PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabian Kabakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kabakov
vs
Morgan

213 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

187 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fabian Kabakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kabakov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Kabakov looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kabakov lands a jab-cross combination.
Morgan has a takedown stuffed.
Kabakov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morgan is defended easily by Kabakov.
Kabakov scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morgan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kabakov's guard.
Morgan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kabakov's guard.
Morgan works his way into full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kabakov regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan is working for a kimura but Kabakov is defending it quite comfortably.
Kabakov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morgan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morgan's back!
Morgan covering up well under a series of strikes from Kabakov.
Morgan tries to escape but Kabakov has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Morgan manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kabakov's guard. Nice work there by Morgan.
Morgan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kabakov's guard.
Morgan is pressing down on Kabakov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kabakov is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Morgan dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan working Kabakov over with strikes here.
Morgan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kabakov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morgan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Morgan.

Kabakov is rocked!
Morgan looking to control but Kabakov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oh Kabakov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Morgan! Kabakov is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dexter Morgan!