PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Gautier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gautier
vs
Morgan

187 cm
38
202 lbs
34 - 15 - 0

182 cm
26
197 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

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 34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Gautier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gautier takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gautier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gautier pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gautier looks to land a body kick but Morgan moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Gautier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gautier moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Gautier ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick by Gautier misses

and Morgan counters with a shoot takedown. Gautier fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gautier is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gautier working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gautier preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morgan is in close to Gautier's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Gautier utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morgan throws an elbow that misses. Gautier uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morgan's guard. Nice move by Gautier!

Gautier avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morgan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Morgan is trying to control the position but Gautier postures up.

Morgan working for a triangle but Gautier defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to keep a closed guard but Gautier is proving a slippery customer.
Morgan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gautier is one step ahead there.
Our spies down at at HARRY'S inform us that Morgan has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Gautier showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to keep Gautier in close.
Morgan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gautier is one step ahead there.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morgan lands a nice looking body shot.
Gautier connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Eric Morgan has been cut.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Gautier tests Morgan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morgan checks a low kick from Gautier.
Gautier swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Morgan tries to clinch but Gautier is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gautier misses with a head kick.
Gautier misses with a head kick.

Morgan moves into the clinch.
A short left from Gautier.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morgan goes for a takedown attempt but Gautier pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Gautier tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Morgan clinches up against the cage.
Gautier throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan jumps guard but Gautier turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Morgan's cut.
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.

A left lands for Gautier.
Morgan shoots for a takedown but Gautier saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick.
Morgan scores with a leg kick.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gautier.
Morgan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gautier checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morgan throws a hook but Gautier blocks it.
Morgan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Eric Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Gautier - just one landing.
Morgan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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 misses with an uppercut.
Gautier is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gautier finds it's way round the side to connect with Morgan's head.
Morgan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gautier.
Gautier fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gautier tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gautier with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Gautier moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big right from Morgan misses.
Pierre Gautier is winning the standup battle so far.
Gautier walks into a left hand.
Gautier darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gautier lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gautier dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Morgan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gautier throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gautier thuds his shin into the meat of Morgan's side.
Gautier digs a good body shot into Morgan's ribs.
Gautier scoring well with a low kick there.
Gautier sizes up Morgan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gautier with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gautier throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Gautier.
Gautier lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gautier tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gautier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gautier throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morgan tries to clinch up but Gautier circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Gautier saw that one coming.
Morgan throws a shot to the body.
Gautier thuds a left hand into Morgan's body.
Gautier throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Gautier lands with a thumping leg kick.
Eric Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gautier connects with a leg kick. Morgan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gautier throws a head kick that half lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gautier stuns Morgan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gautier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gautier misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morgan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gautier feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morgan's calf.
Gautier buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gautier connects with an inside leg kick.
Morgan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gautier is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Gautier.
Gautier throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gautier - that will leave a mark!
Gautier throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gautier lands the left hand.

Gautier lands a big head kick that sends Morgan tumbling to the mat! Gautier takes a step backwards and waves Morgan back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Morgan is rocked!

That has opened up Eric Morgan's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gautier tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan is still on wobbly legs! Can Gautier finish him?
Morgan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Morgan seems to have recovered his senses.
Morgan throws a body punch but Gautier moves out of range.
Morgan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gautier finds it's way round the side to connect with Morgan's head.
Gautier blocks the body kick.
Gautier stuffs the takedown attempt from Morgan. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.

Gautier lands a big uppercut and Morgan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Morgan looks OK. Gautier waves Morgan back to his feet!
Morgan looks to land a combination but Gautier avoids it well.
Gautier scoring well with a low kick there.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gautier cracks Morgan with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gautier has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Morgan to stand back up!
Gautier lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches up with Gautier, looking for a takedown. Morgan pushes Gautier against the cage but Gautier circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Gautier dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eric Morgan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Gautier.

Gautier lands a big uppercut and Morgan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Morgan looks OK. Gautier waves Morgan back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Gautier with an uppercut!

Gautier moves into the clinch.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gautier blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan takes a shot to the head.
Gautier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Gautier misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Gautier lands with a short shot to the head.
Gautier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gautier avoids a wild elbow strike from Morgan.
Gautier stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch on the inside from Gautier fails to land.
Gautier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gautier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gautier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gautier blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Gautier.
Gautier pushes Morgan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gautier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gautier lands a body punch in the clinch.

Gautier drops Morgan onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Morgan is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

The cut above Eric Morgan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pierre Gautier has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gautier dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
Gautier lands a nice shot to the body.
Gautier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gautier is struggling to control the position.
Gautier is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gautier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gautier.
A left hand lands to the body for Gautier.
Gautier tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gautier trying to control the position but instead, Morgan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gautier into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Gautier scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gautier scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gautier scores with a shoulder strike.
Gautier gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gautier tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Gautier back against the cage.
Gautier blocks an elbow strike.
Gautier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Morgan wants to take the fight to the mat but Gautier manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gautier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.

Gautier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.

Morgan looking to score a takedown here. Gautier is defending well but Morgan drives through and ends up in Gautier's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Gautier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stops Gautier from standing up.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Gautier.
Gautier is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
Gautier working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.
Gautier wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gautier is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gautier is controlling Morgan's posture.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Morgan stops Gautier from standing up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morgan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gautier throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan blocks a low kick nicely.
Gautier throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gautier throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan scores with a one two! Gautier had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Gautier showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gautier 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Gautier!
A relieved looking Pierre Gautier thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.