PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Shapiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kip Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shapiro comes to the cage accompanied by Scary Kids Scaring Kids - My Darkest Hour . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shapiro
vs
Morgan

182 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
158 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Shapiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kip Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shapiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Luke Shapiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shapiro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Shapiro misses the body punch

and Morgan counters by clinching up.
Shapiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Shapiro forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Shapiro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Shapiro lands a nice uppercut.
Shapiro scores with a hook to the body.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shapiro lands a body shot.
Shapiro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan is looking to control Shapiro's arms but Shapiro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the cage.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Shapiro digs a right hand underneath Morgan's ribcage. Morgan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shapiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shapiro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shapiro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Shapiro fails to land.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shapiro.
Shapiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Shapiro has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land knees in the clinch but Shapiro avoids the damage to the body.
Shapiro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shapiro takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shapiro.
Shapiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shapiro lands an uppercut.
Shapiro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Morgan lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from Shapiro.
Shapiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but Shapiro blocks it.
Shapiro avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Shapiro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shapiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shapiro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Shapiro is blocking nicely.
Shapiro pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan throws an elbow that misses.
Morgan stalling.
Shapiro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shapiro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Shapiro is blocking nicely.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shapiro.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shapiro avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Shapiro fails to land.
Morgan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Luke Shapiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kip Morgan.
Morgan trying to control the position but instead, Shapiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morgan into the cage.
Shapiro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.

Morgan pulls guard successfully.

Shapiro decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morgan, up you get!
Sloppy strikes from Shapiro. Those never looked like landing.
Shapiro throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Shapiro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shapiro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shapiro works over Morgan's head and body with a nice combination.
Shapiro misses with a body shot.
Shapiro is breathing heavily.
Morgan closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Shapiro is rocked!
Morgan lands a body shot.
Oh Shapiro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Morgan has Shapiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shapiro up against the cage.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.

Morgan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Morgan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Morgan works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shapiro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgan on the ground.

Morgan swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kip Morgan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Kip Morgan made sure he mentioned Untouchable Fight Gear , along with how happy he was to win his fight.