PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Flint Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doug Graves has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Flint Morgan's chin.

Morgan
vs
Graves

196 cm
24
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
35
211 lbs
29 - 20 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Flint Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Doug Graves!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Graves has closed the distance and engaged Morgan in a clinch.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Graves blocks with his arms.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Doug Graves has been cut.
Graves gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Morgan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Graves blocks it.
Graves lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan scores with a shot to the side of Graves's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan pushes off an throws an elbow but Graves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

Graves takes the fight into the clinch.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves misses with some punches.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Morgan lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Graves.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves scores with a shoulder strike.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Graves.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan lands an elbow just above Graves 's eye.
Morgan working Graves over with knees to the body.
Morgan misses with an elbow strike.
Graves misses with some punches.
Morgan is looking to control Graves's arms but Graves gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the ropes.
Graves scores with a shoulder strike.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan is looking to control Graves's arms but Graves gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the ropes.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graves being controlled against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Flint Morgan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Doug Graves's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Graves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Morgan to work.
Morgan is trying to maintain a safe position but Graves gets an underhook and turns Morgan into the ropes.
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Morgan throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Graves improves position.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Graves working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Graves's defenses.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graves.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Graves improves position.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Graves in his tracks for a moment.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graves tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Graves is looking to clinch.
Morgan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Graves tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That has opened up Doug Graves's cut even more.

Graves rushes Morgan and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves misses with some punches.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graves's elbow.
Graves blocks a body shot from Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Doug Graves will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Doug Graves's cut.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
Graves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Morgan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Graves wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.

Morgan closes the distance and pushes Graves back into the ropes.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doug Graves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graves blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Graves lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Graves working aggressively here.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan trying to stall but Graves improves his position.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Graves.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

Morgan clinches.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Graves shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Morgan.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Morgan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graves's brow.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Flint Morgan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Doug Graves's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.

Graves rushes Morgan and presses him up against the ropes.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Graves in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Morgan looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morgan has Graves pushed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Graves is blocking nicely.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Graves scores with a shoulder strike.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graves scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgan.
Morgan pushes off an throws an elbow but Graves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Graves tries to clinch up.
As Graves backs away, Morgan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Graves moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan pushes Graves back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graves's face.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves takes a knee to the side of the body.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Graves tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Graves working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Doug Graves will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Doug Graves's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Morgan catches Graves napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! Graves goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Flint Morgan!
After winning the bout, Flint Morgan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.