PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joahim Loew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morgan
vs
Loew

169 cm
38
147 lbs
29 - 19 - 1

166 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Virgil Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joahim Loew!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loew wants to clinch
and Morgan counters with a thumping low kick.
Loew throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Morgan there.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
Morgan throws a leg kick which misses Loew's front leg but catches the back leg as Loew tries to avoid it.
Morgan leaves Loew with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Joahim Loew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Loew misses.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body. Loew takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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 is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Loew sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan prevents Loew from improving his position.
Loew trying to control but Morgan postures up.

Loew is defending against the submission attempts here by Morgan.
Still in half guard, Morgan seems content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Loew is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loew gets back to full guard.
Morgan forces his way into half guard.

Morgan is looking for a kimura but Loew is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morgan to get the leverage.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura but Loew is defending well.
Loew trying to hold on to Morgan's head to control him but Morgan postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling the action here.

Loew is defending against the submission attempts here by Morgan.
Loew works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morgan landing some decent shots from guard.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Loew is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morgan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morgan won't allow Loew to get back to his feet.
Morgan advances position into side control!
Loew is being controlled here.
Loew taking a bit of punishment here - Morgan scoring with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan is chipping away with strikes.

Loew is rocked!

Morgan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Loew has escaped the position, nice work there.
Loew is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
Loew is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Morgan is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Morgan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Loew walks into a straight right hand from Morgan.
Loew throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joahim Loew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loew shoots and misses
and Morgan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Loew thinking.
Loew fails with the takedown
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Loew seems to have recovered his senses.

Morgan pushes Loew up against the cage in a clinch.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan throws a good cross that connects.
Loew gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Virgil Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joahim Loew.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morgan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Loew quickly recovers to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan lands a big elbow - Loew is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Morgan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Virgil Morgan!
Virgil Morgan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.