PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daigo Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Asai
vs
Morgan

175 cm
24
165 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

169 cm
23
167 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Daigo Asai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Virgil Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Asai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Asai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asai misses with a leg kick.
Asai lands a nice shot to the body.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Asai lands with a kick to the ribs.
Asai avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Asai ducks right into an uppercut from Morgan.
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.
Asai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Asai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Asai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Asai scores with a jab to the body.
Asai lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asai misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Asai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Morgan misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.

Morgan scores with a takedown into Asai's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Asai wants to sweep here but Morgan controlling him for the moment.
Morgan trying to control but Asai is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Asai pushes Morgan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Asai avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan fails to land the takedown.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Asai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Asai tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Asai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morgan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Asai misses with a looping right.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Asai misses.
Asai wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Asai.
Nice takedown defense from Asai. No joy for Morgan on that attempt.
Asai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morgan checks a low kick from Asai.
Asai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morgan.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Asai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asai throws a head kick that misses.
Asai misses with an uppercut
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Asai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morgan.
Asai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Morgan moves out of range as Asai strikes.
Morgan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgan moves out of range as Asai strikes.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Asai's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Morgan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Asai is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Morgan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura but Asai is defending well.
Asai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morgan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asai wants to get back to full guard.
Asai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morgan.
Morgan winds up and cracks Asai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morgan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Asai is trying to stand back up but Morgan is controlling him
Morgan is trying to control the action in half guard but Asai is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Asai wants to control but Morgan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morgan connects with a nice short shot to Asai's temple.
Asai wants to improve his position but Morgan is controlling well.
Asai pushes Morgan off looking to stand but Morgan dives back in and keeps control.
Morgan lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan controlling the action here.
Asai is looking for a sweep. Morgan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Asai wants to get back to full guard but Morgan has mounted him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Virgil Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Asai avoids nicely.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Asai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Asai.
Asai wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asai. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Asai cracks Morgan with a good jab.
Morgan scores with a jab to the head.

Asai gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morgan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgan trying to control but Asai is working from the bottom.
Asai wants to sweep here but Morgan controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan landing some decent shots from guard.
Asai is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Asai has momentary wrist control but Morgan slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Asai.
Asai working a defensive guard here.
Morgan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Asai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morgan won't allow Asai to get back to his feet.
Asai trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Asai has momentary wrist control but Morgan slips an elbow through the middle.
Morgan cracks Asai with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai keeping full guard, as Morgan tries to pass.
Morgan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan is working Asai over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Asai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Asai tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morgan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Morgan stops Asai from standing up.
Morgan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Asai wants to sweep but no luck.

Asai kicks Morgan off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fails with the takedown.
Asai tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daigo Asai is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Asai.
Asai throws a leg kick
and Morgan counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Asai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Asai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Asai.
A thudding body kick lands there by Morgan!
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asai was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan tries to move into range but Asai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Asai checks a leg kick.
Daigo Asai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asai misses with a straight right.
Daigo Asai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan shoots for a takedown but Asai saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Daigo Asai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Virgil Morgan.
Asai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Asai avoids the body shot from Morgan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asai misses with a head kick.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Asai.
Morgan is looking to slow Asai down with leg kicks.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Asai.
Asai tries to clinch

so Morgan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Morgan postures up and lands a big shot to Asai's brow.
Morgan chips away with some ground and pound.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Asai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Asai is trying to keep Morgan in close.
Asai is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil 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 ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Asai is looking to clinch.
Asai throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asai lands with an overhand left.
Asai lands a head kick!
Asai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morgan's calf.
Morgan with a nice cross.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Asai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morgan pushes Asai away with a front kick.
No joy there for Asai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Asai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai leaves Morgan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morgan scores with a nice right hand.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Asai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Asai misses with a straight right.
Asai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.

Asai gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morgan tries to free his leg and advance position but Asai is retaining full guard.
Morgan postures up.
Asai manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morgan manages to get himself to full guard.

Morgan is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Asai rolls with it to try and escape but Morgan cranks on the arm and Asai is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Virgil Morgan!
Virgil Morgan got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'