PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Chandler (ranked 4552 p4p, 4358 weight class) and Jay Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Chandler
vs
Morgan

185 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
177
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerome Chandler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandler misses with a head kick.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Morgan clinches up against the cage.
The referee calls for Morgan to work.
Chandler is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Morgan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Chandler uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan controlling Chandler's posture.
Morgan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chandler's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morgan controls the pace.

Chandler isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morgan stacks Chandler on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morgan!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morgan landing a few strikes.
Morgan gets to mount! Chandler was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Chandler really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morgan controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chandler tries to hold on but Morgan postures up.
Morgan lands with some strikes.
Chandler is trying desperately to improve position.
Chandler wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Morgan really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Chandler.

Chandler is trying to defend against the choke here but Morgan has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Morgan Tightens the hold and Chandler taps out furiously! Morgan displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jay Morgan!