PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cevada Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iwan Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iwan Morgan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bacon
vs
Morgan

190 cm
30
213 lbs
9 - 17 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 9 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Cevada Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Iwan Morgan!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacon looks for a takedown but Morgan sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bacon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.

Bacon shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bacon was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bacon working the ground and pound but Morgan is defending the strikes.
Bacon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bacon tries to score with some ground and pound. Morgan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bacon misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Bacon wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Morgan, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morgan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bacon.
Morgan is trying to get back to half guard.
Bacon scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon lands some shots froms side control.
Bacon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bacon sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Morgan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Morgan is looking to regain half guard here but Bacon keeps moving and retains side control.
Bacon tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Bacon has an Americana. Morgan didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Bacon is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Bacon hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cevada Bacon!
A very excited looking Cevada Bacon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.