PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Faber (ranked 3411 p4p, 442 weight class) and Chase Morgan (ranked 4815 p4p, 584 weight class). Morgan has chosen Don't Waste My Time - Krept & Konan as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Faber
vs
Morgan

195 cm
29
215 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

185 cm
21
214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Uriah Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chase Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faber moves away.
Morgan lands a slapping body shot.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Faber takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Faber gets the takedown into side control.
Morgan gets back to half guard.
Faber wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.
Morgan has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morgan wants to improve his position but Faber is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faber looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Morgan looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.
Morgan is looking for a sweep. Faber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Faber wants to free his trapped foot but Morgan is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Faber is trying to work for a kimura but Morgan is defending well.
Morgan trying to hold on to Faber's head to control him but Faber postures up.

Faber is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Morgan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Faber pulls his head out easily.
Morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Faber's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Faber's back!

Morgan working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan lands punches and elbows.
Faber is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Morgan lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Morgan looking for the choke from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeps control of the position as Faber tries to break free.
Morgan scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Morgan is trying to stick to Faber's back but Faber is turning into Morgan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morgan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Faber.

Faber drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Morgan dives on top into guard.

Faber wants to improve his position but instead Morgan has moved into half guard.
Faber trying to hold on to Morgan's head to control him but Morgan postures up.
Morgan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Faber's head.
Faber is looking to improve his position.
Morgan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morgan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan prevents Faber from improving his position.
Morgan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Morgan is looking for submissions but instead, Faber has regained full guard.
Faber is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morgan working some strikes from top position.
Morgan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
Faber is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Faber wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chase Morgan dominated that round.
That's time! Faber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morgan thuds a left hand into Faber's body.
Morgan tests Faber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Faber shoots in for a takedown but Morgan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Faber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Faber feinted with a counter takedown.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Faber avoids them all with ease.
Morgan slaps away a takedown attempt from Faber, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morgan throws a body punch but Faber moves out of range.
Morgan works Faber's body with a nice hook.
Faber takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan lands an overhand right.

It looks like Uriah Faber has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Faber 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Morgan gets caught flat footed, as Faber shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Morgan has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Faber off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faber changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Faber manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriah Faber. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Morgan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Faber takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morgan lands a nice looking body shot.
Morgan cracks Faber on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Faber falls backwards against the cage. Morgan follows up with more strikes that drop Faber to his knees. Morgan keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Faber! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chase Morgan!
Chase Morgan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.