PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maricus Moore (ranked 4314 p4p, 5384 weight class) and Jack Jefords (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Moore
vs
Jefords

180 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
212
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maricus Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Jefords!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore scores with a decent looking hook.
Jefords throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jefords throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Jefords.
Moore scores with a jab to the body.
Moore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jefords looks winded!
Moore digs a good body shot into Jefords's ribs.
Jefords on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Moore lands with a nice body punch.
Moore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jefords at a distance.
Jefords takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore lands with a good body shot.
Moore with a jab.
Moore changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Moore.

It looks like Jack Jefords has been cut.
Moore lands a nice hook to Jefords's body. Jefords takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moore keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Moore connects with a body shot.
Jefords takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moore lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moore scores with a jab to the jaw.

Moore darts in and clinches Jefords up against the cage.
Moore lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moore.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moore lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jefords blocks a body shot from Moore.
Moore throws a head punch that misses.
Moore lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Moore lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a body punch in the clinch.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Jefords uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jefords's elbow.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jefords backwards.
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
Moore scores with a shot to the side of Jefords's head.
Moore struggles to land a body shot inside as Jefords controls his hands.
A short right from Moore on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Moore.
Moore working aggressively here.
Jefords's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Moore on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a right hand.
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
Moore could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Moore lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moore lands with a left to the head.
Moore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moore.
Moore digs a right hand into Jefords's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jefords's gas tank.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moore lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moore lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moore tries a body shot but Jefords blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Moore scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jefords looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Moore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A shot in the inside from Moore.
Moore lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Moore pushes Jefords back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jefords wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Moore - that landed with a thud.
Moore tries to work over Jefords's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jefords takes a shot to the head.
Moore lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Jefords is rocked!
Moore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jefords or not.
Jefords is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Moore scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore tries to work over Jefords's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moore lands a body punch.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Jefords uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore has a couple of punches blocked by Jefords.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maricus Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Jefords's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Moore walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Jefords drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Moore swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Jefords's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maricus Moore!