PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spinaali Vamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moreira
vs
Vamma

170 cm
27
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Moreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spinaali Vamma!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vamma closes the distance and clinches up with Moreira, looking for a takedown. Vamma pushes Moreira against the cage but Moreira circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vamma takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vamma looks gassed!
Vamma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moreira lands a head shot.
Jab, jab by Moreira - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moreira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vamma tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moreira stuns Vamma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Moreira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice body punch from Moreira - that landed with a thud.
Moreira controlling the action here for a moment.
Moreira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moreira lands a knee to the body.
Moreira with a knee to the head.
Moreira unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Moreira tightens his grip and picks Vamma up, before dumping him to the ground. Vamma manages to land in guard.
Vamma has momentary wrist control but Moreira slips an elbow through the middle.
Moreira passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Moreira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Moreira tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Moreira has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Vamma wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira looks up at the clock and then as Vamma takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Moreira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Vamma takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Moreira working the head with strikes.
Moreira scoring with punches from side control.
Vamma prevents Moreira from moving into mount.
Vamma tries to escape but Moreira is in control.
Vamma takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Moreira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Moreira works to advance to full mount. Vamma defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Vamma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vamma is bucking up trying to escape but Moreira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Moreira lands a heavy elbow.
Moreira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moreira with shots to the head and body - Vamma looks very uncomfortable down there.
Moreira raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vamma is trying to stand.
Moreira dominating with strikes here.
Moreira lands a big elbow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vamma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vamma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Moreira raining down shots from the mount!
Vamma wants to get back to his feet.
Vamma takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Moreira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
You get the feeling that Vamma really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Moreira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Vamma looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vamma trying desperately to get to his feet.
Moreira landing strikes from the mount.
Vamma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Moreira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Moreira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vamma is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Moreira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Moreira jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Vamma manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Moreira working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Moreira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vamma to see if he's OK.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Moreira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Moreira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vamma is looking to regain half guard here but Moreira keeps moving and retains side control.
Vamma takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Moreira scores with punches from side control.
Moreira in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Moreira working the ground and pound.
Moreira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vamma keeps working.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moreira landing a few strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moreira cracks Vamma with a big elbow.
Vamma takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Moreira 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.

Moreira fails with a takedown attempt.
Vamma misses with a takedown attempt - Moreira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vamma doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Moreira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moreira. Vamma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moreira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vamma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Moreira lands a glancing blow to the side of Vamma's head.

Moreira drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vamma is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Moreira is controlling him.
Moreira won't allow Vamma to sweep him here.
Moreira works over Vamma with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vamma keeping full guard, as Moreira tries to pass.
Moreira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vamma can do to turn this around?

Moreira drops back looking for a leg! Vamma is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vamma manages to kick Moreira off! Moreira jumps back into Vamma's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Moreira is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira landing some decent shots from guard.
Moreira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Moreira stops Vamma from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moreira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Moreira lands a couple of elbows.
Vamma wants to stand up but Moreira is controlling him.
Vamma is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Moreira advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Moreira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vamma is trying to stand back up but Moreira is controlling him
Moreira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Moreira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vamma keeps working.
Moreira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vamma on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Moreira is working for a kimura but Vamma is defending it quite comfortably.
Moreira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Moreira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vamma gets back to full guard.
Moreira distracts Vamma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vamma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Moreira lands a couple of digs.
Moreira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Vamma wriggles free and stands up.
Moreira tries to clinch there but Vamma circles away.
Moreira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spinaali Vamma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moreira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moreira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vamma with a lazy takedown attempt
and Moreira counters with a series of strikes. Vamma will be more careful next time no doubt.
Daniel Moreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spinaali Vamma.

Moreira clinches up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vamma drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moreira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Moreira stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vamma is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Moreira lands a right hand.

Moreira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vamma swats away the attempt to clinch by Moreira.
Moreira wants to clinch up but Vamma keeps it at a distance.
Vamma has a takedown stuffed.
A lazy left from Moreira finds it's target.
Jab from Moreira.
Vamma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vamma is trying desperately to land a takedown but Moreira is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Vamma.
Moreira with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Moreira closes the distance and clinches.

Moreira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moreira throws a right and a left that Vamma avoids nicely.
Vamma misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Moreira dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Vamma shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moreira pinned against the cage. Moreira gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vamma doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Moreira counters with an outside leg kick.
Daniel Moreira is winning the standup battle so far.
Vamma with a poor takedown
and Moreira counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Daniel Moreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spinaali Vamma.
Moreira misses with a wild body shot.
Moreira scores with a jab to the body.
Moreira scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Moreira scoring well with a low kick there.
Moreira connects with a looping right hand.
Moreira lands a two punch combo.
Vamma tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moreira sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vamma somewhat.
Moreira stuns Vamma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moreira is looking to wear down Vamma with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Moreira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vamma, pushing him back against the cage.
Moreira scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moreira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Moreira lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira lands with a light punch inside.
Moreira works on Vamma's body with a couple of short punches.
Vamma is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Moreira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Vamma takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moreira's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Vamma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vamma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moreira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vamma blocks a body shot from Moreira.
Vamma has Moreira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moreira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Moreira just leaning against Vamma, taking a breather.
Moreira tries for a takedown but Vamma manages to get underhooks.
Vamma has Moreira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moreira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Moreira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vamma has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Moreira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Moreira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Moreira lands a knee to the head.

Moreira works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Daniel Moreira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moreira tries to free his leg and advance position but Vamma is retaining full guard.
Moreira won't allow Vamma to get back to his feet.
Moreira content to stall in guard here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Moreira just wasn't active enough.
Vamma lands a nice looking body shot.

Moreira moves into range and clinches up with Vamma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vamma goes for a takedown in the clinch but Moreira prevents it.
Moreira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vamma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The referee calls for Moreira to work.
Moreira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vamma backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vamma has Moreira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moreira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Moreira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moreira lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vamma misses with a combination
and Moreira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vamma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spinaali Vamma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vamma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spinaali Vamma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Moreira clinches up with Vamma and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moreira.
Moreira lands a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Moreira.
Vamma takes a shot to the head.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Moreira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moreira 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Moreira!