PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrese Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Gibson
vs
Morgan

187 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyrese Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Morgan or perhaps it was just good defense by Gibson, which made it look bad.
Morgan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morgan looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The crowd cheers as Gibson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morgan doesn't seem phased though.
Gibson scores with a head kick. Morgan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice jab there from Gibson.
Gibson lands a head kick!
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Gibson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gibson closes the distance and clinches up with Morgan, looking for a takedown. Gibson pushes Morgan against the cage but Morgan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gibson looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson scores with a nice body kick.
Gibson lands with a kick to the temple. Morgan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gibson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan shoots in looking for a takedown. Gibson tries to sprawl out of it but Morgan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gibson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Gibson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morgan, pushing him back against the cage.
Gibson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morgan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrese Gibson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gibson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Gibson breaks from the clinch.
Gibson throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Gibson closes the distance and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Gibson.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gibson has him pressed against the cage.

Gibson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gibson closes the distance and clinches.

Gibson pulls Morgan into guard.
Gibson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morgan manages to get himself to full guard.

Gibson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Gibson. Gibson gets slowly back to his feet.

Gibson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gibson wants to take a breather but Morgan is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gibson decides to stand and escape the position.

Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gibson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.

Gibson gets the takedown into side control.
Gibson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Gibson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Morgan to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gibson has closed the distance and engaged Morgan in a clinch.
Morgan has Gibson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gibson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morgan wants a takedown.

Gibson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gibson gets a clinch.

Gibson breaks the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gibson.
Gibson throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson tries for a takedown but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrese Gibson dominated that round.
That's time! Gibson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morgan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gibson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gibson shoots in but no luck this time.

Morgan has Gibson up against the cage in a clinch.

Gibson pulls guard successfully.
Morgan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gibson looking for a sweep. Not yet Gibson, not yet.
Gibson seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morgan gets to his feet. Gibson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gibson duly obliges.
Gibson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Gibson backing up. Gibson nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan tries to clinch up but Gibson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyrese Gibson is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gibson gets a clinch.
Gibson is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrese Gibson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan is trying to push Gibson away but Gibson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Gibson drags the fight down to the ground.
Morgan won't allow Gibson to sweep him here.
Gibson controls Morgan momentarily but Morgan frees himself.
Gibson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Gibson is pulling down on Morgan's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gibson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morgan's guard.

Gibson with a flurry of punches that miss.

Gibson gets to his feet - Morgan follows without any prompting.
Gibson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morgan is defended easily by Gibson.
Gibson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Gibson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan takes a kick to the side of the head.

Gibson moves into the clinch.
Gibson is looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gibson keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gibson tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Gibson drops back down to his feet.
Gibson gets underhooks to prevent Morgan's takedown attempt.
Tyrese Gibson has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Gibson jumps into guard, dragging Morgan to the mat.
Gibson wants to get back to his feet but Morgan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gibson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Morgan takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrese Gibson dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morgan lands with a nice combination. Gibson backs away looking to recover.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gibson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gibson is looking to clinch.
Gibson throws a nice head kick!
Gibson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morgan defends well and Gibson ends up having to push Morgan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gibson stalling.
Gibson tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson jumps guard but Morgan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrese Gibson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan wants to break free but Gibson has control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gibson has him pressed against the cage.
Gibson has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries for a takedown. No joy.

Gibson tightens his grip and picks Morgan up, before dumping him to the ground. Morgan manages to land in guard.
Gibson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gibson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gibson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morgan's guard.
Morgan pushes Gibson off looking to stand but Gibson dives back in and keeps control.
Morgan tries to kick Gibson off in order to stand up. Gibson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gibson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Morgan is being controlled here.
Gibson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson advances nicely into full mount.
Gibson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gibson trying to control but Morgan is having none of it.
Gibson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson looking to finish with strikes here!
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gibson content just to control the position here.
Gibson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gibson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Gibson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gibson breaks from Morgan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gibson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gibson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
Morgan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gibson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because Gibson loaded up on that one.
Andrew Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrese Gibson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gibson tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrese Gibson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gibson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrese Gibson!