PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joost Van Buren (ranked 388 p4p, 61 weight class) and Chase Morgan (ranked 4728 p4p, 565 weight class). Morgan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed 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.

Van Buren
vs
Morgan

188 cm
24
206 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
214 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Velocity Fightwear

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joost Van Buren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chase Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Buren swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Van Buren.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Buren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Buren lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Buren connects with a solid leg kick.
Joost Van Buren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Buren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Van Buren jabs at Morgan's body.
Van Buren moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Van Buren with a jab.
Van Buren uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morgan has time to react.
Van Buren cracks Morgan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Buren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Van Buren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Buren looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Van Buren there.
Morgan throws a low kick but Van Buren moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Van Buren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Buren.
Van Buren misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Buren lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morgan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Van Buren's body. Van Buren takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morgan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Buren cracks Morgan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Buren seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Van Buren thuds his shin into the meat of Morgan's side.
Van Buren scores with a sloppy right hand. Morgan should have avoided that one.
Van Buren dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Buren lands a body shot.
Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Buren.
Van Buren lands with a good body shot.
Morgan ducks right into an uppercut from Van Buren.
Morgan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Van Buren throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren just misses with a punch to the body.

Morgan clinches with his opponent.
Van Buren digs a right hand into Morgan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morgan's gas tank.
Van Buren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Van Buren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Buren slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Buren scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joost Van Buren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Buren feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morgan's calf.
Van Buren lands with a shot to the body.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Van Buren lands with a nice body punch.
Morgan throws a body punch but Van Buren moves out of range.
A combination from Van Buren does no damage.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Van Buren is out of range.
A good leg kick by Van Buren.
Van Buren avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.

Morgan moves into the clinch successfully.
Morgan is looking to control Van Buren's arms but Van Buren gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the cage.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Van Buren.
Morgan scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Buren blocks the elbow strike.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Van Buren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Van Buren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Buren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Buren lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Buren lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morgan looks winded!
Van Buren avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Buren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.
Morgan misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren lands a left hand.

Van Buren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan takes a swing at Van Buren's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Buren misses the target.
Van Buren ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Buren scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morgan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van Buren is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morgan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Buren to score with a decent uppercut.
Van Buren scores with a hook.
Morgan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morgan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morgan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Van Buren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Buren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Van Buren lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Buren scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morgan darts in trying to clinch
and Van Buren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Buren slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joost Van Buren dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A jab from Van Buren finds it's way through Morgan's defenses.
Morgan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Buren can pounce on him.
Van Buren dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Van Buren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Van Buren there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van Buren moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Van Buren lands a right hook to the body.
Van Buren lands with a nice body kick.
Van Buren lands a jab to the nose.
Morgan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Van Buren sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morgan somewhat.
Van Buren dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Joost Van Buren is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Buren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Morgan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Buren.
Van Buren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Van Buren scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Buren.
Van Buren lands a glancing blow to the side of Morgan's head.
Van Buren jabs Morgan right on the nose. Morgan blinks but takes it well.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Van Buren is out of range.
Van Buren fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morgan on the side of the head.
Van Buren scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Buren scores with a sloppy right hand. Morgan should have avoided that one.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Buren swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Buren scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morgan in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Van Buren.
Van Buren lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Van Buren shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morgan eats them both and turns towards Van Buren to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren lets loose with a powerful body kick. Morgan will feel that in the morning.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan wants to counter with a clinch but Van Buren pushes him away.
Van Buren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morgan under the eye.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Buren is just out of range.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Van Buren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Buren.
Van Buren lands a jab to the nose.
Van Buren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Van Buren fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morgan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Buren throws a combination. Morgan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
A jab lands there for Van Buren.

Morgan is rocked!
Morgan takes one on the button.
Morgan is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Buren finish him?
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan seems to have recovered his senses.
Morgan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Van Buren lands with a kick to the temple. Morgan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Van Buren pounces like a tiger and cracks Morgan with a vicious hook! Morgan is down but not out! Van Buren follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joost Van Buren!