PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between morito morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Kistner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kistner has chosen Headstrong as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

morgan
vs
Kistner

168 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, morito morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Kistner!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kistner misses with a straight right.
Kistner takes a head kick and keeps coming.

morgan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kistner is staying active underneath morgan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kistner is trying to stand.
morgan is keen to just control but Kistner is a slippery customer.
morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
morgan trying to control the action but Kistner is working from the bottom.

morgan stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kistner misses with a wild combination.
Kistner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
morgan tries to clinch there but Kistner circles away.
Josh Kistner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
morgan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kistner.
Kistner looks gassed!
morgan with a poor takedown
and Kistner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Kistner clinches.

Kistner drags the fight down to the ground.
morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Kistner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kistner wants to sweep but no luck.
morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Kistner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
morgan tries to stand but Kistner is controlling from the bottom.
Kistner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with morgan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Kistner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kistner wants to stand up but morgan is controlling him.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Kistner closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kistner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but morgan has him pressed against the cage.
morgan jumps guard but Kistner stands there with morgan around his waist. morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kistner has morgan pressed against the cage, preventing morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kistner lands a right hand that snaps the head of morgan backwards.

Kistner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kistner connects with a jab.
Kistner throws a shot from downtown. morgan moves away and avoids it.
morgan with a poor takedown

and Kistner counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for morito morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
morgan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kistner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kistner wants to control from the top but morgan keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
morgan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
morgan trying to keep a closed guard but Kistner is proving a slippery customer.
Kistner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kistner trying to control the position from guard on top but morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kistner throws a right and a left that both miss.
morgan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kistner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Josh Kistner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from morgan is defended easily by Kistner.

Kistner fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. morgan sprawls well initially but Kistner persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
morgan is controlling Kistner's trapped leg to prevent Kistner from advancing to side control.
Kistner trying to control the pace.
Kistner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks morgan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kistner throwing shots but morgan is blocking nicely.
Kistner wants to free his trapped foot but morgan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kistner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed morgan's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
morgan is trying to stand up here but Kistner is controlling him well.
morgan is looking to improve his position.
morgan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kistner.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kistner looks to land a combination. morgan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kistner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
morgan tries for a takedown but Kistner circles away easily

and Kistner counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kistner.
Kistner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kistner scores with a shot to the side of morgan's head.
Kistner gets underhooks to prevent morgan's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for morito morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kistner wants to break free but morgan has control.
morgan looking for a takedown.
Kistner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kistner lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kistner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kistner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kistner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.

Kistner has morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kistner lands a left hand.

Kistner has hold of one of morgan's legs. morgan is fighting the takedown attempt but Kistner gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Kistner postures up in morgan's guard and throws a big left but morgan blocks it.
Kistner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kistner throws a strike but morgan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

morgan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
morgan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Kistner closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. morgan did well to prevent Kistner getting side control.
morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kistner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kistner's back!
Kistner is trying to stand back up.
morgan trying to control momentarily.
Kistner is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kistner covering up well under a series of strikes from morgan.
morgan misses with punches from the back.
Josh Kistner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kistner is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Kistner is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Kistner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Kistner misses.
morgan connects with a high kick.
Kistner shoots in but no luck this time.
morgan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kistner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
morgan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kistner pinned against the cage. Kistner gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
morgan scores with a leg kick.
morgan is looking to clinch.
morgan fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kistner decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
morgan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kistner.
Kistner wants to stand and escape but instead morgan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Kistner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kistner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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.
morgan tries to free his leg and advance position but Kistner is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kistner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
morgan scores with a hook.
Kistner thows a leg kick but morgan checks it
and morgan counters with a left and a right that stings Kistner.
Kistner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Kistner closes the distance and pushes morgan back into the cage.

Kistner lands a takedown into guard.
morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet morgan, not yet.
Kistner throwing strikes but missing.
Kistner with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kistner wants to control from the top but morgan keeps moving.
Kistner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. morgan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kistner is looking to stand up but morgan won't let him.
Kistner trying to control but morgan is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
morgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kistner counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for morito morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
morgan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kistner counters with a nice double leg into guard.
morgan is trying to keep Kistner in close.
Kistner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. morgan is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kistner throws and elbow that misses. morgan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kistner's guard. Nice move by morgan!
Kistner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kistner is wriggling around but morgan manages to pass to half guard.
Kistner wants to get back to his feet.
morito morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Josh Kistner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
morgan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kistner does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Kistner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kistner winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Kistner!