PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenrick Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Grenkvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Grenkvist will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Morgan
vs
Grenkvist

186 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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KING NUTRITION

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 Tokyo, Kenrick Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Grenkvist!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan tries to clinch but Grenkvist moves out of range.
Grenkvist shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morgan defends it nicely.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grenkvist walks into a straight right hand from Morgan.
Grenkvist wants to clinch
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grenkvist avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Morgan has closed the distance and engaged Grenkvist in a clinch.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Frank Grenkvist has been cut.

Morgan has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Grenkvist clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Morgan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Grenkvist defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Will Morgan go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grenkvist covering up well under a series of strikes from Morgan.
Morgan has the hooks in. Grenkvist is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Grenkvist looks gassed!
Grenkvist is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Morgan has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Morgan lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Grenkvist.
Will Morgan go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Morgan lands strikes to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan missing with strikes from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Will Morgan go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Morgan somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Morgan missing with strikes from the back.
Morgan missing with punches from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Morgan struggling to land strikes to the head as Grenkvist covers up.
Even with his hooks in, Morgan manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Grenkvist is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Morgan 's hooks.
Grenkvist blocking the ground and pound.
Morgan throws some wild stikes that Grenkvist manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Morgan.
Grenkvist is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Grenkvist's face.
Grenkvist is desperately trying to improve his position but Morgan has a good base and remains in mount.
Morgan landing strikes from the mount and Grenkvist is in trouble!
Morgan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Grenkvist is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Grenkvist is looking to get to half guard.
Grenkvist avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morgan.
Morgan prevents Grenkvist from getting the reversal.
Grenkvist taking shots to the head.
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morgan lands with some strikes.
Morgan cracks Grenkvist with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grenkvist is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morgan scoring with strikes but Grenkvist is staying in there.
Morgan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Morgan wants to control the pace but Grenkvist is squirming around nicely.
Grenkvist really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grenkvist takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grenkvist keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morgan lands with some strikes.
Morgan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenrick Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Grenkvist's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morgan tries to clinch up

and Grenkvist counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
Morgan controlling the position for now.
Morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Grenkvist's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Grenkvist's back!
Grenkvist is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morgan throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Grenkvist tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morgan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grenkvist is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Grenkvist?
Morgan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Grenkvist wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Grenkvist avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morgan.
Morgan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Grenkvist tries to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Morgan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morgan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grenkvist's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morgan throws some wild stikes that Grenkvist manages to avoid easily.
Morgan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morgan is landing with some decent strikes but Grenkvist is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Morgan unloading with bombs!
Morgan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Grenkvist tries to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Grenkvist working to try and regain half guard.
Morgan unloads with some shots from mount but Grenkvist bucks and avoids them well.
Morgan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morgan looking to ground and pound but Grenkvist is blocking nicely.
Morgan 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.
Morgan punching from mount but Grenkvist doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Grenkvist tries to reverse the position but Morgan maintains control.
Grenkvist wants to control but Morgan is having none of it.
Grenkvist blocking the ground and pound.
Morgan looking to control but Grenkvist is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Grenkvist avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morgan.
Grenkvist is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Morgan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morgan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grenkvist working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Grenkvist tries to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Grenkvist is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morgan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Grenkvist is trying desperately to improve position.
Morgan throws some wild stikes that Grenkvist manages to avoid easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grenkvist is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morgan lands a big shot there that rocks Grenkvist but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Grenkvist is working to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Morgan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Grenkvist will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Frank Grenkvist's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan wants to clinch.

Morgan takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Grenkvist drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morgan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Grenkvist looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Grenkvist is blocking nicely.
Grenkvist takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grenkvist tries to pull guard but Morgan won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Grenkvist napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Morgan in side control, throwing shots but Grenkvist defends.

Morgan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Grenkvist is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Grenkvist is trying to improve his position.
Grenkvist can't do much from the bottom here.
Grenkvist is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morgan connects with a decent elbow.
An elbow from Morgan crashes against the mat.
Grenkvist is not content to let Morgan control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grenkvist is looking for a sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Morgan pushes Grenkvist up against the cage in a clinch.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grenkvist moves out of range of the body kick from Morgan.
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Grenkvist, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kenrick Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Grenkvist.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Grenkvist circles away.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grenkvist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grenkvist swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan with a lazy takedown attempt

and Grenkvist counters with a takedown into side control.

Grenkvist decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Grenkvist gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan avoiding damage as Grenkvist throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Grenkvist shrugs off.
Grenkvist tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Grenkvist tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Grenkvist blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grenkvist takes a knee right on the jaw!

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Grenkvist counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Grenkvist keeps it at a distance.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grenkvist paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grenkvist's face.
A knee to the head by Morgan.

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 Kenrick Morgan.
Well Morgan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kenrick Morgan!