PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landry comes to the cage accompanied by country boy. Morgan has chosen Sherry Monocle as his entrance music. Simon Morgan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Landry
vs
Morgan

171 cm
24
154 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

160 cm
25
148 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Conquer
KO Clothing

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cletus Landry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morgan.
Landry tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
We've been told by Landry's head coaches at Manu's Kiwi Beer Barn - PIT Inc. that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Morgan shoots in but no luck this time.

Landry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Landry.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Landry.
Morgan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cletus Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Morgan.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Landry forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Landry lands a nice elbow.
Landry tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've been informed that Morgan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morgan is defended easily by Landry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Landry misses the jab.
Landry tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan counters with a low kick, right behind Landry 's knee.
Landry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Landry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cletus Landry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Landry.
Morgan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Landry backs up against the cage.
Morgan shoots for a double leg takedown but Landry sprawls well. He's pushed Morgan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morgan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Morgan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Morgan fails to pull guard.
Morgan jumps guard but Landry stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Landry smiles and moves away.

Landry closes the distance and clinches.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Landry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morgan working hard to break the clinch.
Morgan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Landry walks away with a smile on his face. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.

Landry takes the fight into the clinch.

Morgan successfully pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morgan is on top in guard.
Morgan is standing up over Landry. Landry looks to escape but Morgan dives into side control.
Morgan working away.
Landry wants to get back to his feet.
Morgan in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry struggling a bit here.
Morgan tries to score with some ground and pound. Landry controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morgan in side control, throwing shots but Landry defends.
Landry is trying to control Morgan's posture but Morgan avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Landry is trying to get back to his feet.
Landry is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morgan fails with a takedown attempt.
Landry throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Landry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Landry wants it to stay on the feet.

Morgan rushes Landry and presses him up against the cage.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Landry has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morgan is stalling here.
Landry throws an elbow but it misses.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Landry lands a knee to the head.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Landry has him pressed against the cage.
Cletus Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Morgan.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Landry can't find room to land a body shot as Morgan controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.

Landry clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Landry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Landry.
Landry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Landry.
Morgan jumps guard but Landry stands there with Morgan around his waist. Morgan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Landry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morgan's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morgan wants to take the fight to the mat but Landry manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Morgan prevents a body shot from Landry.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Landry holds him up against the cage and eventually Morgan drops back down to his feet.
Landry lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan wants a takedown but no success here.
Morgan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Landry walks away with a smile on his face. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Landry has managed to clinch.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry lands a good knee to the midsection. Morgan won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan takes an elbow to the temple.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Landry to keep the fight standing.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Landry - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry misses with an elbow strike.
Landry landing knees to the body.
Morgan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Landry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cletus Landry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morgan dodges an elbow strike from Landry.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Landry back against the cage.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike.
Morgan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Landry after a bit of a struggle.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Landry.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Landry is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Landry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan prevents a body shot from Landry.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Landry is controlling him.
Landry lands a body shot.
Landry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Landry digs a right hand into Morgan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morgan's gas tank.
Landry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Landry lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan prevents a body shot from Landry.
Landry misses with a punch to the body.
Landry tries a body shot but Morgan blocks it.
Landry struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab by Landry.
Simon Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Landry connects with a looping right hand.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Landry tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab by Landry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landry misses with a straight right.
Landry throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Landry is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Landry gets tackled into the cage by Morgan. Morgan maintains the clinch.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan just leaning against Landry, taking a breather.
Landry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Landry is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Landry looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Landry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan wants to stall.

Morgan breaks the clinch.

Morgan drives through and clinches with Landry against the cage.
Landry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry misses with a knee to the head.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Landry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry tries to land a knee to the head but Morgan blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan tries for a takedown but Landry manages to get underhooks.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Landry lands a good knee to the midsection. Morgan won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Landry to keep the fight standing.
Landry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Landry is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Landry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Landry scores with a shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Landry works on Morgan's body with a couple of short punches.
Landry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Landry.
Landry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Morgan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cletus Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Morgan.
Landry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Simon Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Landry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morgan's defenses.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Landry has double underhooks.
Morgan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morgan trying to stall but Landry improves his position.
Morgan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Landry lands an uppercut.
Landry landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry lands an elbow inside that Morgan shrugs off.
Still in the clinch, Landry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Landry lands a knee to the body.
Landry lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Landry.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morgan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Landry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Landry.
Morgan takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Landry throws an elbow that misses.
Landry is pressed up against the cage. Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Landry down to the mat. Landry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Landry as he jumps to the side.

Landry closes the distance and pushes Morgan back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus Landry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Landry, 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus Landry!
An out of breath Cletus Landry thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.