PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Hanzzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Morgan
vs
Hanzzle

185 cm
40
194 lbs
29 - 12 - 1

186 cm
32
203 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Hanzzle!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan misses with a hook.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hanzzle has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hanzzle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
Hanzzle throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
As Hanzzle looks to move away, Morgan throws a big counter combo but Hanzzle just gets out of the way.

Hanzzle scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hanzzle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morgan keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanzzle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Hanzzle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morgan defending well though.
Hanzzle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Morgan pushes Hanzzle off looking to stand but Hanzzle dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzzle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morgan keeps working.
Hanzzle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hanzzle stops Morgan from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hanzzle lands a nice short elbow.
Morgan won't allow Hanzzle to pass to mount.
Morgan wants to improve his position but Hanzzle is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hanzzle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hanzzle is trying to control the action in half guard but Morgan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hanzzle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hanzzle throws a push kick but Morgan slaps the foot to one side.
Yuri Hanzzle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Yuri Hanzzle has been cut.
Morgan connects with a solid leg kick.
Morgan connects with a high kick.
A clash of legs there as Morgan blocks the low kick.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Hanzzle is looking to slow Morgan down with leg kicks.
Hanzzle throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morgan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick but Morgan moved away.
Hanzzle scoring well with a low kick there.

Hanzzle shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Morgan is trying to defend but Hanzzle finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Morgan pushes Hanzzle off looking to stand but Hanzzle dives back in and keeps control.
Hanzzle looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hanzzle prevents Morgan from improving his position.
Hanzzle working over Morgan with some ground and pound. Morgan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle working the head and body with strikes.
Morgan is trying to escape back to his feet but Hanzzle uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Hanzzle in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hanzzle landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hanzzle in side control, throwing shots but Morgan defends.
Hanzzle is chipping away with strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanzzle taking a break here but Morgan is having none of it and regains half guard.
Hanzzle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Hanzzle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Hanzzle's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Some bone on bone action there as Hanzzle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hanzzle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Hanzzle tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hanzzle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morgan in his tracks.

Morgan is rocked!
Hanzzle cracks Morgan with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Morgan falls to his knees and Hanzzle doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Hanzzle!
After winning the bout, Yuri Hanzzle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.