PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Bighouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bighouse comes to the cage accompanied by Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi. Morgan has chosen Change or Die - Papa Roach as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bighouse
vs
Morgan

196 cm
19
292 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

215 cm
23
285 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 144 Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Bighouse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bighouse tries to avoid it but Morgan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bighouse to the ground. Bighouse escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morgan shoots for a takedown but Bighouse saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Morgan gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura but Bighouse is defending well.
Morgan winds up and cracks Bighouse with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bighouse is trying to stand.
Bighouse might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bighouse regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Morgan.
Morgan stands up over Bighouse, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morgan working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morgan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bighouse on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bighouse tries to get out of the position.
Morgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bighouse swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bighouse knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgan on the ground.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bighouse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morgan trying to control but Bighouse is working from the bottom.
Bighouse wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan postures up in Bighouse's guard and throws a big left but Bighouse blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bighouse.
Nice sprawl there from Bighouse as Morgan shoots in.
Andy Bighouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Morgan.
Bighouse scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bighouse tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan shoots in for a double leg but Bighouse sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Morgan looks gassed!
Morgan looks for a takedown but Bighouse sprawls well.

Bighouse gets a clinch.
Bighouse is trying to break the clinch but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Bighouse can't break the clinch.

Morgan has hold of one of Bighouse's legs. Bighouse is fighting the takedown attempt but Morgan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bighouse is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.
Bighouse keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bighouse is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan pushes down on Bighouse's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bighouse is staying active underneath Morgan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bighouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Bighouse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bighouse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Bighouse shows good takedown defense.
Morgan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bighouse but Bighouse pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bighouse misses with the combination.
Andy Bighouse is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bighouse circles away.
Morgan has a takedown stuffed.

Bighouse closes the distance and clinches.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan fails to land the takedown.
Bighouse lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morgan backs up against the cage.
Bighouse tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Morgan has a takedown stuffed.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thomas Morgan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morgan fails to land the takedown.
Andy Bighouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bighouse looks to land a combination. Morgan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Thomas Morgan has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bighouse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morgan, pushing him back against the cage.
Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bighouse avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bighouse fails to pull guard.
Bighouse wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Bighouse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan keeps control of Bighouse as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bighouse tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bighouse lands a two punch combo.
Morgan shoots in looking for a takedown. Bighouse tries to sprawl out of it but Morgan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bighouse manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Andy Bighouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Morgan.
Morgan fails with the takedown.
Morgan cracks Bighouse with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bighouse but Bighouse pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bighouse fails to land with a series of punches.
Bighouse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Morgan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bighouse pinned against the cage. Bighouse gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A big right from Bighouse misses.
Bighouse throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.

Morgan rushes Bighouse and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bighouse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bighouse avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morgan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bighouse gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bighouse fails to pull guard.
Morgan prevents Bighouse from breaking the clinch.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bighouse prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bighouse wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bighouse is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Bighouse breaks the clinch.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bighouse tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
No luck for Morgan with that takedown attempt.
No joy there for Bighouse, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morgan throws out a powerful jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Morgan has picked Bighouse up - he's going for a ride! Morgan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Morgan prevents Bighouse from standing back up.
Morgan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bighouse keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bighouse looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bighouse keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morgan working the head and body with strikes.
Morgan working over Bighouse with some ground and pound. Bighouse looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morgan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bighouse keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morgan stops Bighouse from getting back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morgan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Morgan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Morgan is working for a submission of some sort.
Bighouse looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Bighouse dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Morgan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morgan instigates a clinch.

Morgan has picked Bighouse up - he's going for a ride! Morgan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Morgan thows a huge punch but Bighouse dodges it nicely.
Morgan is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Morgan won't let Bighouse get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morgan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Thomas Morgan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee warns Bighouse that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morgan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bighouse hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bighouse hang on?
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morgan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Morgan controlling from mount.
Bighouse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the head.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bighouse?
Morgan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bighouse can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Morgan dominating with strikes here.
Morgan landing strikes from the mount and Bighouse is in trouble!
Bighouse really wants to buck Morgan off and get back to his feet.

Morgan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bighouse has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bighouse can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morgan cracks Bighouse with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morgan unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan landing punches.
The referee warns Bighouse that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Morgan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bighouse has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Morgan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morgan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morgan is landing with some decent strikes but Bighouse is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Morgan controlling from the full mount.
Morgan is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morgan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Morgan.
Morgan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bighouse's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan unloading with bombs!
Morgan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Morgan really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Morgan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bighouse swinging wilding here.
Bighouse throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bighouse takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Andy Bighouse is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bighouse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bighouse looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.
Morgan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bighouse tries to avoid it but Morgan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bighouse to the ground. Bighouse escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andy Bighouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Morgan.
Morgan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bighouse swinging wilding here.
Morgan cracks Bighouse with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bighouse misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bighouse misses with the combination.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches up with Bighouse, looking for a takedown. Morgan pushes Bighouse against the cage but Bighouse circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bighouse tries to avoid it but Morgan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bighouse to the ground. Bighouse escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bighouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bighouse stuffs the takedown.
Bighouse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Andy Bighouse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bighouse as he jumps to the side.
Bighouse walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morgan.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches up with Bighouse, looking for a takedown. Morgan pushes Bighouse against the cage but Bighouse circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bighouse looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.

Bighouse gets caught flat footed, as Morgan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morgan throwing strikes from guard but Bighouse blocks nicely.
Morgan is standing up over Bighouse. Bighouse looks to escape but Morgan dives into side control.

Morgan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bighouse is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Morgan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morgan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bighouse sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bighouse wants to get back to his feet but Morgan drags him back down.

Morgan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bighouse has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bighouse keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bighouse is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Morgan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Morgan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Bighouse!
Morgan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Morgan quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Morgan but it's paid off an Bighouse is forced to tap! Nice work by Morgan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thomas Morgan!
Thomas Morgan is the new super heavyweight champion!