PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fourie Du Preez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceasar Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Du Preez's entrance music is Niggas In Paris. A fine choice. Morgan has chosen Fat Lip as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Du Preez
vs
Morgan

165 cm
30
156 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

175 cm
36
145 lbs
20 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fourie Du Preez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ceasar Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgan gets a double leg takedown into Du Preez's guard.

Du Preez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morgan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Du Preez is trying to control the position but Morgan postures up.
Du Preez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Du Preez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Du Preez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Morgan wants to control but Du Preez is keeping busy.
Morgan wants to improve his position but Du Preez is controlling well.
Morgan trying to control but Du Preez postures up.

Du Preez wants to work for an arm triangle but Morgan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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.
Morgan trying to control from the bottom.
Du Preez throws a strike but Morgan avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Du Preez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Du Preez throws a big right hand that misses.
Du Preez cracks Morgan with a solid left hand.
Morgan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Du Preez wants to stand but Morgan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Du Preez chips away with some ground and pound.
Morgan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Du Preez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Du Preez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Morgan is looking to control Du Preez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morgan avoid being mounted?
Ground and pound from Du Preez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Du Preez.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morgan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Du Preez lands a couple of elbows.
Morgan is trying to control the position but Du Preez postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morgan is on top in guard.

Du Preez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Du Preez working a defensive guard here.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Du Preez is keeping the position for now.
Du Preez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Du Preez is really struggling to control Morgan but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Preez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Du Preez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morgan is aware though and is defending well.
Du Preez keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Morgan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Du Preez throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Morgan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morgan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Du Preez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morgan defends well.

Du Preez has his foot on Morgan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morgan works his way back into a safe position though.
Du Preez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Du Preez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Du Preez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morgan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Du Preez doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Du Preez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Du Preez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
We've been told by Du Preez's head coaches at He Man Women Haters Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Morgan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Du Preez's guard.
Morgan passes into half guard.
Morgan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fourie Du Preez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morgan shoots in and bounces Du Preez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Du Preez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morgan manages to get himself to full guard.

Morgan has Du Preez pulled in close to control his posture.
Morgan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Du Preez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Du Preez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Du Preez landing with the ground and pound.
Du Preez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Du Preez trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Du Preez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Du Preez trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Morgan manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Morgan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Du Preez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morgan has Du Preez in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Du Preez.
Du Preez postures up in Morgan's guard and throws a big left but Morgan blocks it.
Du Preez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Du Preez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Du Preez with a nice head shot there.
Morgan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Du Preez is trying to stand up here but Morgan is controlling him well.

Morgan is trying to work for a kimura but Du Preez is defending well.

Du Preez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Du Preez trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling the action here.

Du Preez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morgan pulls his head out easily.

Morgan is working for a submission of some sort.
Du Preez wants to improve his position but Morgan is controlling well.
Morgan is pressing down on Du Preez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Du Preez is holding on for now.
Morgan is looking to stall here but Du Preez recovers full guard.

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.

Du Preez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morgan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morgan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Du Preez keeps moving.
Morgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Du Preez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Du Preez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan is looking to work some ground and pound but Du Preez has wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Du Preez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fourie Du Preez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Du Preez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.

Du Preez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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 Fourie Du Preez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Morgan feints and as Du Preez raises his hands in defense, Morgan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morgan is fighting to break Du Preez's control of his arms but Du Preez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Du Preez keeps moving.

Du Preez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morgan stops Du Preez from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Du Preez keeps moving.
Morgan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morgan trying to control the position but Du Preez is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Du Preez, who protects the arm well.
Morgan trying to control the action but Du Preez is working from the bottom.
Du Preez is trying to get back to half guard.
Morgan trying to control the position but Du Preez is working away.
Du Preez regains half guard.
Du Preez trying to hold on to Morgan's head to control him but Morgan postures up.
Du Preez is refusing to be controlled, as Morgan sits in half guard.
Du Preez is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Du Preez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morgan slips nicely into half guard.
Du Preez is trying to maintain the position but Morgan is very close to passing his half guard.
Du Preez is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Du Preez is staying active underneath Morgan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morgan trying to pass the guard but Du Preez defending well.
Morgan is trying to control the action in half guard but Du Preez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Du Preez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control but Du Preez is keeping him busy.

Du Preez looking for submissions off his back.
Du Preez has his hands clasped together around Morgan's back. He's all about the action.
Morgan trying to control the action but Du Preez is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Du Preez tries to keep at a distance but Morgan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Du Preez turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Du Preez scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan is trying to control Du Preez's posture but Du Preez avoids it.

Du Preez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morgan has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morgan dodges the ground and pound from Du Preez.
Du Preez looks up at the clock and then as Morgan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Du Preez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ceasar Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan parries the strikes from Du Preez easily there. Du Preez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morgan to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morgan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan regains half guard.

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 Fourie Du Preez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Du Preez, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fourie Du Preez!
During a confident post fight interview, Fourie Du Preez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.