PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Vlay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Moralez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Vlay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vlay
vs
Moralez

189 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 Amsterdam, Marco Vlay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Juan Moralez!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vlay misses with a takedown attempt - Moralez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Vlay looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Moralez wants to get back to his feet.

Vlay looking for a submission but Moralez manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vlay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Moralez has his feet on Vlay's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vlay ducks right into an uppercut from Moralez.

Vlay scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Vlay is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moralez is trying to stand up here but Vlay is controlling him well.

Vlay stands up and beckons Moralez to join him on the feet.

Vlay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vlay tries for a takedown but Moralez manages to get underhooks.
Moralez gets underhooks to prevent Vlay's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Vlay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moralez can't break the clinch.
Vlay tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vlay drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moralez gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vlay tries to score a body lock takedown but Moralez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Vlay has hold of one of Moralez's legs. Moralez is fighting the takedown attempt but Vlay gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Moralez wants to stand but Vlay is controlling the position.
Vlay has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Moralez is proving hard to escape from.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vlay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Vlay thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Vlay is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vlay drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Moralez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Vlay has Moralez in his guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Moralez is looking to stand up but Vlay won't let him.
Moralez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Vlay is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Moralez stands up and waves to Vlay to follow him.
Moralez leaves Vlay with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moralez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vlay.
Moralez looks to clinch

and Vlay counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Vlay trying to control the action but Moralez is working from the bottom.
Vlay wants to get back to his feet.
Vlay missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

No luck with that takedown attempt from Vlay.
Moralez cracks Vlay with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vlay fails to land the takedown.
Vlay keeps the fight on the outside.
Vlay fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Vlay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vlay shoots in but no luck this time.

Vlay drives through and clinches with Moralez against the cage.

Vlay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moralez darts in trying to clinch

and Vlay counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vlay.

Vlay gets to his feet. Moralez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moralez wants to clinch

and Vlay counters by moving into the clinch.

Vlay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Moralez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Vlay throws and elbow that misses. Moralez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vlay's guard. Nice move by Moralez!
Moralez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vlay's guard.

Vlay had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Moralez defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Vlay is looking for a triangle here but Moralez uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Moralez stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moralez wants to clinch but Vlay slips to the side

and Vlay counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moralez won't be happy with that.
Moralez wants to get back to his feet but Vlay drags him back down.

Vlay decides to stand back up. Vlay steps back and let's Moralez get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vlay shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Moralez defends it nicely.
Vlay misses with a head kick.
Moralez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moralez with a nice cross.
Moralez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vlay.
Vlay tries to move into range but Moralez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Juan Moralez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moralez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vlay.
Moralez throws a series of punches but Vlay moves out of range.
Moralez darts in trying to clinch
and Vlay counters with an inside leg kick.
Moralez throws a sloppy head kick and Vlay moves out of range easily.
Moralez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moralez closes the distance but Vlay moves to the side

and Vlay decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Moralez's guard.
Vlay throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moralez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vlay passes Moralez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vlay is trying to control the action in half guard but Moralez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vlay is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vlay missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Moralez is trying to escape back to his feet but Vlay uses the scramble to pass into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Vlay looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Vlay dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Vlay will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vlay shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Moralez defends it nicely.
Marco Vlay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moralez cracks Vlay with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Moralez stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Vlay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moralez darts in trying to clinch

so Vlay counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Vlay postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Moralez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Vlay, into his guard.

Vlay looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moralez gets to his feet. Vlay looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Moralez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vlay, right into the meat.
Moralez darts in trying to clinch

and Vlay counters with a shoot takedown. Moralez fights it but they end up in guard.
Vlay wants to control from the top but Moralez keeps moving.

Vlay has gone for a leg lock! Moralez slips out almost immediately though and dives into Vlay's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moralez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Moralez stands and steps away. Vlay gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
No luck for Vlay with that takedown attempt.
Moralez tries to clinch but Vlay moves away
and Vlay counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good shot there by Moralez.
Moralez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moralez wants it to stay on the feet.
Moralez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vlay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moralez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No luck for Vlay with that takedown attempt.
Vlay misses with a takedown attempt - Moralez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vlay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moralez.

Vlay gets a clinch.

Vlay has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Moralez is trying to keep an underhook but Vlay manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Moralez wants to get back to his feet.

Vlay is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Moralez wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vlay is looking for a kimura here.
Vlay is trying to control. Moralez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vlay is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Moralez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Vlay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vlay, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Vlay!