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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chase Morgan (ranked 2913 p4p, 377 weight class) and Disyphlan Lovelair (ranked 5010 p4p, 559 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Waste My Time - Krept & Konan. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 cm
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214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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196 cm
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218 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chase Morgan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Disyphlan Lovelair! The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lovelair sees it coming and avoids it easily. Morgan tests Lovelair's chin there with a solid looking shot. Disyphlan Lovelair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lovelair.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovelair. Lovelair tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range. Lovelair looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Nice jab there from Morgan.
It looks like Disyphlan Lovelair has been cut. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Lovelair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Lovelair fails in his attempt to clinch. Morgan keeps the fight on the outside. Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Lovelair slips the punch. Lovelair doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Lovelair moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off. Morgan misses with a hook. Lovelair ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Morgan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lovelair wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side and Lovelair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Lovelair does a little dance to reset his feet. Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lovelair. Lovelair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Morgan keeps the fight on the outside. Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan misses with a looping left. Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Lovelair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan throws a solid leg kick but Lovelair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morgan. Nice straight punches there by Morgan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morgan. Morgan lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Morgan throws out a loose jab but Lovelair uses good head movement to avoid it. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Lovelair gets a clinch. Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Morgan throws an elbow but it misses.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Lovelair tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. A counter left hand to the body from Morgan misses its target. Lovelair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lovelair staying out of range there. Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovelair. Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lovelair doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger. Morgan misses with a looping left. Morgan misses with a body shot.
Lovelair wants to counter the offense by Morgan and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Morgan clinches up against the cage. I was talking to Morgan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Lovelair tries to clinch up. Lovelair fails in his attempt to clinch. Lovelair clinches up with Morgan and pushes him back against the cage. Lovelair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan can't get the takedown.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lovelair misses with a knee to the head. Lovelair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lovelair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan has Lovelair pressed against the cage.
Lovelair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Lovelair darts in trying to clinch enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Morgan throws a hook to the side of Lovelair's head but Lovelair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Lovelair moves away from the strike by Morgan. Lovelair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lovelair fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morgan, pushing him back against the cage. Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lovelair backwards. Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Lovelair is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan throws a jab when Lovelair was well out of range. Lovelair moves out of range as Morgan strikes. Lovelair moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off. Lovelair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Morgan misses with a looping left. Morgan misses with an uppercut. Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lovelair checks a leg kick. Lovelair tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Morgan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Lovelair takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chase Morgan dominated that round. The cut man is working on Disyphlan Lovelair's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lovelair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Lovelair clinches with his opponent.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Morgan lands with a light punch inside. Disyphlan Lovelair seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Morgan lands a right hand. Lovelair tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Lovelair tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Lovelair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morgan blocks it with crossed arms. Lovelair tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.
Lovelair looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lovelair backwards. Morgan is working Lovelair over against the cage. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lovelair or not. Lovelair is breathing heavily. Morgan taking a breather. Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lovelair is looking to clinch. Morgan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lovelair checks it well. Morgan missing with a left hand there. Lovelair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan catches Lovelair with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Lovelair tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Morgan misses the jab. Morgan lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Lovelair can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Morgan and Lovelair drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Morgan.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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