PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howard Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekai Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moon comes to the cage accompanied by Heartbeats. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moon
vs
Petrovich

190 cm
21
245 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Howard Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alekai Petrovich!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Petrovich.
Petrovich blocks a jab.
Petrovich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Petrovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Moon lands a nice hook to Petrovich's body. Petrovich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Petrovich. That did some damage!
Petrovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petrovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrovich works Moon's body with a nice hook.
Petrovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Moon.
Moon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Howard Moon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrovich misses with a looping right.
Petrovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Petrovich displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Howard Moon has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrovich. Moon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrovich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Petrovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Petrovich cracks Moon with an open hand slap.
Moon scores with a jab to the head.

Moon moves into the clinch.
Petrovich stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich blocks an elbow strike from Moon.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A hook to the body from Petrovich.
Petrovich trying to stall but Moon improves his position.
Petrovich working hard to break the clinch.
Moon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Moon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Moon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrovich is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Moon rather than just go for the knockout.
Petrovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moon digs a good body shot into Petrovich's ribs.
Petrovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moon throws a leg kick but Petrovich moved away.
Petrovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Petrovich misses with a straight right.
Moon lands with an uppercut that bounces Petrovich off the cage and back into rage.
Petrovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Moon swings for the body but Petrovich moves out of range.
Petrovich on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moon with a nice cross.

Moon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Petrovich, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon digs a right hand underneath Petrovich's ribcage. Petrovich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Moon.
Petrovich looks gassed!

Petrovich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Moon moves into the clinch successfully.
Moon scores with a hook to the body.
Moon lands with a left to the head.
Moon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petrovich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moon lands a knee to the body.
Moon has Petrovich pressed against the cage.
Moon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moon lands a good knee to the midsection. Petrovich won't want to take too many of those.
Moon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Petrovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Moon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moon displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrovich up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petrovich.
Nice body punch from Moon.
Petrovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrovich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moon is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon working Petrovich over with knees to the body.
Moon lands a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moon.
Moon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petrovich backwards.
Moon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Moon lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Moon.
Moon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petrovichs head.
Moon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moon controlling the action here for a moment.
Petrovich takes a shot to the head.
Moon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Moon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Moon controlling the action here for a moment.
Moon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Petrovich backwards.
Moon is leaning against Petrovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Moon digs a right hand underneath Petrovich's ribcage. Petrovich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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 short left from Moon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moon lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Moon.
Petrovich takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moon lands a shoulder strike.
Moon lands a right hand.
Moon landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Moon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petrovich swings for the body but Moon moves out of range.
Petrovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Petrovich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrovich tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moon throws a good cross that connects.
Moon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moon scores with a three punch combo!
Petrovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Petrovich tries to move into range but Moon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moon throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Petrovich walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Moon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Petrovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moon counters with a straight right hand.
Petrovich throws a hook but Moon avoids it easily.
Moon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Petrovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Petrovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Moon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petrovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moon moves away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Moon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Moon with a hook.
Petrovich throws a jab when Moon was well out of range.
Howard Moon is winning the standup battle so far.
Petrovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Moon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petrovich can do to turn this around?
Moon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Petrovich has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Moon lands a jab to Petrovich's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moon cracks a nice hook into Petrovich's ribs.
Petrovich needs to keep his hands up - Moon had a free shot at his head there.
Moon lands a right hook to the body.
Petrovich is breathing heavily.

Moon clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Moon as the two fighters clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short uppercut from Moon.
A short uppercut from Moon.
Moon pushes Petrovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrovich avoids the damage to the body.
Moon digs a right hand into Petrovich's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Petrovich's gas tank.
Howard Moon has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Moon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moon scores with a hook to the body. Petrovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moon scores with a decent looking hook.

Moon darts in and clinches Petrovich up against the cage.
A short right from Moon on the inside.
Moon lands a body shot.
Moon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Moon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petrovich misses with an uppercut.
Moon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Petrovich's sensitive parts.
Moon lands a body shot.
Petrovich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moon.
Petrovich takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Moon scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left and a right from Moon both land. Nice combination.
Petrovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrovich takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Moon lands a jab to the nose.
Moon lands with a nice body punch.
Moon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Moon, right into the meat.
Petrovich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Petrovich there as he acknowledges the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moon.
Moon taking a breather.
Moon lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Moon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Petrovich tries a body shot but Moon blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Moon.
Moon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Petrovich or not.
Moon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petrovichs head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Moon lands a left hand.
Moon is stalling here.

Moon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Petrovich misses.
Moon throws a series of strikes that have Petrovich backpedaling.
Petrovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Moon is just out of range.
Moon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A lazy left from Moon finds it's target.
Moon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Petrovich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Moon lands with a good body shot.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petrovich throws a sloppy body shot
and Moon counters with a thumping low kick.
Moon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Petrovich's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moon thumps Petrovich with a low kick.
Moon throws a series of strikes that have Petrovich backpedaling.
Moon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Moon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrovich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Moon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrovich tries to move into range but Moon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrovich.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Moon, right into the meat.
Moon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Moon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Howard Moon's cut.
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!

Moon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moon moves away.
Moon tests Petrovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrovich throws a hook but Moon blocks it.
Moon lands with a good body shot.
Moon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrovich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Petrovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrovich walks into a left hand.

Moon drives through and clinches with Petrovich against the cage.
Petrovich avoids the elbow strike from Moon, against the cage.
Petrovich tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A right handed body shot lands from Moon.
A right hook to the body lands for Moon.
A short right from Moon.
Petrovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Moon manages to break the clinch.
Moon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Moon scores with a sloppy right hand. Petrovich should have avoided that one.
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!
Moon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Petrovich's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Petrovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Moon cracks Petrovich with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab from Moon.
Petrovich dodges the punch combination from Moon.
Nice uppercut there from Moon.
Moon lands with a right hand.
Moon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Petrovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moon throws out a powerful jab.
Moon throws a series of strikes that have Petrovich backpedaling.
Moon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Petrovich has time to react.
Moon lands a really nice looking cross but Petrovich seems unphased.
Moon lands a nice shot to the body.
Moon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Petrovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon connects with the punch.
Moon tests Petrovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrovich tries to bum rush Moon with a series of wild strikes but Moon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Petrovich walks into a stiff left hand from Moon.
Moon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Petrovich throws a body punch but Moon moves out of range.
Moon avoids the body shot from Petrovich.
Petrovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Moon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Moon rushes Petrovich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Moon.
Moon lands a body shot.

Moon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alekai Petrovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moon.
Moon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice shot by Moon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moon.
Moon cracks Petrovich with a good jab.
Moon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Petrovich's sensitive parts.
Moon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab from Moon.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moon scores with a hook to the body. Petrovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Petrovich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Moon.
Moon lands a nice hook to Petrovich's body. Petrovich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moon moves in looking to clinch but Petrovich pushes him off.
Moon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Petrovich backs up against the cage.
Moon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petrovich on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Moon lands a jab to Petrovich's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice combination there by Moon.
Moon scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Petrovich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Petrovich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moon throws out a powerful jab.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Moon scores with a hook to the body. Petrovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moon lands with a nice body punch.
A left and a right from Moon both land. Nice combination.
Howard Moon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Moon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrovich tries to move into range but Moon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Moon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moon scores with a shoulder strike.
Moon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alekai Petrovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Petrovich backwards.
Moon scores with a shot to the side of Petrovich's head.
A short body shot lands from Moon as the two fighters clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Howard Moon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moon 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:25
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howard Moon!