PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Kimble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kimble might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ecstasy Of Gold. John Kimble had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kimble
vs
Morgan

178 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
148 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Kimble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Morgan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kimble feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morgans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morgan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kimble throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kimble thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Kimble misses.
Morgan connects with the punch.

Morgan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Kimble actively working from the bottom here.
Kimble is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kimble is refusing to be controlled, as Morgan sits in half guard.

Morgan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kimble is just riding it out for now. Morgan eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Morgan has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Kimble is trying to escape the mount.
Morgan controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan with shots to the head and body - Kimble looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morgan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kimble tries to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Morgan blocks Kimble's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Kimble is trying to reverse the position but instead Morgan has taken his back - oops!
Kimble is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
A lull in the action here.
Morgan just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimble trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Kimble tries to break free.

Morgan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Kimble is defending well though. Morgan let's go of the attempt for now.
Morgan is trying to stick to Kimble's back but Kimble is turning into Morgan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morgan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kimble.
Kimble trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Morgan working for a triangle but Kimble defends it easily.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimble wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
Morgan has his hands on Kimble's head, controlling the position.
Kimble trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

We're going to have a standup here because John Kimble wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kimble connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Morgan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morgan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kimble wants to control but Morgan is keeping busy.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kimble has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morgan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Morgan postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Kimble to stand up.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Kimble.
Kimble keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jason Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.

Morgan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kimble!
Kimble is trying desperately to improve position.
Kimble is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morgan tries to control but Kimble wriggling away.
Morgan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kimble working to try and regain half guard.
Kimble is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan content just to control the position here.
Kimble is working to get back to half guard.
Jason Morgan has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan controlling the position easily from mount.
Kimble is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morgan looking to control but Kimble is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan 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 Kimble's face.
Morgan manages to capitalize on a mistake by Kimble to take his back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Morgan's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan gets his hands free as Kimble looks to control.
Kimble is really stuck here.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Kimble looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Kimble looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morgan.
Morgan gets his hands free as Kimble looks to control.
Kimble tries to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan wants to control but Kimble is keeping busy.
Morgan biding his time, controlling Kimble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kimble looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kimble tries to improve position but can't.
Morgan is trying to ground and pound but Kimble uses the momentary lack of control by Morgan to regain half guard.
Kimble is pressing down on Morgan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kimble wants to sweep but no luck.
Morgan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Kimble looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control but Kimble is working from the bottom.
Morgan is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Morgan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kimble wants to stand and escape but Morgan is having none of it.

Kimble isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morgan stacks Kimble 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!

Morgan is trying to get an arm triangle but Kimble is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Kimble throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Kimble.
Morgan shoots in looking for a takedown but Kimble manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morgan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kimble tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kimble throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Kimble throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kimble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Kimble.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morgan is defended easily by Kimble.
Kimble stuffs the takedown attempt from Morgan. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.
John Kimble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Morgan.
Morgan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Morgan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan prevents Kimble from improving his position.

Morgan wants to work for an arm triangle but Kimble is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Kimble looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Morgan controlling the action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kimble wants to improve his position but Morgan is controlling well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morgan 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Jason Morgan!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Jason Morgan!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Jason Morgan!

Jason Morgan wins by unanimous decision!