PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flint Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dowiyogo comes to the ring accompanied by another life - kano. Morgan has chosen Captain Morgan's Revenge as his entrance music. Flint Morgan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dowiyogo
vs
Morgan

178 cm
31
212 lbs
23 - 11 - 1

196 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grover Dowiyogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flint Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan stuns Dowiyogo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morgan scores with a hook.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
Morgan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dowiyogo drops his hands momentarily and Morgan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
Dowiyogo lands with a nice body kick.
Morgan throws a head kick that Dowiyogo semi-blocks.
Morgan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dowiyogo moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morgan scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan throws a head kick but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Morgan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dowiyogo checks it well.
Dowiyogo moves out of range of the body kick from Morgan.
Dowiyogo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morgan.
Dowiyogo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morgan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dowiyogo takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dowiyogo. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dowiyogo ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Dowiyogo throws a quick counter head kick but Morgan was just out of range.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Dowiyogo saw that one coming.
Dowiyogo lands with a nice body kick.
Dowiyogo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that Morgan semi-blocks.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Dowiyogo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Morgan counters with a low kick, right behind Dowiyogo 's knee.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up.

Dowiyogo closes the distance and clinches.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Morgan won't want to take too many of those.
Morgan is trying to maintain a safe position but Dowiyogo gets an underhook and turns Morgan into the ropes.
Morgan trying to control the position but instead, Dowiyogo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morgan into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dowiyogo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Dowiyogo tries to work over Morgan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Dowiyogo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A short right from Morgan on the inside.
Dowiyogo blocks the elbow strike.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Flint Morgan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morgan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dowiyogo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo lands a high kick!

Dowiyogo rushes Morgan and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Dowiyogo back against the ropes.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morgan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dowiyogo blocks it with crossed arms.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dowiyogo blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morgan or not.
Morgan lands an elbow that stopped Dowiyogo in his tracks for a moment.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan swings wildly with an uppercut but Dowiyogo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morgan is defending well for now.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dowiyogo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dowiyogo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morgan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morgan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo working Morgan over with knees to the body.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morgan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Morgan tries to land a leg kick but Dowiyogo saw it coming and moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dowiyogo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morgan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morgan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grover Dowiyogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan punishes Dowiyogo's body with a nice straight punch.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dowiyogo checks a leg kick.
Dowiyogo moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Dowiyogo lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dowiyogo throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Dowiyogo moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grover Dowiyogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Morgan.
Dowiyogo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dowiyogo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo lands with a nice body kick.
Morgan connects with a body shot that sends Dowiyogo's belly button to the back.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dowiyogo.
Morgan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A leg kick checked by Dowiyogo.
Flint Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dowiyogo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morgan is able to avoid easily.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Morgan avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Morgan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dowiyogo doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Dowiyogo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morgan misses the jab.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDowiyogo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Morgan tenderised Dowiyogo's leg. Dowiyogo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Dowiyogo's shoulder, as Dowiyogo tries to avoid the shot.
Dowiyogo misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Morgan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dowiyogo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morgan lands a high kick!
Dowiyogo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morgan scores with a jab. Dowiyogo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan moves out of range as Dowiyogo throws a body kick.
Dowiyogo avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.

Dowiyogo darts in and clinches Morgan up against the ropes.
Morgan blocks an elbow strike from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Morgan really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Dowiyogo. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Dowiyogo's shoulder, as Dowiyogo tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Dowiyogo checks a leg kick nicely.
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dowiyogo misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Morgan connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dowiyogo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dowiyogo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morgan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Morgan throws a jab when Dowiyogo was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick. Morgan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo tries to move into range but Morgan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Dowiyogo takes the fight into the clinch.
Morgan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dowiyogo's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Morgan lands an elbow inside.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Dowiyogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morgan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Morgan.
Dowiyogo throws a head punch that misses.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dowiyogo tries a body shot but Morgan blocks it.
Dowiyogo working Morgan over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Morgan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dowiyogo looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Morgan throws an elbow but misses.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Morgan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo had his way with Flint Morgan in that round.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Dowiyogo lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.
Dowiyogo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan throws a body punch but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Morgan scores with a jab. Dowiyogo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dowiyogo tries to land a front kick but Morgan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dowiyogo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Morgan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Dowiyogo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dowiyogo scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Morgan throws a looping overhand right but Dowiyogo ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dowiyogo is out of range.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Dowiyogo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dowiyogo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Dowiyogo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morgan tried to score with a low kick but Dowiyogo checks it.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Dowiyogo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dowiyogo. Morgan shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Morgan throws out a leg kick but Dowiyogo moves out of range and Morgan only half commits.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morgan! But no joy.
Morgan throws a leg kick that misses.
Dowiyogo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morgan's head backwards.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Morgan lands with an uppercut that bounces Dowiyogo off the ropes and back into range.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo is looking to wear down Morgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morgan scores with a nice head shot.
Some wild striking there from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Flint Morgan.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 47:48
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 47:48
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Flint Morgan!
A very excited looking Flint Morgan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.