PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Goldberg (ranked 2972 p4p, 2773 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 336 p4p, 317 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morgan's choice of entrance music: Survival of the Fittest. Bill Goldberg had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Goldberg
vs
Morgan

198 cm
34
217
17 - 16 - 0

190 cm
25
224
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goldberg tries to sprawl but Morgan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Morgan with the ground and pound but Goldberg uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan looking to sit in guard and control but Goldberg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morgan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan working a defensive guard here.
Goldberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.
Morgan keeping full guard, as Goldberg tries to pass.
Morgan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Goldberg is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goldberg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan seems keen to control Goldberg's posture.
Morgan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Goldberg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Goldberg makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morgan is trying to keep Goldberg in close.
Goldberg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Goldberg throws a big right hand that misses.
Morgan trying to control the position.
Morgan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Goldberg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Goldberg chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg lands a couple of elbows.
Goldberg won't allow Morgan to get back to his feet.
Morgan is trying to control the position but Goldberg postures up.
Goldberg connects with a couple of short punches.
Goldberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Goldberg works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Goldberg is in close to Morgan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Goldberg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Goldberg throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Goldberg manages to get himself to full guard.

Morgan won't allow Goldberg to get back to his feet.
Goldberg is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Morgan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan postures up and lands a big shot to Goldberg's brow.
Morgan trying to control but Goldberg is working from the bottom.
Morgan throws a strike but Goldberg rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Goldberg is fighting to break Morgan's control of his arms but Morgan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morgan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Morgan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Goldberg defending well though.
Morgan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Goldberg has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morgan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morgan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Goldberg defending well though.
Goldberg taking some punishment here, with Morgan in his half guard.
Morgan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morgan lands a nice short elbow.
Morgan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morgan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morgan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bill Goldberg will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Goldberg does it's job there.
Goldberg lands a head shot.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goldberg.
Goldberg dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Goldberg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Goldberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morgan.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan cracks Goldberg with an open hand slap.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
Goldberg misses with a double jab.
Goldberg feints and then cracks Morgan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morgan down.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Morgan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morgan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Morgan laying and praying for a moment but Goldberg takes advantage and regains half guard.
Morgan is keen to just control but Goldberg is a slippery customer.
Goldberg regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Morgan.
Goldberg is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morgan trying to control but Goldberg is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Goldberg working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Goldberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Goldberg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goldberg throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan shoots in looking for a takedown but Goldberg manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morgan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morgan throws a jab when Goldberg was well out of range.
Goldberg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Morgan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slips a straight right by Goldberg.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Goldberg circles away.

Morgan has Goldberg up against the cage in a clinch.

Goldberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Morgan scores with a takedown into Goldberg's guard.
Morgan landing some decent shots from guard.
Morgan throws a big elbow that misses.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan tries to clinch but Goldberg moves out of range.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bill Goldberg will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Goldberg paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Goldberg throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morgan misses the jab.
It looked like Goldberg wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Goldberg waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.
Morgan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Goldberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Goldberg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Goldberg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goldberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goldberg lands with a straight right. Morgan didn't see that one coming.

Morgan pushes Goldberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Goldberg breaks from the clinch.
Dexter Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan moves to clinch but Goldberg breaks away
and Goldberg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Goldberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldberg throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goldberg misses with a wild combination.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Goldberg keeps it at a distance.
Goldberg throws a right hand that misses

and Morgan counters with a crisp one two that drops Goldberg! Morgan thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Goldberg to his feet! Goldberg is in big trouble!

Goldberg is rocked!
Morgan connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Goldberg to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Morgan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dexter Morgan!
Dexter Morgan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.