PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trey Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anastasio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tweezer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anastasio
vs
Morgan

173 cm
31
203 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

182 cm
25
197 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anastasio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Anastasio in particular looking to stall.
Morgan is trying to control but can't.
Morgan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Anastasio is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anastasio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morgan is trying to get back to full guard.
Anastasio trying to control from half guard but Morgan is working away.

Trey Anastasio has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Anastasio with a poor takedown

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anastasio avoids it.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan tightens his grip and picks Anastasio up, before dumping him to the ground. Anastasio manages to land in guard.
Anastasio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anastasio looking for a sweep. Not yet Anastasio, not yet.

Anastasio looking for a guillotine here but Morgan defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Anastasio keeping full guard, as Morgan tries to pass.
Anastasio keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.

Anastasio 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.

Anastasio had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morgan defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anastasio keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anastasio keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anastasio is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Anastasio 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.

Morgan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Anastasio has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morgan has managed to get both his arms back between Anastasio's legs - danger averted.
Anastasio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Anastasio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Anastasio is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morgan scoring with punches from side control.
Morgan cracks Anastasio with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Anastasio taking punishment in the form of punches.
You can see the frustration on Anastasio's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morgan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anastasio keeps working.
Morgan cracks Anastasio with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Anastasio's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morgan scoring with punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasio is trying to control Morgan's posture but Morgan avoids it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scoring with punches from side control.
Anastasio is looking for a sweep.
Anastasio is working hard here to advance position.
Morgan moves into full mount!
Anastasio bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Anastasio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morgan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anastasio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morgan is keeping the position for now.
Morgan is trying to control the position but Anastasio postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eric Morgan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Anastasio shoots and misses

and Morgan counters with a takedown into side control.
Anastasio is trying to improve his position.
Morgan lands some shots froms side control.
Anastasio regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morgan's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Anastasio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morgan lands a nice short elbow.
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!

Anastasio looking for submissions off his back.

Morgan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio trying to hold on to Morgan's head to control him but Morgan postures up.

Anastasio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morgan slips a nice elbow through Anastasio's hands, connecting with Anastasio's forehead.

Morgan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Anastasio wants to improve his position but Morgan is controlling well.
Morgan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio is looking to improve his position.
Anastasio trying to control here.
Morgan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morgan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anastasio wants to get back to full guard.
Morgan wants to control but Anastasio is keeping him busy.
Anastasio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Anastasio.
Morgan is looking to work some ground and pound but Anastasio has wrist control.
Anastasio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anastasio is keeping the position for now.
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!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws an elbow that misses. Anastasio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morgan's guard. Nice move by Anastasio!
Anastasio is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Anastasio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morgan's guard.
Anastasio is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.

Anastasio is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morgan is looking to control Anastasio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morgan avoid being mounted?
Morgan is looking for a sweep. Anastasio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anastasio not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.

Anastasio is trying for a kimura here. Morgan looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Anastasio wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Trey Anastasio!
A victorious Trey Anastasio thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.