PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Gelardie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gelardie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to domination by pantera. Morgan has chosen OneRepublic - Counting Stars as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gelardie
vs
Morgan

175 cm
23
166 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
165 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Gelardie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Morgan cracks Gelardie with a right hand to the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Morgan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Morgan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gelardie slips a straight right by Morgan.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan misses with a lunging right hand

and Gelardie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gelardie.
Gelardie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gelardie postures up in Morgan's guard and throws a big left but Morgan blocks it.
Gelardie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gelardie stopping the sweep attempt from Morgan.
Gelardie scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gelardie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gelardie is in close to Morgan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morgan wants to stand but Gelardie is controlling the position.
Gelardie throwing strikes from guard but Morgan blocks nicely.
Morgan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gelardie wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Gelardie is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gelardie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gelardie chips away with some ground and pound.
Morgan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gelardie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gelardie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gelardie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gelardie with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gelardie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gelardie throwing strikes but missing.
Gelardie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Gelardie is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gelardie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gelardie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gelardie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morgan is keeping the position for now.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gelardie postures up and lands a big shot to Morgan's brow.
Gelardie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gelardie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morgan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gelardie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gelardie stops Morgan from standing up.
Gelardie landing with the ground and pound.
Gelardie prevents Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Gelardie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morgan's head.
Gelardie with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gelardie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morgan has momentary wrist control but Gelardie slips an elbow through the middle.
Gelardie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gelardie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gelardie works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gelardie working over Morgan with some ground and pound. Morgan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gelardie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gelardie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Gelardie.
Gelardie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Morgan looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gelardie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gelardie connects with a nice short shot to Morgan's temple.
Gelardie seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morgan is looking for a sweep. Gelardie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gelardie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morgan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gelardie scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gelardie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gelardie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gelardie raining down shots from the mount!
Morgan is bucking up trying to escape but Gelardie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Morgan is rocked!
Gelardie landing punches.
Morgan is still in real trouble! Can Gelardie finish him?
Gelardie unloading with bombs!
A big strike lands for Gelardie! That's really hurt Morgan and he's turned his back - Gelardie keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Gelardie jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Gelardie!
Ryan Gelardie is the new lightweight champion!
Ryan Gelardie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.