PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Marcus Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flint Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandao comes to the ring accompanied by The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army. Marcus Brandao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brandao
vs
Morgan

195 cm
32
205 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

196 cm
23
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Flint Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brandao clinches with his opponent.
Brandao lands with a light punch inside.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Brandao.
Brandao is working Morgan over against the ropes.
Brandao taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Brandao.
Brandao is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brandao has his back to the ropes.
Brandao takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brandao.
Brandao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brandao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Brandao keeps him there for the moment.
Brandao stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Brandao.
Morgan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brandao working aggressively here.
Brandao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to stall.
Brandao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brandao dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brandao misses with a punch on the inside.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Brandao.
Brandao is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brandao has his back to the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brandao.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brandao is struggling to control the position.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Brandao is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brandao is trying to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brandao.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgan is keeping busy.
Morgan pushes Brandao back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brandao is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcus Brandao.
Brandao connects with a jab.

Brandao gets a clinch.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan trying to stall but Brandao improves his position.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brandao is looking to control Morgan's arms but Morgan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brandao has his back to the ropes.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brandao lands an uppercut.
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Brandao in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Marcus Brandao has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao misses with a knee strike.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Brandao's head.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Brandao is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Brandao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Brandao's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A punch lands to the side of Brandao 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brandao tries a head kick but it misses.

Morgan rushes Brandao and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brandao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Brandao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brandao leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Morgan trying to stall but Brandao improves his position.
Brandao is trying to maintain a safe position but Morgan gets an underhook and turns Brandao into the ropes.
Morgan is trying to stall.
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandao working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Brandao scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brandao manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brandao lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Brandao - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brandao misses with some punches.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Brandao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan looking to stall.
Brandao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Brandao improves position.
Morgan seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Brandao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morgan being controlled against the ropes.
Brandao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Marcus Brandao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brandao taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to control Brandao's arms but Brandao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the ropes.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brandao tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Brandao back against the ropes.
Brandao tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Brandao improves position.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Brandao looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brandao taking a breather.
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brandao.
Brandao misses with a knee strike.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brandao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brandao controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcus Brandao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcus Brandao's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morgan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brandao tries a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Morgan tries to work over Brandao's front leg with a kick but Brandao checks it.
Brandao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brandao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brandao dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut!
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Brandao takes one on the button.

Brandao is rocked!
Morgan feints and then cracks Brandao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brandao down.
Oh Brandao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Brandao out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Flint Morgan!
During a confident post fight interview, Flint Morgan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.