PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Morgan (ranked 1685 p4p, 1523 weight class) and Donnie Larkin (ranked 265 p4p, 235 weight class). Arthur Morgan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Morgan
vs
Larkin

186 cm
39
210
23 - 10 - 0

181 cm
41
188
27 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Donnie Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Morgan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Larkin avoids it well.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan throws a sloppy body shot
and Larkin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morgan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgan throws a sloppy body shot
and Larkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Larkin moves forwards but Morgan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Larkin misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larkin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morgan is looking to counter punch.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larkin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Larkin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Larkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Morgan gets a clinch.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan sizes up Larkin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Morgan moves into the clinch.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Morgan misses with a body punch
and Larkin counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin takes one on the button.
Larkin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morgan doesn't seem bothered though.
Morgan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice shot by Morgan.
Larkin thumps Morgan with a low kick.
Morgan scores with a body shot.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Larkin.
Larkin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Larkin looks to move away, Morgan throws a big counter combo but Larkin just gets out of the way.
Larkin tries to land a leg kick but Morgan saw it coming and moves away.
Larkin tries a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Morgan is looking to wear down Larkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Larkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin scores with a hook.

Morgan clinches up against the cage.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Larkin has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Larkin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Larkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Larkin counters with a series of strikes. Morgan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Larkin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Larkin counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Larkin connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin is looking to slow Morgan down with leg kicks.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Larkin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Larkin avoids the head kick by Morgan.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Larkin! But no joy.
Morgan scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Donnie Larkin has been cut.
Larkin loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Larkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Larkin with the inside leg kick.
Larkin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Larkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Larkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Larkin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Larkin moves out of range easily.
Larkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Larkin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morgan.
Larkin connects with an inside leg kick.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Larkin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Larkin steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Larkin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Larkin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Larkin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Larkin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morgan under the eye.
Nice shot lands for Larkin.
Larkin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Larkin unleashes a big counter combination but Morgan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Larkin avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan scores with a punch to the head.
Larkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Morgan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Larkin has time to react.
Larkin is looking to score with low kicks.
Morgan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morgan looks to land a combination. Larkin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 moves forwards but Larkin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jab by Larkin.
Larkin looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Larkin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Larkin can't break the clinch.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Larkin counters with a right hand to the body.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Larkin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Larkin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larkin moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Larkin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morgan walks into a left hand.
Larkin misses with a low kick.
Larkin misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Larkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arthur Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the body from Morgan misses
and Larkin counters with a leg kick.
Larkin misses with a body shot
and Morgan counters with a one-two to the body.
Larkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Larkin misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a right hand that Larkin ducks under and follows up with a left that Larkin also avoids with ease.
Larkin scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin throws out a powerful jab.
Morgan tries to bum rush Larkin with a series of wild strikes but Larkin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Larkin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Larkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morgan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Larkin counters with an outside leg kick.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larkin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Donnie Larkin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Donnie Larkin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Morgan misses its target.
Larkin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Larkin backing up. Larkin nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
Larkin throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab from Larkin.
Larkin throws a body kick that misses
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Larkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larkin defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
Larkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Larkin is avoiding it.
Larkin throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a series of strikes. Larkin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Larkin staying out of range there.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick
and Larkin counters with a left to the body.
Larkin misses with a two punch combination.
Larkin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan tries to clinch but Larkin is having none of it.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Larkin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Larkin. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larkin.
Morgan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Larkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Larkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan lands a jab to the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Morgan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Donnie Larkin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Larkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Larkin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morgan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Larkin counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stalks Larkin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Larkin's face. Larkin staggers backwards, shaken.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larkin.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Larkin! But no joy.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donnie Larkin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Larkin counters with a stiff right hand.
Larkin throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan throws a counter high kick but Larkin was just alert enough to avoid it.
Arthur Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larkin misses with an uppercut.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Larkin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Larkin.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morgan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Larkin in his tracks.
Larkin looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Larkin slips the punch.
Larkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arthur Morgan.
I think Larkin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Larkin!
Donnie Larkin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.