PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moreira comes to the cage accompanied by Samba de janeiro - bellini. Dorh has chosen Heaven & Hell as his entrance music. Felipe Moreira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Moreira
vs
Dorh

190 cm
25
193 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Moreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cris Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorh darts in trying to clinch

and Moreira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dorh's guard now.
Dorh tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dorh has his feet on Moreira's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dorh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moreira counters with a solid body kick.
No luck for Moreira with that takedown attempt.
Moreira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moreira lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Moreira clinches.
Moreira is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dorh gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Dorh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dorh darts in trying to clinch
and Moreira counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cris Dorh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Moreira lands but Dorh takes it in his stride.
Dorh stuffs the takedown attempt from Moreira. Moreira gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Moreira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dorh tries to clinch

and Moreira counters with a single leg into guard. Dorh didn't expect that.
Dorh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dorh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

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.
Moreira throws a big right hand that misses.
Dorh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dorh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dorh pulls Moreira in close to prevent any damage.
Moreira won't allow Dorh to sweep him here.
Moreira is looking to work some ground and pound but Dorh has wrist control.
Dorh seems keen to control Moreira's posture.

Cris Dorh has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dorh looks to clinch

and Moreira counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moreira tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dorh pushes Moreira away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Moreira gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dorh on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Dorh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dorh tries to buck Moreira off but Moreira is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Moreira crashes against the mat.

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!

Moreira swings around for an armbar but Dorh sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Moreira's guard.
Moreira controls Dorh momentarily but Dorh frees himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moreira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dorh trying to control the position from guard on top but Moreira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Moreira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dorh trying to control but Moreira is working from the bottom.
Dorh stopping the sweep attempt from Moreira.

That's four 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.
Dorh with a nice head shot there.
Moreira keeping moving, preventing Dorh from controlling successfully.
Moreira 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dorh is working Moreira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Dorh has gone for a leg lock! Moreira slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dorh's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dorh is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Moreira wants to pass the guard but Dorh is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Moreira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moreira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dorh.
Moreira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moreira misses with a low kick.
Dorh wants to clinch

and Moreira counters with a takedown into side control.
Moreira tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dorh's legs.
Moreira working away.
Dorh is looking for a sweep.
Dorh parries the strikes from Moreira easily there. Moreira is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dorh to escape.
Dorh tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dorh can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorh tries to buck Moreira off but Moreira is having none of it.
Dorh parries the strikes from Moreira easily there. Moreira is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dorh to escape.

Moreira has an Americana. Dorh didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Moreira is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Moreira hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Felipe Moreira!