PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Badguy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morgan
vs
Badguy

155 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
155 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sol Badguy!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badguy dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
A jab from Badguy does it's job there.
Dan Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan defending well as Badguy loads up on a big left hand.
Badguy misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Badguy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Badguy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a hook but Badguy avoids it easily.
Morgan moves out of range as Badguy strikes.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Badguy's head but Badguy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Badguy moves out of range.
Morgan tests Badguy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Badguy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Badguy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Badguy slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a straight right. Badguy didn't see that one coming.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Badguy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Badguy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Badguy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Badguy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Badguy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badguy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morgan throws a hook but Badguy blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badguy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgan moves out of range as Badguy strikes.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Badguy.
Badguy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Badguy counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Badguy back to the cage. Morgan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morgan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Badguy cracks Morgan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Badguy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morgan on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Badguy misses.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from Badguy finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sol Badguy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morgan moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan misses with a double jab
and Badguy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Badguy is looking to chop away at Morgan's legs.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badguy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Badguy.
Badguy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Badguy misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Badguy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan with a jab.
Badguy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badguy slips under a jab.
Badguy defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
Badguy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan counters with a two punch combo.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Badguy moves out of range.
Morgan tests Badguy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morgan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Badguy on the side of the head.
Morgan misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badguy throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badguy lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan throws a combination that misses
and Badguy counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
Badguy throws an off balance right hand
and Badguy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Badguy needs to keep his hands up - Morgan had a free shot at his head there.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Badguy avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badguy throws a combination. Morgan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morgan lands with an uppercut that bounces Badguy off the cage and back into range.
Morgan misses the jab.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Badguy tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.
Badguy throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Badguy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Badguy moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badguy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Badguy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sol Badguy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badguy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.
Morgan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Badguy is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Badguy avoids nicely.
Badguy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Dan Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badguy.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Badguy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Morgan will probably get the nod.
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!

Sloppy strikes from Badguy. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Badguy.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Badguy counters with a two punch combo.
Badguy throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badguy scores with a nice right hand.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Badguy swings widly with a right hand
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morgan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Badguy counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Badguy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badguy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Badguy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Badguy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badguy misses with a looping right.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab by Badguy.
Badguy looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Badguy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badguy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badguy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morgan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Badguy scrambles back to his feet.
Badguy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Badguy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan misses with a combination
enabling Badguy to counter with a crisp jab.
Badguy lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Badguy circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Badguy moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badguy.
Badguy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Badguy missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morgan.
Badguy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Badguy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan tries to move into range but Badguy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Badguy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morgan misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Badguy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Badguy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!