PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Escobar
vs
Morgan

185 cm
27
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
46
210 lbs
42 - 34 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francisco Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar moves to clinch but Morgan breaks away
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Escobar tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan is looking for the big counter here.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

A jab-cross combination lands for Morgan and sends Escobar crashing to the mat! Morgan follows him down to the mat - Escobar regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Francisco Escobar has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Morgan stands up out of the half guard.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morgan blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a knee to the head.
Escobar tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan being controlled against the cage.
Escobar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Escobar tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Escobar slowing the pace effectively.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Morgan taking a breather.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morgan walks into a jab.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Morgan lands a high kick to the side of Escobar's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Morgan dives into guard, looking to finish.

Escobar is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Escobar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morgan defends well.
Oh Escobar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Morgan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morgan counters with a huge left! Escobar is in big trouble! He's backing up but Morgan isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Escobar from any more damage. A dominating finish by Morgan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Morgan!
After winning the bout, Scott Morgan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.