PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sid Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice comes to the cage accompanied by We Built This City. Morgan has chosen Seether - Broken as his entrance music. Sid Justice could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shaun Morgan's chin.

Justice
vs
Morgan

212 cm
22
268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
270 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sid Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shaun Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Justice shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan is trying is best to control the position here.
Justice is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Justice trying to control from Morgan's half guard. Morgan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Justice trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Justice stopping the sweep attempt from Morgan.
Justice stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morgan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Justice cracks Morgan with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice wants to stand but Morgan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Morgan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Justice looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Morgan controls Justice momentarily but Justice frees himself.

Justice gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Morgan gets a clinch.
Justice is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morgan.
Morgan controlling the action here for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Justice.

Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Justice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Justice or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgan which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sid Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice looks to clinch

and Morgan moves into the clinch.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sid Justice has been cut.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan tries to clinch but Justice is having none of it.

Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Justice, pushing him back against the cage.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.

Justice tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Good body shot from Morgan.
Morgan with a knee to the head.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Justice moves out of range.

Morgan pushes Justice up against the cage in a clinch.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan clinches but Justice breaks the clinch
and Justice counters with a big head kick but Morgan shrugs it off.
Morgan tries to clinch but Justice is having none of it.

Morgan forces Justice back against the cage and clinches.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Morgan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
A body shot lands from Morgan.

Morgan has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Justice goes down! Morgan pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!

Justice is rocked!
Morgan works to advance to full mount. Justice defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Oh Justice is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Justice seems to have got his legs back now.
Justice throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sid Justice's cut.
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.

Crack! A monster head kick from Morgan and Justice falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Morgan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Shaun Morgan!