PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Moran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke The General (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying The General's choice of entrance music: Good Ole Boys. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Moran
vs
The General

185 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Moran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke The General!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The General lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Moran throws a sloppy head kick and The General moves out of range easily.

The General drops Moran with a beautiful combination! Moran stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - The General is looking for the KO!

Moran is rocked!

It looks like Alex Moran has been cut.
The General tries to bum rush Moran with a series of wild strikes but Moran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh Moran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moran is looking to clinch.
Moran seems to have got his legs back now.
The General throws a right hand that Moran ducks under and follows up with a left that Moran also avoids with ease.
The General looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The General throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The General avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The General circles away from the clinch attempt.
The General swinging wildly here.

The General drops Moran with a beautiful combination! Moran stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - The General is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The General throws a right and a left that Moran avoids nicely.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch but The General swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moran is looking to clinch but The General is avoiding it.

The General lands a left and a right that send Moran crashing to the mat, dazed. The General thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch but The General swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moran moves in looking to clinch but The General pushes him off.
The General misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from The General.
The General lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moran circles away quickly and effectively.
Moran lands a head kick. The General smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Moran smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Moran doesn't manage to clinch there - The General circles away.
A left lands for Moran.
Moran avoids a punch combination nicely.
The General fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The General throws a right hand that Moran ducks under and follows up with a left that Moran also avoids with ease.
The General misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moran tries to clinch up but The General circles away and keeps his distance.

The General tries to keep at a distance but Moran has taken the fight into the clinch.
The General can't break the clinch.
Moran connects with a nasty looking knee right to The General's face.
The General tries to break the clinch but Moran is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Moran.
Moran effectively controlling the action here.
The General takes an elbow to the forehead.
The General takes an elbow to the forehead.
The General takes an elbow to the forehead.

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

Moran rushes The General and presses him up against the cage.

Moran breaks from the clinch.
The General misses with a few strikes there.
Moran lands with a kick to the temple. The General shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from The General does no damage.
Moran thuds his shin into the meat of The General's side.
The General looks gassed!
Moran is looking to clinch but The General is avoiding it.
The General throws a series of punches but Moran avoids them all with ease.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The General circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moran wants to clinch.
The General tries to bum rush Moran with a series of wild strikes but Moran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The General throws a right and a left that Moran avoids nicely.
Moran scores with a jab to the body.
Moran throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moran moves in looking to clinch but The General pushes him off.
The General avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The General swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Moran counters with a good low kick that The General was not able to check.
The General circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Moran fails in his attempt to clinch.
The General rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moran fails in his attempt to clinch.
The General tries to bum rush Moran with a series of wild strikes but Moran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The General avoids the head kick by Moran.
The General misses with a double jab
and Moran counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alex Moran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex Moran's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The General throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moran counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Moran is looking to clinch but The General is avoiding it.
The General throws a combination that misses
and Moran counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The General misses with a combination
and Moran counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The General misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The General looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The General chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moran can pounce on him.
The General looks to land a combination but Moran avoids it well.
The General throws a combination that misses
and Moran counters with a head kick.
The General is breathing heavily.
The General throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch up but The General swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch but The General swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The General looks to land a combination but Moran avoids it well.
The General misses with a double jab
and Moran counters with a right hand to the body.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch but The General swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The General swats away the attempt to clinch by Moran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Moran has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The General throws a combination that misses

and Moran holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The General is looking to break free of the clinch but Moran has double underhooks.
Moran lands a damaging elbow.
The General wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Moran - that landed with a thud.
The General takes an elbow to the temple.

Moran breaks from the clinch.
The General falls off balance throwing a combination
and Moran counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Moran is looking to clinch but The General is avoiding it.
The General swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Moran counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on The General's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Moran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The General avoids the head kick by Moran.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
The General throws a series of punches but Moran moves out of range.
The General falls off balance throwing a combination
and Moran counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Moran scoring well with a low kick there.
Alex Moran is winning the standup battle so far.
Moran scores with a nice body kick.
The General swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Moran counters with a nice body kick.

The General tries to keep at a distance but Moran has taken the fight into the clinch.

Moran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moran fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moran doesn't manage to clinch there - The General circles away.
The General throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moran counters with a nice leg kick.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch up but The General swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moran tries to clinch there but The General circles away.
A head kick from Moran lands but The General takes it in his stride.
Alex Moran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The General scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The General throws a series of punches but Moran moves out of range.
The General misses with a few strikes there.
Moran fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The General falls off balance throwing a combination

and Moran counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Moran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Moran's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

The General throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The General swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Moran counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The General is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Danga de danga de dang - The General scores with a four punch combination!
The General falls off balance throwing a combination
and Moran finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The General avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moran wants to clinch up but The General keeps it at a distance.
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The General paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Moran forces The General back against the cage and clinches.
Moran content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Moran is working The General over against the cage.

Moran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moran throws a sloppy head kick and The General moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The General misses with a two punch combination.
Moran throws a head kick but The General moves out of range.
Moran moves in looking to clinch but The General pushes him off.
The General throws a left and a right that both miss

and Moran moves into the clinch.
Moran stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The General.
Moran trying to land knees to the body.
The General wants a takedown.
Moran lands a knee to the body.
The General can't break the clinch.
The General can't break the clinch.
The General is trying to force a seperation but Moran has the dominant position.

Moran breaks from the clinch.
Moran doesn't manage to clinch there - The General circles away.
A punch combination from The General misses.
The General throws a combination that misses
and Moran counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

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.
The General misses with a double jab
and Moran counters with a low kick, right behind The General 's knee.
Moran misses with a body kick.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for The General, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The General throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The General misses with a two punch combination.
Moran throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The General misses with a double jab
and Moran counters with a good, hard body kick but The General shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moran tries to clinch but The General moves out of range.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Moran.
The General throws a combination that misses
and Moran counters with a head kick. That will keep The General thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Moran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The General paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The General throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moran counters with a head kick.
The General has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Moran.
Moran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The General throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Moran rushes The General and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Moran breaks from the clinch.
Moran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moran dodges the punch combination from The General.
The General throws a right hand that Moran ducks under and follows up with a left that Moran also avoids with ease.
Moran is looking to clinch.
The General throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The General throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moran counters with a two punch combo.
Moran wants to clinch up but The General keeps it at a distance.
The General falls off balance throwing a combination

and Moran holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Luke The General has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex Moran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Moran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moran has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Moran!