PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duke Oreily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oreily
vs
Morgan

174 cm
22
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Duke Oreily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Van Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oreily looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Oreily in particular looking to stall.
Oreily wants to free his trapped foot but Morgan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Oreily controlling the pace.
Oreily is tying to control. Morgan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Oreily is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morgan sees it coming and defends easily.
Oreily tries to pass to full mount but Morgan defends it.
Oreily is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Oreily shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oreily throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oreily trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing Oreily from standing up.

Morgan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oreily can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morgan looks gassed!
Oreily not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreily is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oreily missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oreily postures up.
Oreily trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oreily trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oreily lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Oreily wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.

Oreily gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oreily lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oreily.
Oreily prevents a takedown attempt there.

Oreily breaks from the clinch.

Oreily looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Oreily wants to take a breather but Morgan is having none of it.
Oreily seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morgan is not content to let Oreily control the position.
Oreily is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Oreily is nestled in close to Morgan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Oreily is trying to control the action in half guard but Morgan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Oreily throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Oreily misses with a body kick.

Oreily scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Oreily trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan is trying to control Oreily's posture but Oreily avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Oreily dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Morgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Oreily counters with a three punch combo that has Morgan backing up. Morgan nods at Oreily to acknowledge the strikes.

Oreily looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Oreily is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Morgan!
Oreily is landing with some decent strikes but Morgan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oreily knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgan on the ground.
Oreily content just to control the position here.

Oreily is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Morgan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Oreily scoring with strikes but Morgan is staying in there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oreily controlling his opponent.
Morgan wants to control but Oreily is having none of it.
Oreily trying to control but Morgan is having none of it.

Oreily jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morgan manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Oreily decides to stand up, so the ref orders Morgan to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Morgan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Morgan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Oreily tries to reverse the position but Morgan maintains control.
Morgan with the ground and pound from mount.
Oreily tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oreily is working hard here to advance position.
Morgan pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oreily working to try and regain half guard.
Oreily wants to hold on but Morgan pushes him away.
Oreily squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Morgan is working for a guillotine from mount but Oreily frees his head quite easily.
Oreily working to try and regain half guard.
Oreily is trying to reverse the position but instead Morgan has taken his back - oops!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Oreily trying to get back to his feet but Morgan is in full control for now.
Morgan has Oreily flattened out and is raining down punches.
Well, with Morgan on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Oreily is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
I really don't envy Oreily right now.

Oreily manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Morgan has his takedown stuffed

and Oreily counters with a single leg into guard. Morgan didn't expect that.

Oreily drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morgan manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Oreily has Morgan in his guard.
Morgan trying to control but Oreily is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Oreily dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oreily gets the takedown into side control.
Morgan tries to buck Oreily off but Oreily is having none of it.
Morgan is not content to let Oreily control the position.
Morgan prevents Oreily from moving into mount.
Morgan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Oreily slows the pace down.
Oreily wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morgan keeps working.
Morgan is looking to regain half guard here but Oreily keeps moving and retains side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily scoring with punches and elbows.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oreily feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Morgan is working an open guard so Oreily takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Oreily has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan can't get the takedown.

Oreily breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oreily.
Oreily throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oreily shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morgan can't keep his opponent in guard - Oreily advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morgan trying to hold on to Oreily's head to control him but Oreily postures up.

Morgan is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Oreily pulls his head out easily.
Morgan gets full guard.

Morgan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oreily gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oreily missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morgan looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Oreily is defending well. Morgan quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Oreily has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Morgan celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Van Morgan!