PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Aslamanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Hollywood Undead - Undead. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morgan
vs
Aslamanov

196 cm
25
182 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dominic Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Ruslan Aslamanov!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgan gets tackled into the cage by Aslamanov. Aslamanov maintains the clinch.
Morgan looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Morgan jumps into guard, dragging Aslamanov to the mat.
Aslamanov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morgan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morgan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morgan tries to get out of the position.
Aslamanov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aslamanov works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Aslamanov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aslamanov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aslamanov is working Morgan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Aslamanov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aslamanov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aslamanov with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Morgan has his foot on Aslamanov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aslamanov works his way back into a safe position though.
Aslamanov is working Morgan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Aslamanov landing with the ground and pound.
Aslamanov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morgan's head.
Aslamanov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aslamanov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aslamanov is in close to Morgan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aslamanov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan is looking for a triangle but Aslamanov pushes his legs off easily.
Aslamanov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aslamanov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Aslamanov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Aslamanov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aslamanov postures up and lands a big shot to Morgan's brow.
Aslamanov connects with a couple of short punches.
Aslamanov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Morgan is rocked!
Aslamanov works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Morgan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aslamanov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Morgan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aslamanov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aslamanov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Aslamanov with a nice head shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aslamanov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Aslamanov postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Morgan covers up, he's hurt! Aslamanov keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Aslamanov and the ref steps in to end the fight! Aslamanov can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Aslamanov!
A very excited looking Ruslan Aslamanov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.