PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Philip Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Lightning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Irwin
vs
Lightning

189 cm
18
159 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Valhalla Fight Wear
Dissolution Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Philip Irwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Morgan Lightning!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightning lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lightning.
Irwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Lightning swings for the body but Irwin moves out of range.
Lightning connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lightning lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Irwin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Irwin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lightning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Irwin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Irwin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Lightning. Those never looked like landing.
Irwin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lightning takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Irwin slips a jab and a cross from Lightning.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses.
Lightning throws a hook but Irwin blocks it.
Lightning takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
Lightning scores with a shot to the body.
Irwin feints and then cracks Lightning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lightning down.
Irwin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lightning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightning uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Irwin has time to react.
Lightning scores with a decent looking hook.
Lightning takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Irwin feints and then cracks Lightning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lightning down.
A slow jab from Lightning misses its intended target.
Lightning misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Lightning scores with a four punch combination!
Lightning throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lightning misses with a straight left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Irwin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irwin defending well as Lightning loads up on a big left hand.
Irwin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Irwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Irwin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Irwin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irwin misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightning takes a swing at Irwin's ribcage but misses.
Lightning falls off balance throwing a combination
and Irwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Irwin connects with the punch.
Lightning misses the shot to the body.
Lightning looks to land a combination but Irwin avoids it well.
Lightning throws a lazy uppercut
and Irwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Irwin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lightning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Lightning.
Lightning throws a left and a right that both miss
and Irwin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Irwin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lightning's head.
Lightning throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lightning throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightning throws a jab when Irwin was well out of range.
Irwin lands a head kick. Lightning smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lightning is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lightning misses with a double jab.
Irwin blocks a jab.
Irwin looks to score with a jab to the body but Lightning is just out of range.
Morgan Lightning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irwin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lightning on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Irwin. Irwin obviously looking to wear him down.
Lightning swings for the body but Irwin moves out of range.
Lightning stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Irwin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Irwin.
A punch combination from Lightning misses.
Lightning misses with a few strikes there.
Lightning takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lightning throws a hook but Irwin blocks it.
Irwin thuds his right hand into Lightning's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lightning throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Irwin throws a head kick that Lightning semi-blocks.
Lightning tries to bum rush Irwin with a series of wild strikes but Irwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lightning takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lightning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lightning tries to bum rush Irwin with a series of wild strikes but Irwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lightning looks winded!
Some wild striking there from Lightning.
Lightning throws a hook but Irwin blocks it.
Irwin feints and then cracks Lightning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lightning down.
Irwin connects with an inside leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lightning misses with a straight right.
Lightning stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Irwin.
Irwin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lightning throws a leg kick that is checked
and Irwin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lightning misses with an uppercut
and Irwin counters with an outside leg kick.
A big right from Lightning misses.
Irwin connects with a single shot there.
Irwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lightning swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Irwin. Lightning shrugs it off though.
A head kick from Irwin lands but Lightning takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irwin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Irwin dodges the punch combination from Lightning.
Lightning drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lightning throws an overhand right that lands on Irwin's shoulder, as Irwin tries to avoid the shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Irwin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lightning.
Irwin lands a right hook to the body.
Irwin staying out of range there.
Nice shot lands for Lightning.
Irwin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lightning manages to avoid it.
Irwin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Irwin throws a front kick that sends Lightning stumbling back into the ropes.
Lightning swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Irwin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lightning throws a shot from downtown. Irwin moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Irwin.
Lightning misses with a double jab
and Irwin counters with a head kick. That will keep Lightning thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Irwin feints and then cracks Lightning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lightning down.
Irwin moves in looking to clinch but Lightning pushes him off.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lightning throws a looping overhand right but Irwin ducks down to avoid it.
Lightning uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lightning waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Irwin.
Lightning connects with a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Irwin - that will leave a mark!
Lightning thows a leg kick but Irwin checks it
and Irwin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Irwin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Irwin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Irwin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lightning throws a lazy uppercut
and Irwin counters with a nice leg kick.
Irwin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lightning eats them both and turns towards Irwin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irwin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lightning stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Irwin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Irwin.
Lightning throws the kick towards the body but Irwin avoids it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Irwin.
Irwin scores with a kick to the body.
Lightning blocks a head kick by Irwin.
Irwin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A low kick from Lightning is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Irwin cracks Lightning with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lightning misses with a hook.
Irwin throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Irwin.
Lightning has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Irwin.
Irwin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lightning was well out of range. Poor timing from Irwin.
Good leg kick by Irwin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Irwin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lightning chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Irwin can pounce on him.
Irwin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Irwin scores with a kick to the body.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lightning takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lightning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Irwin moves out of range as Lightning strikes.
Lightning throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Irwin.
Lightning misses with an uppercut
and Irwin counters with a head kick.
Lightning just misses with a punch to the body.
Irwin ducks under a wild hook from Lightning.
Lightning misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lightning takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lightning takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Lightning is predictable there

and Irwin counters with a head kick that drops Lightning to the mat! Lightning scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Irwin dominated that round.
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. This is the final round!

Lightning ducks right into an uppercut from Irwin.

Lightning is rocked!
Lightning looks to score with a jab to the body but Irwin is just out of range.
Irwin checks a leg kick.
Lightning's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Irwin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lightning manages to avoid it.
Lightning blocks a head kick by Irwin.
A slapping body kick lands there for Irwin.
Irwin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lightning is still on wobbly legs! Can Irwin finish him?
Irwin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lightning.
Lightning seems to have recovered his senses.
Irwin slips a jab and a cross from Lightning.
Lightning misses with a body shot.
Lightning is breathing heavily.
A head kick from Irwin lands but Lightning takes it in his stride.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lightning might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Irwin has got the better of the exchanges.
A punch combination from Lightning misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lightning misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightning looks to land a left hand but Irwin moved out of range nicely.
Lightning swinging wildly here.
Irwin lands with a slapping head kick.
Irwin lands with a good body shot.
Irwin slips a straight right by Lightning.
Lightning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lightning avoids the body shot from Irwin.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Irwin - that will leave a mark!
Irwin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lightning on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sloppy strikes from Lightning. Those never looked like landing.
Lightning misses with a leg kick
and Irwin counters with a head kick that wobbles Lightning - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Irwin sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philip Irwin!
During a confident post fight interview, Philip Irwin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Morgan Lightning stepped up to the mic, saying 'I only lost because i broke my toe in the build up to this fight'.