PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drunken Hare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Psychosocial by Slipknot. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morgan
vs
Hare

187 cm
21
225 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

182 cm
20
265 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Boondock Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Riley Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Drunken Hare!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Hare has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hare looking for a takedown.
Hare tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.

Hare gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hare performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Hare is looking for a kimura here.
Hare looks gassed!
Morgan is trying to stand.
Hare seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hare sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morgan defending well though.
Morgan is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hare stands up and beckons Morgan to join him on the feet.
Hare doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Hare takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morgan scores with a one two! Hare had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Drunken Hare has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morgan cracks Hare with an uppercut from hell and Hare crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Morgan's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

That has opened up Drunken Hare's cut even more.
Morgan throwing strikes from guard but Hare blocks nicely.
Morgan tries to stand but Hare is controlling from the bottom.
Hare keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to stand but Hare is controlling his posture from full guard.
Morgan trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hare trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Morgan wants to control from the top but Hare keeps moving.

Morgan stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hare on the side of the head.
Hare stuffs the takedown attempt from Morgan. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.
Morgan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

The cut above Drunken Hare's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan tries to bum rush Hare with a series of wild strikes but Hare uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morgan jabs at Hare's body.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Hare bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morgan.

Drunken Hare's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hare changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Hare manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Riley Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drunken Hare.
Morgan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Hare avoids nicely.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hare swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hare shoots for a takedown but Morgan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hare avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hare looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Hare persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hare.

Morgan gets caught flat footed, as Hare shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hare trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hare lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hare trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Hare stands up and waves to Morgan to follow him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd cheers as Morgan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hare doesn't seem phased though.
Hare will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riley Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drunken Hare'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.

Hare dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hare circles away.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Hare takes one to the chin there.

Hare rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Hare drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hare wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
Hare tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morgan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hare won't allow it.
Morgan wants to break free but Hare has control.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Hare has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Hare has him pressed against the cage.
Hare creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hare fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Riley Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drunken Hare.
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morgan wants to break free but Hare has control.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Hare is controlling the position.
Hare keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Hare has him pressed against the cage.
Hare keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hare wants a takedown.

Hare drags the fight down to the ground.
Hare working a defensive guard here.
Morgan wanted to stand there but Hare had control of the position.

Hare is looking for a triangle but Morgan pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Hare working for submissions but it's allowed Morgan to get to half guard.
Hare is trying to maintain the position but Morgan is very close to passing his half guard.
Hare is trying to stand up here but Morgan is controlling him well.

Hare looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morgan prevents Hare from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Morgan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morgan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hare counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hare's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hare's back!
Hare tries to break free.
Morgan lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Morgan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan is not going to allow Hare to sit and survive in this position.
Hare rolls, trying to escape but Morgan keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hare trying to control the action but Morgan just sinks the hooks in.
Hare can't escape the position.
Morgan punishes Hare with strikes from the back mount.
Morgan loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Hare hold on?
Morgan loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Hare hold on?
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 Riley Morgan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Drunken Hare's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hare as he jumps to the side.
A shot to de liver by Morgan. Beautiful body shot.
No luck for Morgan with that takedown attempt.
Hare fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Hare throws and low kick but Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hare tries to avoid it but Morgan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hare to the ground. Hare escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Riley Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hare will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Hare pushes him off.
Morgan throws a one two combo.
Riley Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hare shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hare showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hare is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hare prevents Morgan from standing back up.

Hare is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Morgan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hare.

Hare is looking for a kimura but Morgan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hare to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morgan won't allow Hare to pass to mount.
Morgan is refusing to be controlled, as Hare sits in half guard.
Hare prevents Morgan from improving his position.
Hare trying to mount his opponent but Morgan defends it.
Hare is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morgan lands a jab-cross combination.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hare closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Hare working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morgan dodges the ground and pound from Hare.
Drunken Hare has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hare is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morgan has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ground and pound from Hare seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ground and pound from Hare seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morgan is looking to reverse the position.
Hare throws a strike aimed at the side of Morgan's head but Morgan avoids it well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riley Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morgan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riley Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgan, 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riley Morgan!