PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Contreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Contreras has chosen Gidafilia Kaliente as his entrance music. Andrew Morgan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morgan
vs
Contreras

195 cm
31
165 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

172 cm
31
166 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
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Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alejandro Contreras!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws an off balance right hand
and Contreras counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Contreras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Good exchange - Contreras coming out on top.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Contreras counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Contreras misses with a looping right.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Despite the aggression on Contreras's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Contreras misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Contreras's head but Contreras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Contreras moved away.
A little jabbing left from Contreras on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Contreras moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Contreras looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morgan lands with a right hand.
Contreras misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Contreras.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Contreras lands a lovely overhand right.
Contreras throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
A big left from Contreras misses.
Morgan throws out a powerful jab.
Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan slips a straight right by Contreras.
A punch lands to the side of Morgan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Contreras has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Contreras misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Contreras.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Contreras has time to react.
Morgan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Contreras.
Morgan slips a straight right by Contreras.
Morgan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morgan misses with a lunging right hand
and Contreras counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan throws a hook but Contreras avoids it easily.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Contreras's head but Contreras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgan defending well as Contreras loads up on a big left hand.
Morgan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Contreras swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Contreras gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Contreras scores with a nice short uppercut.

Contreras breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Contreras uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a jab when Contreras was well out of range.
Contreras misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Contreras backing up. Contreras nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
Morgan cracks Contreras with an open hand slap.
Contreras throws a lazy right hand but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Contreras 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morgan scores with a jab. Contreras acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Contreras circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Contreras throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Contreras is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Contreras keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Contreras throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morgan is looking for a counter combo.
Andrew Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreras tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Contreras throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
Contreras throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Contreras misses.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Contreras takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Contreras on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Contreras.
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Contreras misses with a straight right.
Contreras tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Contreras misses.
Morgan slips a jab from Contreras.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Andrew Morgan will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Morgan scores with a sloppy right hand. Contreras should have avoided that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morgan checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Contreras slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contreras tries to counter by closing the distance.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Contreras.
Contreras thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice combination there by Morgan.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Contreras is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Contreras throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contreras misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Contreras was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Morgan with a jab.
Andrew Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Morgan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Contreras doesn't seem phased though.
Morgan throws a body kick that misses.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Contreras wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side
and Contreras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Contreras.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Contreras! But no joy.
Contreras gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Contreras cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Contreras counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Contreras lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contreras avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Contreras feints a counter leg kick.
Contreras throws a leg kick but Morgan checks it.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Contreras.
Morgan throws a big counter combination but Contreras scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Contreras looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan misses with a left hand
and Contreras cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Contreras moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Contreras takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morgan slips under a jab from Contreras.
Contreras scores with the left hand. Morgan knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
As Morgan backs off Contreras throws a huge counter combo but Morgan manages to avoid it all.
Contreras throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Contreras displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Contreras bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morgan's head.
Contreras throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.
Morgan throws a hook but Contreras blocks it.

Contreras rushes Morgan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan tries for a takedown but Contreras manages to get underhooks.

Contreras breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Contreras.
Contreras misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Contreras moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan defending well as Contreras loads up on a big left hand.
Contreras avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Contreras.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Contreras circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Contreras connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Contreras.
Contreras misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch lands to the side of Morgan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Contreras was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Contreras steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Morgan.
Contreras misses with a body shot.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Contreras manages to avoid it.
Contreras lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Contreras takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
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 Andrew Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morgan lands with a shot to the body.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Contreras misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Contreras.
Morgan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Contreras finds it's way round the side to connect with Morgan's head.
Contreras misses with a looping right.
Contreras throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.

Contreras fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morgan, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Contreras lands a nice shot to the body.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Contreras.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreras tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Contreras.
Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Contreras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Contreras down.
Contreras keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Contreras swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Contreras lands with a cross.
Contreras throws a lazy uppercut
and Morgan counters with a two punch combo.
Contreras throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Contreras cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan misses with a jab to the body
and Contreras counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab from Contreras.
Contreras scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Contreras moves out of range of the body kick.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Contreras.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Contreras counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Contreras misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Contreras lands a jab to the nose.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Contreras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Contreras blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras misses with a straight right.
Contreras misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Contreras throws a hook but Morgan avoids it easily.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
Contreras with a hook.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
enabling Contreras to counter with a crisp jab.
Contreras takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Contreras wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Contreras misses with a left hand
and Morgan counters with a stiff right hand.
Contreras throws a hook to the side of Morgan's head but Morgan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreras thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Contreras misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Morgan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good shot there by Contreras.
Contreras looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morgan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Contreras counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan swings for the body but Contreras moves out of range.
Contreras has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgan moves out of range as Contreras strikes.
It looked like Morgan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Contreras checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Contreras moves out of range.
Morgan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Contreras.
Alejandro Contreras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andrew Morgan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morgan's corner calls for a 1-2. Morgan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andrew Morgan.
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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

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