PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Van Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Morgan
vs
Rage

175 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Van Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Rage!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rage looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rage scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morgan.
Rage looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.

Morgan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rage!
Morgan landing shots from mount.
Morgan looking to control but Rage is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rage keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rage really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morgan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morgan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morgan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rage is desperately trying to improve his position but Morgan has a good base and remains in mount.
Morgan content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage tries to buck Morgan off but Morgan takes his back!

Morgan working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Rage is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Morgan has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Rage taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Van Morgan!