PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Flint Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lumberjack Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morgan
vs
Van Der Sar

196 cm
25
232 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

212 cm
26
294 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flint Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Van Der Sar !
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Van Der Sar is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Der Sar avoids the damage to the body.
Van Der Sar is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Van Der Sar is trying to maintain a safe position but Morgan gets an underhook and turns Van Der Sar into the ropes.
Morgan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Der Sar 's efforts to push away.
Morgan misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Der Sar backwards.
Morgan tries a body shot but Van Der Sar blocks it.
Van Der Sar tries to circle away but Morgan has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.

Van Der Sar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Morgan.

It looks like Stefan Van Der Sar has been cut.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Flint Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan misses with a leg kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.

Morgan has managed to clinch.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Der Sar .
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Der Sar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Morgan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Der Sar can turn it around.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Der Sar avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Der Sar is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Der Sar has his back to the ropes.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Der Sar is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Der Sar has his back to the ropes.
Morgan gets through Van Der Sar 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Der Sar is trying to push Morgan away but Morgan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Sar blocks a body shot from Morgan.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Sar 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Sar .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morgan closes the distance and pushes Van Der Sar back into the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Van Der Sar is trying to break free.
Morgan keeps control of Van Der Sar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Flint Morgan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Der Sar dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.

Van Der Sar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Morgan lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Morgan has Van Der Sar up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Der Sar wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Morgan.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Van Der Sar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Der Sar stalling in the clinch but Morgan improves position.
I was talking to Morgan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Van Der Sar blocks it.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Sar controls his hands.
Morgan lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Der Sar blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Der Sar backwards.
A hook to the body from Morgan.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
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 scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Der Sar 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Sar avoids it.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Der Sar 's efforts to push away.
Van Der Sar tries to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Morgan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar '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.

Morgan throws a leg kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a stiff right hand.

Morgan pushes Van Der Sar up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Der Sar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Der Sar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Sar blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Van Der Sar shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Sar is trying to force a seperation but Morgan has the dominant position.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Der Sar managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Van Der Sar avoids a wild elbow strike from Morgan.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morgan.
Van Der Sar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Van Der Sar working hard to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Sar .
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Van Der Sar is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Morgan throws an elbow but misses.
Morgan throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Der Sar blocks the elbow strike.
Van Der Sar wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Morgan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Der Sar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Morgan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Van Der Sar raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Der Sar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Van Der Sar counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Van Der Sar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Der Sar can do to turn this around?
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Sar 's face.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Der Sar .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Der Sar is trying to force a seperation but Morgan has the dominant position.
Morgan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morgan tries a body shot but Van Der Sar blocks it.
Van Der Sar is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Der Sar is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Van Der Sar 's ribcage.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Sar controls his hands.
Morgan has a couple of punches blocked by Van Der Sar .
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan pushes Van Der Sar back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morgan throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Morgan as the two fighters clinch.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Van Der Sar 's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Morgan had his way with Stefan Van Der Sar in that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar '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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan tries to clinch but Van Der Sar moves out of range.

Morgan darts in and clinches Van Der Sar up against the ropes.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Sar avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the ropes.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Morgan.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That has opened up Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut even more.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan lands a shot to the body.
Van Der Sar is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Morgan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgan lands an uppercut.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Der Sar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Sar is trying to push Morgan away but Morgan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morgan.
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Morgan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Der Sar 's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Sar .
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Van Der Sar in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Stefan Van Der Sar 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Sar is blocking nicely.
Morgan lands a damaging elbow.
Van Der Sar avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Morgan.
Van Der Sar is trying to stall.
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Van Der Sar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Sar avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the ropes.
Van Der Sar wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Morgan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flint Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morgan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:41
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:43
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 50:42

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flint Morgan!
A very excited looking Flint Morgan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.