PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Paul Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the ring accompanied by Sherry Monocle. Jon Paul Fish has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Simon Morgan's chin.

Morgan
vs
Paul Fish

160 cm
36
171 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

186 cm
30
186 lbs
27 - 19 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Jon Paul Fish!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fish lands a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fish lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Fish is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fish has his back to the ropes.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jab by Fish.
Fish throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morgan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Fish moves out of range.
Fish throws a low kick, looking for Morgan's leg but Morgan calmly moves out of range.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fish moves away.

Fish closes the distance and pushes Morgan back into the ropes.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Fish is controlling the position.
Fish is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fish manages to break the clinch.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Morgan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Simon Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fish misses with a body shot.

Fish instigates a clinch.

Fish breaks the clinch.
Fish throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Fish misses with a hook
and Morgan counters with a nice body kick.
Fish dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan cracks a nice hook into Fish's ribs.
Fish lands a nice looking body kick.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Fish.
Fish tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morgan defends well and Fish ends up having to push Morgan into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fish swings widly with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fish. That's going to slow Morgan down.
Fish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morgan leaves Fish with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morgan is looking for a counter combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That kick from Fish tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fish has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fish and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morgan momentarily.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick from Fish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish scores with a sloppy right hand. Morgan should have avoided that one.
Fish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fish has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fish finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fish throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan cracks Fish with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Morgan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morgan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jon Paul Fish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fish is looking to clinch.
Fish lands a nice looking body shot.
Fish tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morgan defends well and Fish ends up having to push Morgan into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
As Fish looks to move away, Morgan throws a big counter combo but Fish just gets out of the way.
Simon Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Paul Fish.
Fish looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fish tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As Fish looks to move away, Morgan throws a big counter combo but Fish just gets out of the way.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fish shapes to counter with a head kick.
Fish scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morgan doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Fish moves out of range easily.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
Fish misses with an uppercut.
Fish throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fish takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fish explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fish tries for a takedown but Morgan circles away easily
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fish cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Paul Fish dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fish wants to clinch.
Fish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot by Fish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
Fish tries to clinch up.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fish lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish throws a solid leg kick but Morgan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fish.
Fish tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Fish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Simon Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fish fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jon Paul Fish seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fish.
Morgan appears to be looking for a big counter.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morgan checks a leg kick.
Fish is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Some wild striking there from Fish.

Fish pushes Morgan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fish tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Fish backwards.
Morgan lands a body punch.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fish.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fish slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Morgan moves out of range as Fish throws a body kick.
Morgan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fish misses with a body kick.
Fish tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish scores with the left hand. Morgan knows he should have avoided that one.
Morgan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fish. That one must have hurt.
Fish keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fish throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fish does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan swings for the body but Fish moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Fish tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Fish pushes Morgan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morgan tries to break free but Fish pushes him back against the ropes.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fish has him pressed against the ropes.
Morgan tries to break free but Fish pushes him back against the ropes.

Fish tightens his grip and picks Morgan up, before dumping him to the ground. Morgan manages to land in guard.
Fish postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morgan wants to sweep but no luck.
Fish trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fish trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fish preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fish is pushing down on Morgan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morgan is fighting to maintain full guard but Fish has managed to sneak the leg through.
Morgan gets back to full guard.
Morgan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Morgan has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Fish off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fish fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgan checks it well.
Fish scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fish throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Fish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Paul Fish showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Fish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Morgan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morgan tries to land a front kick but Fish steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fish steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Fish scores with a leg kick.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fish.
Fish looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Fish persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Fish wants to land a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan connects with a body shot that sends Fish's belly button to the back.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fish.
Morgan is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan is looking to counter punch.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick.
Morgan is looking for a counter combo.

Fish fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Morgan sprawls well initially but Fish persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morgan is refusing to be controlled, as Fish sits in half guard.
Morgan is trying to stand back up but Fish is controlling him
Morgan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fish is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.

Fish is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Morgan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fish is stalling here. Morgan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Fish seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Morgan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Fish sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jon Paul Fish is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish keeping control of the position.
Morgan trying to control from half guard but Fish is working away.
Morgan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morgan is pressing down on Fish's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fish is holding on for now.
Morgan slows the pace down in half guard.
Fish trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to stand and escape but Fish is controlling the position.
Morgan is thwarting Fish's attempts to control the position.
Morgan is keen to just control but Fish is a slippery customer.
Fish is trying to maintain the position but Morgan is very close to passing his half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The fighters circling - Morgan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fish jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Fish darts in and clinches Morgan up against the ropes.
Simon Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fish has Morgan pressed against the ropes, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgan can't break the clinch.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan defending well as Fish loads up on a big left hand.
Jab from Fish.
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.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick.
As Fish looks to move away, Morgan throws a big counter combo but Fish just gets out of the way.
That kick from Fish tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.

Fish drives through with a takedown into Morgan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jon Paul Fish.
I've got Fish winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Paul Fish!
A pretty intense looking Jon Paul Fish took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
Simon Morgan was interviewed post fight and said 'bad weight cut made me lose'.