PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maicon Domingues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Morgan
vs
Domingues

180 cm
22
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

TFP GRAPHICS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harry Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maicon Domingues!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Domingues circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Morgan.
Morgan slow jab from Domingues misses its intended target.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Domingues keeps it at a distance.
Morgan tries to clinch but Domingues moves out of range.

Morgan moves into the clinch.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Domingues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan leaning against his opponent.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Morgan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Domingues lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan knocks Domingues to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Domingues is rocked!
Morgan tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Domingues is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
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 trying to control the action but Domingues is working from the bottom.
Domingues seems to have recovered his senses.
Domingues tries to bench press Morgan off him but Morgan keeps the position.
Domingues is not content to let Morgan control the position.
Domingues sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Domingues tries to get to full guard but Morgan has control of the leg.
Domingues looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morgan wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan moves into range and clinches up with Domingues.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Domingues tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.
Morgan tries to clinch up.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan lands a knee to the body.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Domingues pushes him off.

Domingues gets the takedown into side control.
Domingues looking to control but instead Morgan has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Domingues prevents Morgan from standing back up.
Morgan wants to control but Domingues is keeping busy.

Domingues seems to be looking for submissions.
Domingues uses his free foot to push down on Morgan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morgan.
Morgan tries to hold on but Domingues postures up.
Morgan is desperately trying to improve his position but Domingues has a good base and remains in mount.
Domingues avoids the attempt from Morgan to control.
Morgan is desperately trying to improve his position but Domingues has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Domingues goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Morgan turns into him and now he's in Domingues's guard.
Morgan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Domingues is proving hard to escape from.
Morgan stays in close to Domingues's body and controls the position.
Morgan trying to control but Domingues is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan wants to get up but he can't break Domingues's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Domingues keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Morgan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morgan instigates a clinch.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Domingues goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morgan prevents it.
Morgan wants to stall.
Domingues has Morgan pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Domingues blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Domingues wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Domingues avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan is looking to control Domingues's arms but Domingues gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the ropes.
Domingues wants a takedown.
Harry Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maicon Domingues.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Domingues takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Domingues is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Domingues jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Domingues around his waist. Domingues gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Domingues has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morgan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Domingues blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Domingues has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morgan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Domingues is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Morgan is trying to stall.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Morgan trying to stall but Domingues improves his position.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan cracks Domingues with a nice body shot.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan looking to slow down the pace here.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Domingues blocks it.
Domingues takes a shot to the head.
Domingues jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Domingues around his waist. Domingues gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Domingues managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan looking to stall.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan has Domingues pushed against the ropes.
Morgan is trying to maintain a safe position but Domingues gets an underhook and turns Morgan into the ropes.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Domingues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Domingues blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morgan works on Domingues's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Domingues drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morgan gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Domingues has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Morgan regains guard immediately.
Domingues is stalling in the full guard.

Morgan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Domingues doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Domingues manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Domingues prevents Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Morgan working a defensive guard here.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Morgan looking for a guillotine here but Domingues defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to keep Domingues in close.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crunch! Morgan slams his shin into Domingues's torso.
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick from Morgan lands but Domingues takes it in his stride.
Morgan knocks Domingues to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan trying to control the action but Domingues is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan wants to stand but Domingues is controlling his arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Morgan dominated that second round.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morgan wants to clinch up but Domingues keeps it at a distance.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Domingues pushes him off.

Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Morgan.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Domingues tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.
Domingues avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Domingues keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Domingues swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to clinch but Domingues moves out of range.
Domingues takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harry Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan lands with a slapping head kick.
Domingues fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Domingues keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Domingues pushes him off.
Harry Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Domingues has a takedown stuffed.
Harry Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maicon Domingues.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Morgan tries to clinch but Domingues moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Domingues changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Domingues manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan is pressed up against the ropes. Domingues has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morgan down to the mat. Morgan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Domingues circles away.

Morgan pushes Domingues up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Domingues is blocking nicely.
Domingues is working for takedown but Morgan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Morgan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Morgan as the two fighters clinch.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Domingues can do to turn this around?
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Domingues managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.

Domingues turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Domingues manages to end up in side control.
Morgan is trying to get back to half guard.

Domingues tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Morgan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Domingues has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Domingues is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morgan has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morgan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Domingues thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Morgan gets full guard.
Morgan pulls Domingues in close to prevent any damage.

Morgan pushes Domingues off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Maicon Domingues is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Domingues. Domingues gets slowly back to his feet.

Morgan has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan is pressed up against the ropes. Domingues has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morgan down to the mat. Morgan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Domingues takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Morgan takes the fight into the clinch.
Maicon Domingues has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Domingues improves position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Morgan!