!
Draxler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morgan as he jumps to the side.
Jae Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Draxler.
Draxler tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Morgan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morgan.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Draxler has control of Morgan's left arm, preventing Morgan from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Morgan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Draxler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morgan has managed to get both his arms back between Draxler's legs - danger averted.

Morgan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Morgan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Draxler looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morgan postures up in Draxler's guard and throws a big left but Draxler blocks it.

Morgan drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Draxler dives on top into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Draxler stands and steps away. Morgan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Draxler is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jae Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28

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