PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Siwa Khamcham (ranked 1794 p4p, 187 weight class) and Josh Morgan (ranked 2839 p4p, 270 weight class). Siwa Khamcham had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Siwa Khamcham has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khamcham
vs
Morgan

173 cm
24
160 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Siwa Khamcham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khamcham tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khamcham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morgan to score with a decent uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khamcham tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
Khamcham taking a breather.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khamcham takes a shot to the head.
Our sources have told us that Khamcham has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Khamcham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khamcham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khamcham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khamcham managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Khamcham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khamcham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan pushes off an throws an elbow but Khamcham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Khamcham misses with a knee strike.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Khamcham.
Khamcham pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khamcham pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan scores with a hook to the body.
Khamcham tries a knee to the head but Morgan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khamcham wants to stall.

Morgan has picked Khamcham up - he's going for a ride! Morgan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Morgan is working for a submission of some sort.
Morgan wants to free his trapped foot but Khamcham is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khamcham keeps working.
Khamcham is trying to stand up here but Morgan is controlling him well.
Khamcham blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morgan.
Morgan stops Khamcham from getting back to his feet.
Khamcham is trying to control but Morgan manages to pass to mount!
Morgan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khamcham is looking to improve his position but Morgan isn't that keen on the idea.
Morgan scoring with strikes but Khamcham is staying in there.
Morgan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan trying to control but Khamcham is having none of it.
Khamcham wants to try and get back to his feet.
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Khamcham is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khamcham wants to try and get back to his feet.
Khamcham is squirming around, avoiding Morgan's attempts to control the action.
Khamcham is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morgan avoids the attempt from Khamcham to control.
Morgan lands a big elbow.
Khamcham wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Khamcham?
Khamcham is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morgan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Morgan punching from mount but Khamcham doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Morgan lands a couple of good shots and Khamcham has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan missing with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with punches from the back.
Well, with Morgan on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Khamcham is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

Morgan looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Khamcham taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josh Morgan!
A relieved looking Josh Morgan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.