PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Morgan (ranked 3532 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zane The Bedtime Story (ranked 4627 p4p, 0 weight class). Dylan Morgan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Morgan
vs
The Bedtime Story

178 cm
25
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dylan Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zane The Bedtime Story!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a hook but The Bedtime Story avoids it easily.
Morgan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Bedtime Story.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
The Bedtime Story tries to counter with a clinch but Morgan shakes him off and moves away.
Morgan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The Bedtime Story shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morgan but Morgan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morgan throws a hook but The Bedtime Story blocks it.
The Bedtime Story blocks a jab.

The Bedtime Story forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Bedtime Story takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Bedtime Story shoots for a double leg takedown but Morgan sprawls well. He's pushed The Bedtime Story's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morgan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan stuffs the takedown.
Morgan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dylan Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zane The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morgan pinned against the cage. Morgan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Bedtime Story on the side of the head.
The Bedtime Story misses with a low kick.
The Bedtime Story tries to move into range but Morgan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Morgan gets caught napping as The Bedtime Story dives in and scores a takedown. Morgan manages to retain guard.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing The Bedtime Story from controlling successfully.
The Bedtime Story controls from within his opponent's guard.
The Bedtime Story is pushing down on Morgan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Morgan is fighting to maintain full guard but The Bedtime Story has managed to sneak the leg through.

The Bedtime Story is trying to work for a kimura but Morgan is defending well.
Morgan tries to get to full guard but The Bedtime Story has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story not doing much here.
The Bedtime Story passes the guard and advances to mount!
The Bedtime Story sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Bedtime Story trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story punching from mount but Morgan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Morgan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound.
The Bedtime Story tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
The Bedtime Story has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

The Bedtime Story has hold of Morgan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morgan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The Bedtime Story with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Bedtime Story wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
Morgan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Bedtime Story on the ground.
Morgan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story.
Morgan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The Bedtime Story throwing strikes here but Morgan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The Bedtime Story trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zane The Bedtime Story will probably get the nod.
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.

The Bedtime Story tries for a takedown but Morgan circles away easily
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
The Bedtime Story steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
The Bedtime Story moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Morgan misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. The Bedtime Story does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Bedtime Story pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morgan is out of range and The Bedtime Story settles back down.
An attempted straight right counter from Morgan misses the target.
Zane The Bedtime Story seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The Bedtime Story decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The Bedtime Story is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morgan!
Poor strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Bedtime Story wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
The Bedtime Story looking to finish with strikes here!
The Bedtime Story misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story trying to control but he's not successful this time.

The Bedtime Story wants to finish this one by submission but Morgan is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, The Bedtime Story cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Bedtime Story looking to ground and pound but Morgan is blocking nicely.
The Bedtime Story unloads with some shots from mount but Morgan bucks and avoids them well.
The Bedtime Story looking to finish with strikes here!
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Bedtime Story tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because The Bedtime Story loaded up on that one.

The Bedtime Story has control of Morgan's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Morgan regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The Bedtime Story has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Morgan's face.
The Bedtime Story misses with a head shot.
The Bedtime Story misses with a head shot.
The Bedtime Story misses with a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan blocking the ground and pound.
The Bedtime Story has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Bedtime Story sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Bedtime Story tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The Bedtime Story sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Morgan blocking the ground and pound.
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Bedtime Story tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The Bedtime Story thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Bedtime Story throwing strikes here but Morgan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morgan avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Bedtime Story throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because The Bedtime Story loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bedtime Story unloads with some shots from mount but Morgan bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poor strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Bedtime Story scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morgan?
The Bedtime Story throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Bedtime Story cracks Morgan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound.
The Bedtime Story throwing strikes here but Morgan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morgan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story landing punches.
The Bedtime Story throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because The Bedtime Story loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zane The Bedtime Story showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The Bedtime Story fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
The Bedtime Story shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morgan defends it nicely.
Morgan throws a hook but The Bedtime Story blocks it.
Morgan cracks The Bedtime Story with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Bedtime Story wants to clinch.
Morgan with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Bedtime Story is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

The Bedtime Story has Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a short shot to the head.
The Bedtime Story is looking for a takedown.
Dylan Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zane The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

The Bedtime Story pulls guard.

The Bedtime Story looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Bedtime Story manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morgan manages to get himself to full guard.

The Bedtime Story loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Bedtime Story loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Bedtime Story is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The Bedtime Story advances position into side control!
Dylan Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is not content to let The Bedtime Story control the position.
Morgan dodges the ground and pound from The Bedtime Story.
The Bedtime Story trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Morgan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Bedtime Story working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The referee warns Morgan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The Bedtime Story tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
The Bedtime Story controlling his opponent.
Zane The Bedtime Story is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Bedtime Story is continuing to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that The Bedtime Story has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The Bedtime Story's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from The Bedtime Story.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zane The Bedtime Story comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Bedtime Story 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zane The Bedtime Story!