PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan has chosen Johnny Cash - Hurt as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

St pierre
vs
Morgan

196 cm
39
194 lbs
26 - 22 - 0

185 cm
34
194 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a jab when St pierre was well out of range.
St pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
St pierre lands with a cross.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St pierre.
St pierre scores with the left hand. Morgan knows he should have avoided that one.

St pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Morgan is not content to let St pierre control the position.

St pierre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
St pierre wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morgan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
St pierre is fighting to break Morgan's control of his arms but Morgan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

St pierre drops back, looking for a kneebar! Morgan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Morgan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Morgan!

St pierre wants to control but Morgan postures up.
St pierre is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan decides to stand back up. Morgan steps back and let's St pierre get back to his feet.
Morgan walks into a left hand.
St pierre walks into a jab.
St pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
St pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morgan was well out of range. Poor timing from St pierre.
Morgan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St pierre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
St pierre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Dexter Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan scoring well with a low kick there.
A right-left combo lands from Morgan.
St pierre throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a right and a left that St pierre avoids nicely.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
St pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan thuds a left hand into St pierre's body.
St pierre misses with a shot to the body
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan scores with a nice strike.
St pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.

Morgan drops St pierre with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but St pierre looks back up at him and smiles so Morgan waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

St pierre is rocked!
Morgan drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of St pierre's head, knocking him out cold! Morgan is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dexter Morgan!
Dexter Morgan took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Tonight I satisfied the urges of my dark passenger. It's not a want...but a need. I believe I can follow the code all the way to the title. Thanks to Harry and Nights Watch MMA Academy for all the support!'.