PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yacob Nilsen (ranked 3024 p4p, 421 weight class) and Chase Morgan (ranked 5169 p4p, 645 weight class). Nilsen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lil Wayne - Right above it. Morgan has chosen Don't Waste My Time - Krept & Konan as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Nilsen
vs
Morgan

188 cm
24
207 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
214 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yacob Nilsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chase Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nilsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Nilsen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morgan to score with a decent uppercut.
Morgan throws a hook but Nilsen blocks it.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nilsen.
Decent striking displayed by Morgan there.
Nilsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nilsen tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nilsen throws a lazy uppercut
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Nilsen backing up. Nilsen nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
Nilsen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Nilsen misses its intended target.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Nilsen is out of range.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
letting Nilsen counter with a right hand.
Nilsen with a hook.
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.
Nilsen throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Nilsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Nilsen looks to land a left hand but Morgan moved out of range nicely.
Nilsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Nilsen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Nice uppercut there from Nilsen.
Nilsen lands with a right hand.
Nilsen looks to throw a body kick
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.

Nilsen forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
Nilsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nilsen prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nilsen avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Morgan misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Nilsen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Morgan on the inside.
Nilsen misses with a body punch.
Nilsen misses with a punch on the inside.
Nilsen tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Nilsen back against the cage.
Nilsen lands a shoulder strike.
Nilsen managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Nilsen misses with a body punch.
Morgan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nilsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nilsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nilsen.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nilsen.
Nilsen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nilsen.
Nilsen gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nilsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nilsen lands a body punch.
Morgan looks winded!
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nilsen is defending well for now.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nilsen scores with a shoulder strike.
Nilsen avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Nilsen avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Morgan takes a shot to the head.
Our sources have told us that Nilsen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Nilsen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nilsen tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Nilsen back against the cage.
Nilsen misses with the head strike.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Nilsen's ribcage.
Nilsen pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nilsen works on Morgan's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilsen is leaning against Morgan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nilsen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nilsen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nilsen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nilsen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Nilsen.
Nilsen lands a body shot.
Nilsen misses with a punch to the body.
Nilsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Nilsen.
Nilsen lands with a right to the head.
Nilsen prevents a body shot from Morgan.
A head punch on the inside from Nilsen fails to land.
Nilsen lands a right hand.
Nilsen lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nilsen lands with a short shot to the head.
Nilsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nilsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan wants to stall.
Morgan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nilsen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Morgan can turn it around.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Nilsen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yacob Nilsen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nilsen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morgan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nilsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Nilsen.
Nilsen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nilsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Nilsen lands a slapping body shot.
Nilsen is looking to clinch.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nilsen throws out the jab.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nilsen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morgan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nilsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Nilsen misses its intended target.
Nilsen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nilsen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nilsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan walks into a jab.
Yacob Nilsen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nilsen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheers as Nilsen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morgan doesn't seem phased though.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Nilsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Nilsen throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Nilsen moves out of range.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Nilsen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nilsen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nilsen loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
A jab from Nilsen misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsen throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Nilsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
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!
Morgan lands a jab to the nose.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Nilsen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Morgan.
Morgan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nilsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Nilsen scores with a nice strike.
Morgan defending well as Nilsen loads up on a big left hand.
A jab lands there for Nilsen.
Nice cross by Nilsen.
Nilsen throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Nilsen tests Morgan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nilsen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nilsen punishes Morgan's body with a nice straight punch.
Jab, jab by Nilsen - just one landing.
Nilsen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Nilsen.
Morgan with a jab.
Nilsen misses with a right hand
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
Morgan lands a really nice looking cross but Nilsen seems unphased.
Morgan walks into a stiff left hand from Nilsen.
Nilsen looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nilsen moves away.
Nilsen scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nilsen scores with a jab. Morgan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Morgan is rocked!
Nilsen tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Nilsen defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.

Nilsen moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
Nilsen takes an elbow to the temple.
Nilsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nilsen working aggressively here.
Morgan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nilsen up against the cage.
Nilsen tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Nilsen back against the cage.
Good body shot from Morgan.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morgan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yacob Nilsen dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Nilsen.
Nilsen misses the jab.
Nilsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nilsen darts in trying to clinch
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Nilsen saw that one coming.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan throws out a counter right but Nilsen avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot by Nilsen.
Morgan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Nilsen does it's job there.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Nilsen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morgan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nilsen is fending him off so far but Morgan persists. Nope, Nilsen circles away and we're back to standing.
Nilsen moves out of range as Morgan strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Nilsen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morgan in his tracks.
Nilsen tries to clinch but Morgan moves away
and Morgan counters with a two punch combo.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nilsen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nilsen.
Nilsen loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Morgan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nilsen scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan takes a jab right on the kisser.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgan misses the target.
Nilsen misses with a few strikes there.
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!
Nilsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan connects with a body shot.
Chase Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yacob Nilsen is winning the standup battle so far.
Nilsen misses with a straight left.
Morgan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nilsen.
Nilsen lands with a big left! Morgan is wobbled badly! Nilsen comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Morgan to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yacob Nilsen!
Yacob Nilsen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING for their support in the buildup to the fight.