PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krueger
vs
Moses

178 cm
25
199 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
22
197 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Freddy Krueger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Moses!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Krueger keeps the fight on the outside.
Moses is looking to clinch.

Moses moves into the clinch successfully.
Krueger goes for a takedown attempt but Moses pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moses wants to clinch up but Krueger keeps it at a distance.
Moses tries to clinch there but Krueger circles away.
Moses tries to clinch there but Krueger circles away.

Krueger shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Moses napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Moses tries to buck Krueger off but Krueger is having none of it.
Krueger working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Moses is trying to improve his position.

Krueger is trying to get an arm triangle but Moses is defending well.
Krueger content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Krueger presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Moses tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Moses wants to control but Krueger is having none of it.
Krueger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Krueger wants to control the pace but Moses is squirming around nicely.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Krueger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Moses is looking to improve his position but Krueger isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krueger has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Moses's face.
Moses regains half guard.
Moses works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krueger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Krueger preventing the sweep.
Krueger wants to control from the top but Moses keeps moving.
Moses looking for a sweep. Not yet Moses, not yet.
Moses controls Krueger momentarily but Krueger frees himself.
Krueger is looking to work some ground and pound but Moses has wrist control.
Krueger advances position into side control!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moses tries to bench press Krueger off him but Krueger keeps the position.
Krueger trying to control the position but Moses is working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Moses tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krueger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moses is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Moses. No joy for Krueger on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freddy Krueger. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses wants to clinch.
Moses tries to clinch but Krueger moves out of range.
Mark Moses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moses is looking to clinch but Krueger is avoiding it.
Krueger keeps the fight on the outside.
Moses fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moses stuffs the takedown.
Moses tries to clinch up.
Krueger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moses tries to clinch up but Krueger circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Moses as Krueger shoots in.
Mark Moses is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Krueger shoots in for a double leg but Moses sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Krueger changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Moses looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Moses is trying to control Krueger's posture but Krueger avoids it.
An elbow from Krueger crashes against the mat.
Krueger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moses keeps working.
Moses manages to work his way to half guard, despite Krueger's best efforts.
The fighters are battling for position here. Moses manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Moses is looking for a triangle but Krueger pushes his legs off easily.
Moses controls Krueger momentarily but Krueger frees himself.

Krueger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moses looks gassed!
Krueger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Krueger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Moses looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moses stuffs the takedown.
Moses fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moses looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good exchange - Krueger coming out on top.
Moses tries to clinch but Krueger moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Moses checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Krueger gets a clinch.
Moses doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moses doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moses misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moses tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Moses is fighting off a takedown attempt but Krueger is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Moses to the mat. Moses regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Moses thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is trying to control the position but Krueger postures up.
Moses seems keen to control Krueger's posture.
Krueger advances to half guard.
Krueger wants to pass to mount but Moses is defending the position.
Moses is looking to control Krueger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moses avoid being mounted?
Krueger looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Moses is looking for a sweep. Krueger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Krueger sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Moses defending well though.
Moses is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Krueger scores with a couple of nice shots.

Moses looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Moses has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Krueger is working away from the top position though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Krueger or perhaps it was just good defense by Moses which made him look bad.

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.
Moses looks to clinch

and Krueger counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Moses!
Moses tries to reverse the position but Krueger maintains control.
Moses is squirming around, avoiding Krueger's attempts to control the action.

Moses defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Krueger.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moses flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Moses wants to hold on but Krueger pushes him away.
Krueger scoring with strikes but Moses is staying in there.
Krueger landing punches.
Moses tries to reverse the position but Krueger maintains control.
Krueger lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger tries to control but Moses wriggling away.
Moses is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Krueger trying to control but Moses is having none of it.
Krueger avoids the attempt from Moses to control.
Moses in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Krueger lands a big elbow.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moses is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Krueger looking to finish Moses with some ground and pound. This is bad for Moses!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moses looks a forlorn figure.
Moses tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krueger lands a heavy elbow.
Moses tries to lock up and control but Krueger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Krueger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Moses can't escape the position.
Krueger working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Krueger avoids the attempt from Moses to control.
Krueger blocks Moses's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Moses is trying to escape the mount.

Krueger looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Krueger 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!

Krueger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Krueger wants to pass to mount but Moses is defending the position.
Moses wants to control but Krueger is keeping busy.
Moses striking from the bottom.
Krueger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Krueger performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Krueger slips a nice elbow through Moses's hands, connecting with Moses's forehead.
Moses is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moses wants to get back to full guard but Krueger has passed into side control.
Moses tries to lock up and control but Krueger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krueger has hold of Moses's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Moses manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Moses wants to control but Krueger is having none of it.
Moses is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Freddy Krueger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moses slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Krueger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Moses is looking to improve his position.
Krueger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two 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.
Krueger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Krueger is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Moses is just riding it out for now. Krueger eventually gives up the hold.
Moses is looking to control Krueger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moses avoid being mounted?

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Moses has Krueger up against the cage in a clinch.
Moses working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moses doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moses lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moses throws a head punch that misses.
Moses throws a head punch that misses.

Krueger breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger circles away from the clinch attempt

and Krueger counters with a single leg into guard. Moses didn't expect that.
Moses bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Krueger's guard.
Moses postures up.
Krueger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Moses throwing strikes but missing.
Moses scoring with punches to the head and body.

Krueger working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moses doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Moses manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Moses lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger keeping moving, preventing Moses from controlling successfully.
Moses sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Krueger's guard.
Moses sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Krueger defending well though.

Moses is working for a kimura but Krueger is defending it quite comfortably.

Moses is looking for a kimura here.
Mark Moses has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Moses is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Krueger to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Krueger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Krueger, 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Krueger!