PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kylla Ei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ei's entrance music is Silent drumming. A fine choice. Morgan has chosen Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera 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!

Ei
vs
Morgan

210 cm
26
289 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

191 cm
38
247 lbs
20 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Mohito Fightwear
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kylla Ei!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ei fires out a quick counter leg kick but Morgan just manages to avoid it.
Morgan lands a head shot.
Ei throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Morgan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Morgan throws a head kick but Ei moves out of range.
Ei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Morgan misses with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Morgan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan scores with a nice right hand.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Morgan misses
and Ei counters with a one-two to the body.
Ei takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick from Ei.

Morgan darts in and clinches Ei up against the cage.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Ei uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ei has him pressed against the cage.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgan. That snapped Ei's head back.
A head kick by Morgan misses
and Ei counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ei to score with a decent uppercut.
Morgan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morgan.
Ei scores with a jab.
Ei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ei blocks the body kick.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Ei moves away and avoids it.
Ei appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ei throws a leg kick but Morgan checks it.
Ei swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ei is out of range.
Ei avoids the head kick by Morgan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ei checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Ei.
Ei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ei misses with a body kick.
Ei scores with a jab. Morgan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morgan throws a looping overhand right but Ei ducks down to avoid it.
Ei checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ei scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ei misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan lands with a hook. Ei tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ei doesn't seem bothered though.
Ei lands a head shot.
Morgan throws a solid leg kick but Ei takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morgan.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ei, as that shot connected.
Ei avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan throws out a leg kick but Ei moves out of range and Morgan only half commits.
Morgan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ei blocks a head kick by Morgan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
As Morgan tries to get set, Ei tries to push him back and clinch up but Morgan manages to avoid the attempt.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Ei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Ei has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morgan tries to circle away but Ei has him pinned against the cage.
Morgan digs a right hand into Ei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ei's gas tank.
Ei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Ei.
Ei prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Ei lands a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan has Ei pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ei on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Morgan tries to land a leg kick but Ei saw it coming and moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Ei misses the target.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Crunch! Ei slams his shin into Morgan's torso.
Morgan defending well as Ei loads up on a big left hand.
Morgan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Ei's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Ei blocks the low kick.
It looked like Ei was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jason Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Ei throws a big counter combination but Morgan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Ei's head but Ei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ei looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Ei is out of range.
Ei looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Ei does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ei throws a big counter combination but Morgan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ei checks a leg kick.
Jason Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ei scores with a nice right hand.
Ei throws a body kick that misses.
Morgan misses with a straight right.

Morgan clinches.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ei is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ei backwards.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ei is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgan is keeping busy.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Ei counters with a one-two to the body.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick
and Ei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Ei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ei tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan wants to counter the offense by Ei and move into the clinch position.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Ei down.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Ei seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Ei avoids nicely.
Ei is looking for a counter combo.
Ei takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morgan connects with a nice looking jab.
Ei scores with a sloppy right hand. Morgan should have avoided that one.
Morgan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morgan throws a low kick but Ei moves out of range easily.
Ei tries to counter by clinching up but Morgan breaks away and moves out of range.
Ei on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Ei.
Ei tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Morgan manages to circle out of the way.
Ei scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Ei thinks about countering with a body kick.
Ei is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Ei sees coming a mile off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Morgan pushes Ei up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan trying to control the position but instead, Ei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morgan into the cage.
Ei lands a good knee to the midsection. Morgan won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan blocking some punches.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Morgan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ei.
Ei lands with a cross.
Ei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab lands there for Morgan.
Ei throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Ei clinches up against the cage.
Morgan avoiding damage as Ei throws knees to the body.
Ei using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ei lands with a short shot to the head.
Ei taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morgan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Morgan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan avoiding damage as Ei throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ei blocks an uppercut.
Morgan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ei up against the cage.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ei.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Ei keeps him there for the moment.
Jason Morgan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
Ei is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Morgan taking a breather.
Ei prevents a body shot from Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Ei slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Ei went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Morgan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ei checks it well.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ei.
Ei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan cracks the inside of Ei's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ei lands with a straight right. Morgan didn't see that one coming.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ei throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Morgan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morgan thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ei seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Morgan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Ei seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ei. That did some damage!
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Ei misses with the combination.
Morgan scores with a decent looking hook.
Ei is looking to slow Morgan down with leg kicks.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Ei sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Ei counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ei.
Ei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ei tries to move into range but Morgan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Ei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ei throws a quick counter head kick but Morgan was just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Ei down.
Kylla Ei is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ei gets tackled into the cage by Morgan. Morgan maintains the clinch.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ei blocks an uppercut.
Ei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Morgan really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morgan misses with a lunging right hand
and Ei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Ei is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Morgan feints and then cracks Ei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ei down.
Ei cracks a nice hook into Morgan's ribs.
Danga de danga de dang - Ei scores with a four punch combination!
Ei throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Ei ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ei blocks a jab.

Ei pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ei takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ei 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 throws a body kick that misses
and Ei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ei throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Ei chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morgan can pounce on him.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Ei counters with a body kick that stops Morgan in his tracks momentarily.
Morgan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ei will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ei on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Ei with an uppercut!
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Ei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ei throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan tries to land a leg kick but Ei saw it coming and moves away.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Ei moved away.
Morgan scores with a sloppy right hand. Ei should have avoided that one.
Ei connects with a high kick.
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Ei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ei.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Morgan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morgan throws a chopping leg kick but Ei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Morgan connects with a body shot.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Ei's head but Ei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Ei misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Morgan.

Ei clinches.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Ei prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ei has him pressed against the cage.
Ei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ei.
Morgan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Ei tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Morgan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ei lands with a left to the head.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Ei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ei - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morgan is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Jason Morgan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ei appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
Ei throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ei misses with a leg kick
and Morgan counters with a body kick that stops Ei in his tracks momentarily.
Morgan scores with a head kick.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body
and Ei counters with a left to the body.
Morgan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan checks a low kick from Ei.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morgan.
As Morgan looks to move away, Ei throws a big counter combo bu Morgan just gets out of the way.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morgan throws a combination that misses
and Ei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
Ei sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan connects with a body shot that sends Ei's belly button to the back.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Morgan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ei back to the cage. Morgan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ei throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ei connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morgan scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ei. That did some damage!
Morgan connects with a body shot.
Morgan lands with a straight right. Ei didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses
and Ei counters with an inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Ei moved away.
Ei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Ei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Morgan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morgan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ei pushes Morgan away with a front kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
Ei looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ei.
Ei moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Morgan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morgan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan misses with the body kick
and Ei counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ei throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morgan lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scoring well with a low kick there.
Morgan throws a head kick that half lands.
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 looks to score with a jab to the body but Ei is just out of range.
Ei fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morgan is looking to score with low kicks.
Kylla Ei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan lands a head kick. Ei smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ei swinging wildly here.

Ei has managed to clinch.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Ei controls his hands.
Ei is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgan is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morgan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:47
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 45:50
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jason Morgan!
Jason Morgan is the new heavyweight champion!
Jason Morgan decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.