PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flemming Mogensen (ranked 6049 p4p, 394 weight class) and Morris Barbee (ranked 5421 p4p, 0 weight class). Flemming Mogensen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mogensen
vs
Barbee

190 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

201 cm
23
266 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flemming Mogensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Morris Barbee!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbee takes a swing at Mogensen's ribcage but misses.

Barbee has managed to clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barbee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Barbee tries to work over Mogensen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mogensen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barbee smiles and moves away.
Barbee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mogensen.
Mogensen with a poor takedown

and Barbee counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flemming Mogensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mogensen tries to buck Barbee off but Barbee is having none of it.
Mogensen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Barbee off and has taken his back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbee rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Mogensen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mogensen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barbee is trying to get back to full guard.
Mogensen wants to pass to mount but Barbee is defending the position.
Barbee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mogensen tries to free his leg and advance position but Barbee is retaining full guard.
Mogensen stopping the sweep attempt from Barbee.
Mogensen wants to control from the top but Barbee keeps moving.

That's two 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.
Barbee is pulling down on Mogensen's head to control his posture.
Barbee wants to sweep but no luck.
Mogensen wants to pass the guard but Barbee is keeping the position.
Mogensen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Barbee throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Barbee working a defensive guard here.
Mogensen wants to control from the top but Barbee keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barbee trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Barbee motions for Mogensen to come forward. Barbee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barbee swings for the body but Mogensen moves out of range.
Barbee misses with an uppercut.

Barbee gets a takedown into half guard.
Mogensen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barbee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barbee looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbee trying to advance position but Mogensen counters by regaining guard.
Barbee's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barbee lands a couple of elbows.

Mogensen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mogensen is breathing heavily.
Barbee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barbee slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morris Barbee dominated that round.
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.

Barbee throws a hook but Mogensen avoids it easily.
Barbee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head kick by Mogensen misses

and Barbee counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Barbee.
Mogensen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barbee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mogensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Barbee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Barbee passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Mogensen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Barbee has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbee tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mogensen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barbee is landing with some decent strikes but Mogensen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Mogensen is rocked!

It looks like Flemming Mogensen has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barbee lands a big elbow - Mogensen is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Mogensen is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Morris Barbee!