PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanis Lupis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Morgan
vs
Lupis

200 cm
20
268 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

209 cm
18
277 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kanis Lupis!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupis lands a nice looking body shot.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Lupis.
Lupis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lupis scores with a decent looking hook.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lupis.
Lupis lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Lupis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lupis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lupis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.
A swing and a miss from Lupis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lupis. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lupis misses the shot to the body.
Lupis swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Lupis throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lupis lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lupis cracks a nice hook into Morgan's ribs.
A slow jab from Lupis misses its intended target.

Oooooh!!! Lupis has knocked Morgan down with a huge combo! Lupis steps away and waves a wobbly Morgan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Morgan is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupis throws an overhand right that drops Morgan like a sack of potatoes! Lupis dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kanis Lupis!
Kanis Lupis decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.