PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Morgan (ranked 1166 p4p, 3968 weight class) and Emre Hussain (ranked 156 p4p, 466 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Morgan
vs
Hussain

179 cm
32
155
14 - 11 - 0

171 cm
41
158
33 - 24 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Hussain.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.

Morgan drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hussain pushes Morgan off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morgan throws a right hand that Hussain ducks under and follows up with a left that Hussain also avoids with ease.
Morgan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hussain eats them both and turns towards Morgan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Hussain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Hussain moves into the clinch successfully.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain lands with a good body shot.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Hussain's shoulder, as Hussain tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doc Dannis Death Squad in the buildup to the fight.
Hussain looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan takes a swing at Hussain's ribcage but misses.
Hussain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hussain tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hussain slips a straight right by Morgan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hussain throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hussain drops his hands momentarily and Morgan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Hussain tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick from Hussain.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emre Hussain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morgan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morgan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hussain throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hussain.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Hussain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice shot by Morgan.
Hussain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morgan thuds his right hand into Hussain's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan scores with a jab.
Morgan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hussain momentarily.
Hussain misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Morgan lands the left hand.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morgan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hussain tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hussain in his tracks.
Hussain tries to land a front kick but Morgan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Morgan catches Hussain right on the button with a cross.
Hussain lands a jab to the head.
Jab by Morgan.
Hussain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hussain is just out of range.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hussain throws out the jab.
Morgan cracks Hussain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Morgan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hussain wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.

Hussain manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Morgan has hold of one of Hussain's legs. Hussain is fighting the takedown attempt but Morgan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Hussain manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Morgan jabs Hussain right on the nose. Hussain blinks but takes it well.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Hussain on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big right from Morgan misses.
Hussain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hussain tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Hussain connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A bone on bone clash there as Morgan blocks the leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Morgan.
Hussain is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Morgan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hussain is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet but Morgan drags him back down.
Morgan is putting a hurting on Hussain here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hussain tries to escape but Morgan is in control.
Morgan wants to control but Hussain is keeping him busy.
Hussain is letting Morgan control him for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain is trying to buck Morgan off.
Morgan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Morgan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morgan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Hussain bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hussain closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hussain throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hussain misses with a low kick as Morgan jumps back.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
A little feinted left hand from Morgan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hussain avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good exchange - Hussain coming out on top.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Morgan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morgan misses with a hook.
Morgan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Morgan scores with a decent looking hook.
Hussain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan slips under a jab.
Hussain doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.

Hussain tries to sprawl but Morgan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Morgan trying to control from half guard but Hussain is working away.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet.
Morgan trying to control the action but Hussain is working from the bottom.
Hussain has hold of Morgan's hands but Morgan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura but Hussain is defending well.

Hussain makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain looks to land a body kick but Morgan moved away.
Hussain missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hussain swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Hussain gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morgan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hussain is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
Emre Hussain has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hussain keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Hussain wants to stand but Morgan is controlling the position.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hussain can do to turn this around?
Morgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hussain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hussain wants to stand but Morgan is controlling the position.
Morgan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan scoring with some ground and pound.
Morgan is working Hussain over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morgan lands a couple of digs.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet but Morgan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morgan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hussain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hussain swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morgan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hussain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hussain working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain keeping full guard, as Morgan tries to pass.

Morgan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morgan landing with the ground and pound.
Hussain wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgan is looking to work some ground and pound but Hussain has wrist control.
Morgan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hussain wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet.
Morgan thows a huge punch but Hussain dodges it nicely.

Morgan is working for a kimura but Hussain is defending it quite comfortably.
Hussain is trying to stand up here but Morgan is controlling him well.
Morgan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hussain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Morgan there.

Morgan seems to be looking for submissions.
Hussain is trying to stand back up but Morgan is controlling him
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Morgan dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Hussain slips a jab from Morgan.
Hussain is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morgan with a body shot.
Nice cross by Morgan.
Morgan lands a slapping body shot.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hussain.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hussain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Hussain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hussain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hussain has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hussain throws out the jab.
Morgan stuns Hussain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morgan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hussain throws out the jab.
Josh Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Hussain stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hussain wants it to stay on the feet.
Jab from Hussain.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Hussain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hussain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hussain gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morgan won't allow Hussain to get back to his feet.
Hussain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Hussain keeps moving.
Hussain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morgan throws a big right hand that misses.
Hussain is looking to stand back up but Morgan counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hussain.

Morgan is looking for a kimura here.
Morgan tries to pass to full mount but Hussain defends it.
Morgan moves nicely into side control.
Emre Hussain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet but Morgan drags him back down.
Morgan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hussain is pushing Morgan's head away, looking to escape. Morgan manages to hold on to the position though.
Morgan working the body and head with strikes.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet but Morgan drags him back down.
Morgan working the ground and pound.

Morgan tries for a kimura but Hussain is defending well.
Morgan working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hussain on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Morgan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Morgan looks up at the clock and then as Hussain takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morgan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hussain wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hussain down.
Hussain is pushing Morgan's head away, looking to escape. Morgan manages to hold on to the position though.
Hussain is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Morgan working the ground and pound from side control.
Morgan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hussain down.
Hussain is pushing Morgan's head away, looking to escape. Morgan manages to hold on to the position though.

Morgan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hussain, who protects the arm well.
Hussain pushes Morgan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Morgan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morgan is trying to get an arm triangle but Hussain is defending well.
Morgan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hussain wants to get back to his feet.
Josh Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hussain on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morgan scoring with punches from side control.
Hussain wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morgan wants to control but Hussain is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Morgan!
A victorious Josh Morgan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.