PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Raine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raine comes to the cage accompanied by Slaughter - Billy Preston. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Raine
vs
Morgan

183 cm
22
198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

210 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aldo Raine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan tries to score with a low kick but Raine moves his leg out of the way.
Raine checks a low kick from Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Morgan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morgan lands a head kick!
Raine misses with a low kick.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Raine counters with a good low kick that Morgan was not able to check.
Raine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
A lazy body kick from Morgan
and Raine counters with a nice body kick.
Morgan looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Raine rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Raine is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Raine tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Raine blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan avoiding damage as Raine throws knees to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raine will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morgan up against the cage.
Raine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Raine has Morgan pressed against the cage.
Raine scores a nice knee to the body.
Raine scores with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Raine.
Raine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Raine gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Raine looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Raine with a knee to the head.
Raine will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morgan up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine lands a knee to the body.
Raine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Raine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raine stalling in the clinch.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan is looking to chop away at Raine's legs.
Raine throws a lazy head kick
and Morgan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Raine throws a chopping leg kick but Morgan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a push kick.
Raine loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan fakes the leg kick and cracks Raine in the body.
Raine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morgan thows a leg kick but Raine checks it
and Raine counters with a nice body shot.
Raine checks a low kick from Morgan.
A swing and a miss from Raine.
Morgan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raine darts in trying to clinch
and Morgan counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raine looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan throws a body kick the misses
and Raine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Raine checks a leg kick.
Raine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Raine counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Raine tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Raine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Raine checks it.
Raine cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Raine pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Raine avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raine content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Raine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
That's time! Raine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morgan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Raine counters with a two punch combo.
Raine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Raine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Raine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan misses with a leg kick.
Raine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Raine misses with a body kick.
Morgan misses with a leg kick
and Raine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morgan throws the kick towards the body but Raine avoids it.
A low kick from Morgan misses
and Raine counters with a good low kick that Morgan was not able to check.
A head kick from Morgan lands but Raine takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raine throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Raine sees coming a mile off.
A low kick from Morgan is predictable there
and Raine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morgan's knee momentarily.
Raine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
A big left from Raine misses.
Morgan feints and then cracks Raine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Raine down.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Morgan checks a low kick from Raine.
Raine throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Morgan misses.
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Morgan is predictable there
and Raine counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Raine misses the jab.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Raine is looking to clinch.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Raine counters with an outside leg kick.
Raine avoids a kick to the body.
Aldo Raine is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Morgan is predictable there
and Raine counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Raine.
Morgan wants to slow Raine down by chopping away at his legs.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raine throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Raine.
Raine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Morgan is predictable there
and Raine counters with a one-two to the body.
Morgan thows a leg kick but Raine checks it
and Raine counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morgan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Raine throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Raine moved away.
Morgan throws out a leg kick but Raine moves out of range and Morgan only half commits.
A jab from Raine misses.

Raine takes the fight into the clinch.
Raine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Raine is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Raine as Morgan tries to tie him up.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Raine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan letting Raine take a breather here.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raine is defending well for now.
Raine managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Raine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Raine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Raine blocks it.
Raine is trying to stall.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raine lands a good knee to the midsection. Morgan won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morgan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raine tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Raine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Raine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Raine avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Raine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
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!

Raine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a leg kick
and Raine counters with an inside leg kick.
Raine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Raine misses the shot to the body.
Morgan looks to throw a body kick

and Raine moves into the clinch.
Raine working Morgan over with knees to the body.
Raine is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raine looking to stall.
Raine is pushing Morgan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Raine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raine avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raine avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raine avoids it.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raine presses Morgan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raine lands a nice knee to the body.
Raine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Raine blocks with his arms.
Raine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Raine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Raine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Raine is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from Raine.
Morgan looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Raine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dexter Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan is struggling to control the position.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Raine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raine is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Raine has his back to the cage.
Raine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan misses with a kick to the body.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeps Raine at a distance using the push kick.
Raine connects with a crisp jab.
Raine lands a slapping body shot.
Morgan slips a jab from Raine.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan thows a leg kick but Raine checks it
and Raine counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Raine tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Raine misses with a looping left.
Morgan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A good leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Raine sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Raine's sensitive parts.
Morgan throws a low kick but Raine avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Raine clinches up with Morgan and pushes him back against the cage.
Morgan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan letting Raine take a breather here.
Aldo Raine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raine wants to stall.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raine taking a breather.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Raine managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aldo Raine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Raine 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aldo Raine!