PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaz Moore (ranked 23638 p4p, 5730 weight class) and Joey Bob Potatohauler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaz Moore looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Moore
vs
Potatohauler

190 cm
22
190
7 - 28 - 0

178 cm
39
197
17 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
Conquer

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 7 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaz Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Bob Potatohauler!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Potatohauler clinches with his opponent.
Moore tries to pull guard but Potatohauler won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moore.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Potatohauler drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Moore can't keep his opponent in guard - Potatohauler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Potatohauler frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Moore is breathing heavily.
Moore is trying desperately to improve position.
Potatohauler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Potatohauler has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Potatohauler might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Moore has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Potatohauler is continuing to stall.
Moore is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is working hard here to advance position.
Potatohauler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moore wants to control but Potatohauler is having none of it.
Potatohauler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Moore is looking to get to half guard.
Potatohauler controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potatohauler's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bob Potatohauler dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Potatohauler closes the distance and clinches.

Potatohauler jumps guard and drags Moore to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Potatohauler manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Joey Bob Potatohauler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Potatohauler pushes Moore up against the cage in a clinch.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch.

Potatohauler rushes Moore and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch.

Potatohauler clinches up against the cage.

Potatohauler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potatohauler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Potatohauler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Potatohauler clinches up with Moore and pushes him back against the cage.

Potatohauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Potatohauler shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Moore is trying to defend but Potatohauler finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Moore tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Potatohauler manages to move to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatohauler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Potatohauler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Potatohauler controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries to hold on but Potatohauler pushes him away.
Potatohauler looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Moore is trying to escape the mount.
Potatohauler looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bob Potatohauler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Potatohauler takes the fight into the clinch.

Potatohauler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick from Potatohauler lands but Moore takes it in his stride.
Potatohauler slaps away a takedown attempt from Moore, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Moore takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Potatohauler clinches up against the cage.

Potatohauler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Potatohauler shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Moore is trying to defend but Potatohauler finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatohauler slows the pace down in half guard.
More stalling from Potatohauler.

Potatohauler decides to stand and escape the position.

Potatohauler clinches up against the cage.
Potatohauler content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Potatohauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Potatohauler lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Potatohauler gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch.
Potatohauler throws a nice head kick!

Potatohauler closes the distance and clinches.

Potatohauler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Potatohauler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Potatohauler jumps guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Potatohauler manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jaz Moore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Potatohauler closes the distance and clinches.

Potatohauler has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Moore uses from the top position.

Potatohauler has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Moore has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Potatohauler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Potatohauler moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Potatohauler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joey Bob Potatohauler seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Potatohauler moves into range and clinches up with Moore.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Potatohauler instigates a clinch.

Potatohauler jumps guard.
Potatohauler has control of Moore's left arm, preventing Moore from doing any damage.

Potatohauler kicks Moore off and gets to his feet.

Potatohauler drives through and clinches with Moore against the cage.

Potatohauler manages to break the clinch.

Potatohauler closes the distance and clinches.

Potatohauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Potatohauler has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Potatohauler manages to break the clinch.

Potatohauler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Potatohauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Potatohauler instigates a clinch.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moore takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jaz Moore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Potatohauler with a hook.
Potatohauler thuds a left hand into Moore's body.
Potatohauler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moore eats them both and turns towards Potatohauler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Moore takes one on the button.
Potatohauler with a jab.
Joey Bob Potatohauler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danga de danga de dang - Potatohauler scores with a four punch combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Bob Potatohauler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Potatohauler has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 24:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 25:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Bob Potatohauler!
A very excited looking Joey Bob Potatohauler 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.