PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Parke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Parke

195 cm
33
165 lbs
22 - 10 - 2

180 cm
28
157 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Parke!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parke moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Parke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Norman Parke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Parke instigates a clinch.
A short right from Parke.
Parke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgan's efforts to push away.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

Parke closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morgan's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Morgan pushes Parke off and scrambles back to his feet.

Parke clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Morgan wants to break free but Parke has control.
Parke stalling the fight.
Parke lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Parke can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.
Parke misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan is fighting off a takedown attempt but Parke is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Morgan to the mat. Morgan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Parke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morgan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Parke throws a big right hand that misses.
Parke lands a couple of digs.
Parke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Parke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Parke from controlling successfully.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Parke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morgan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parke engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morgan wants to stand and escape but Parke is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Parke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morgan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morgan keeping full guard, as Parke tries to pass.
Parke trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parke throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.

Parke shoots in and bounces Morgan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Parke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Parke sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morgan's guard.
Parke stops Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Morgan is refusing to be controlled, as Parke sits in half guard.
Morgan pushes Parke off looking to stand but Parke dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Parke.
Parke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Parke stops Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Morgan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morgan is staying active underneath Parke, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morgan is trying to stand back up but Parke is controlling him
Parke tries to pass to full mount but Morgan defends it.
Morgan has hold of Parke's hands but Parke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Parke working Morgan over with strikes.
Parke is trying to control. Morgan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Parke stops Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Parke looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Parke moves into full mount! Morgan won't be happy about that!
Parke is landing with some decent strikes but Morgan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parke lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Parke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Morgan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Parke.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Andrew Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Norman Parke has been cut.
Parke scores with a push kick.
Morgan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A good leg kick by Parke.
Parke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Parke looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Parke throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morgan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Parke lands a glancing blow to the side of Morgan's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parke connects with a leg kick. Morgan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Parke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke misses with a looping left.
Parke throws out a powerful jab.
Parke connects with a looping right hand.
Morgan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Parke to score with a decent uppercut.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Parke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Parke steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Morgan.
Parke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morgan's head backwards.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Parke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Parke staying out of range there.
Parke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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!
Parke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan throws a shot to the body.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Parke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Parke dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut!
Parke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Morgan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Parke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morgan scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Parke throws out a powerful jab.
Parke thuds his right hand into Morgan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Parke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Morgan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Morgan lands a jab to the head.
Parke staying out of range there.
Morgan scores with a nice head shot.
Morgan misses with a combination
enabling Parke to counter with a crisp jab.
Parke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a right hand that Parke ducks under and follows up with a left that Parke also avoids with ease.

Parke has taken the fight to the clinch.
Parke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Parke.
Parke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Parke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.
Parke pushes Morgan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Parke scores with a shoulder strike.
Parke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morgan.
Parke lands with a right to the head.
Parke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norman Parke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Parke tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Parke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Parke.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Parke.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parke has him pressed against the cage.
Parke lands with a light punch inside.
Parke lands with a short shot to the head.
Parke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Parke has the dominant position.
Parke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morgan up against the cage.
Parke lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parke cracks Morgan with a nice body shot.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parke lands a nice uppercut.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Parke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Norman Parke's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Parke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Parke thumps Morgan with a low kick.
Parke lands a leg kick that knocks Morgan off balance momentarily.
Parke cracks Morgan with an open hand slap.

Parke shoots in and gets a takedown into Morgan's guard.
Parke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Parke throwing strikes but missing.
Parke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morgan's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parke.
Parke is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.
Morgan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parke won't allow Morgan to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke lands an overhand right.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Parke cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Parke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Parke shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Morgan's guard.
Parke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morgan is looking to stand up but Parke isn't so interested in that idea.
Parke throwing strikes from guard but Morgan blocks nicely.
Parke trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morgan wants to stand up but Parke is controlling him.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Morgan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Parke scores with a leg kick.
Parke ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Parke has taken the fight to the clinch.
Parke can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.
Parke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Parke avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
Parke lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke misses with a short punch on the inside.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
Parke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Parke moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Parke moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Parke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A solid body kick from Parke.
Parke throws a quick inside leg kick.

Parke clinches up with Morgan and pushes him back against the cage.
Morgan avoiding damage as Parke throws knees to the body.
Parke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Parke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan is trying to push Parke away but Parke has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Parke works on Morgan's body with a couple of short punches.
Parke misses with a body punch.
Parke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Parke will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morgan up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parke lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parke has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Parke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Parke avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Parke ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Parke throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Parke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Parke really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Norman Parke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Parke walks into a stiff left hand from Morgan.
Parke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morgan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Parke clobbers Morgan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morgan 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.
Parke throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.

Parke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Parke has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Parke - that landed with a thud.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Parke was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke throws a shot to the body.
Parke tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Parke scores with a shot to the body.
Parke cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parke avoids the body shot from Morgan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Parke ducks right into an uppercut from Morgan.
A left and a right from Morgan both land. Nice combination.

Parke rushes Morgan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Parke scores with a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Parke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
A short left from Parke.
Parke lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Parke.
Parke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Parke tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parke has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Parke won't allow it.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Parke darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to work over Parke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan tries to break free but Parke pushes him back against the cage.
Parke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parke tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Parke.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Parke has double underhooks.
Parke lands with a short shot to the head.
Parke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morgan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Parke misses with a body punch.
A short right from Parke on the inside.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Parke has the dominant position.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Parke has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parke.
Parke lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Parke.
Parke slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parke has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morgan's defenses.

It looks like Andrew Morgan has been cut.
Parke struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Parke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parke just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Parke.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Parke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Parke jabs Morgan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parke wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan jabs Parke right on the nose. Parke blinks but takes it well.
Parke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Parke misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Parke misses.
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!
Parke throws a wild body kick that Morgan sees coming a mile off.

Parke darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.
Parke content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Parke. That snapped Morgan's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Parke dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Parke closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet.
Parke throwing shots but Morgan is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Parke lands a nice short elbow.
Parke is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Parke with the ground and pound from mount.
The referee warns Morgan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morgan is squirming around, avoiding Parke's attempts to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke raining down shots from the mount!
Parke lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Parke lands a big elbow.

Morgan is rocked!
Parke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
Oh Morgan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Parke tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
Morgan seems to have got his legs back now.
Parke cracks Morgan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Parke with the ground and pound from mount.
Parke working the ground and pound effectively.

Andrew Morgan's cut is getting worse.
Parke looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Morgan covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Norman Parke! Norman Parke retains his lightweight title!
In defeat, Andrew Morgan stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulation to my opponent .... I ain't done. I will be back .. SOON ! '.