PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howard Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil DeBlunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moon comes to the cage accompanied by Heartbeats. The crowd seem to be enjoying DeBlunt's choice of entrance music: Westside Connection - Bow Down. Howard Moon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moon
vs
DeBlunt

190 cm
23
245 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
280 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Howard Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil DeBlunt!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Moon misses its intended target.
Moon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Howard Moon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moon takes a swing at DeBlunt's ribcage but misses.
Moon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
DeBlunt misses with a series of wild punches.
Moon misses with an uppercut. DeBlunt saw that one coming.
DeBlunt with a jab.
Moon looks to clinch
letting DeBlunt counter with a right hand.
Moon throws a hook but DeBlunt blocks it.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but DeBlunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DeBlunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Moon.
DeBlunt tries to bum rush Moon with a series of wild strikes but Moon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeBlunt jabs at Moon's body.
Moon misses with a lunging right hand
and DeBlunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moon misses with a combination
and DeBlunt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A leg kick checked by DeBlunt.
A swing and a miss from Moon.
Moon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but DeBlunt moves away.
Moon misses with a combination
and DeBlunt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Moon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moon misses with an uppercut
and DeBlunt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
DeBlunt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
DeBlunt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
DeBlunt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Moon under the eye.
DeBlunt scores with a jab to the body.
DeBlunt lands the left hand.
DeBlunt misses with an uppercut.
Moon misses with an uppercut
and DeBlunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Moon throws a lazy uppercut
and DeBlunt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
DeBlunt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Moon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Moon throws a series of punches but DeBlunt moves out of range.
DeBlunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Moon.
DeBlunt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Moon is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from DeBlunt. Those never looked like landing.
Moon misses with a body punch
and DeBlunt counters with a straight right hand.
DeBlunt thuds his right hand into Moon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
DeBlunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeBlunt throws a body punch but Moon moves out of range.
DeBlunt misses with a body shot.
DeBlunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moon.
Moon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and DeBlunt counters with a right hand to the body.
DeBlunt jabs at Moon's body.
DeBlunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DeBlunt jabs at Moon's body.
Moon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A left lands for DeBlunt.
DeBlunt scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Howard Moon has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeBlunt takes a swing at Moon's ribcage but misses.
DeBlunt throws a good cross that connects.
DeBlunt throws a series of punches but Moon moves out of range.
Moon throws an off balance right hand
and DeBlunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice cross by DeBlunt.
Moon on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Moon is rocked!
DeBlunt lands a body shot.
DeBlunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moon manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Moon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
DeBlunt cracks Moon with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Moon falls to his knees and DeBlunt doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil DeBlunt!