Ultimate Fighter 18 alum Peggy Morgan will be looking to her first win in 2015 on Friday night in Rhode Island when she meets Jessy Miele on the main card of CES MMA 30 on AXS TV.
Morgan (3-3) has gone 1-2 since she exited the UFC following a lost to Jessamyn Duke at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale and is coming off a decision lost to Latoya Walker at Invicta FC 12 in April.
Her opponent on Friday is known for her ground game as two of her four victories are by submission. Morgan knows that this is what makes her opponent dangerous and believes this will be an interesting fight.
“She is very good on the ground,” Morgan told The MMA Report. I think she is a brown or a black belt. I am not sure which. I have seen her compete and her ground game is very legitimate. I think I am a lot better on the feet though. It should be an interesting matchup, but I feel it’s a good matchup for me. I am not a slouch on the ground at all. I am a purple belt and I am a good purple belt. I do not feel like I am going to be extremely out gunned on the ground. I just feel like it’s a more dangerous fight for me there than it’s on the feet.”
With the ground skills of Miele, is this a fight that Morgan plans to keep on the feet?
“I would like to make it a striking matchup but if it goes to the ground, I am ok with that too. Ideally, I would like it to be a striking matchup,” Morgan explained. “I imagine, she would like it to be on the ground.”
Clearly, the number one priority for Morgan on Friday is to get the victory. All of her professional victories have come by decision and this bothers her. She wants to show that she can win by stoppage in a pro fight and will be looking to defeat Miele by knockout.
“The first thing I need to do is win and then after that, I would like to dominate. Whether I am dominating on the feet or on the ground, I don’t really care. Obviously, a knockout is always exciting. Especially the crowd in Rhode Island, they love a good knockout. You can submit your opponent and they will just kind of sit there looking like what happen. It’s a very boxer friendly town. For crowd appeal and everything, I would like to end it with a knockout.”