PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Fuller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Moriarty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moriarty is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Danger: Wildman. John Fuller has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fuller
vs
Moriarty

175 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Fuller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Conor Moriarty!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moriarty blocks a head kick by Fuller.
Fuller throws a nice looking combination but Moriarty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fuller misses with a few strikes there.
Moriarty misses with a double jab.

Fuller fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Moriarty sprawls well initially but Fuller persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Moriarty trying to control but Fuller postures up.
Fuller looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Moriarty trying to hold on to Fuller's head to control him but Fuller postures up.
Fuller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fuller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fuller prevents Moriarty from standing back up.
Moriarty is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Moriarty moves into full guard.
Moriarty is trying to control the position but Fuller postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Moriarty shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Moriarty landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moriarty tries to control but Fuller wriggling away.
Fuller swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Fuller is breathing heavily.
Fuller is in a horrible position here. Moriarty smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fuller keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moriarty working the ground and pound effectively.
Fuller is looking to get to half guard.
Moriarty wants to control the pace but Fuller is squirming around nicely.
Fuller is looking to get to half guard.
Moriarty looking to control but Fuller is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Moriarty looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Fuller tries to reverse the position but Moriarty maintains control.
Fuller tries to hold on but Moriarty pushes him away.
Fuller is working to get back to half guard.
Fuller throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Moriarty avoids the attempt from Fuller to control.
Fuller wants to get back to his feet.
Fuller sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Moriarty postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Fuller to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuller throws a series of punches but Moriarty moves out of range.
Fuller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moriarty counters with a two punch combo.
Fuller looks to land a combination. Moriarty sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fuller throws a series of strikes that have Moriarty backpedaling.
Moriarty fails with the takedown

and Fuller moves into the clinch.
Fuller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moriarty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuller is working for takedown but Moriarty is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fuller lands with a left to the head.

Moriarty manages to break the clinch.
Moriarty shoots for a takedown but Fuller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fuller misses with a wild combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Moriarty.

Moriarty is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fuller has escaped the position, nice work there.
Moriarty trying to control the position but Fuller is working away.
Check out the look on Moriarty's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moriarty decides to stand back up.
A punch lands to the side of Fuller 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Moriarty throws a sloppy head kick and Fuller moves out of range easily.
Fuller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moriarty.
Moriarty scores with a jab to the body.
Fuller shoots in and drives through. Moriarty sprawls well.

Moriarty scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuller flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fuller missing with punches from the bottom.
Fuller is trying to get back to full guard.
Fuller regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fuller lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Fuller 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.
Fuller 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Moriarty dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fuller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuller tries a head kick but it misses.
John Fuller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moriarty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fuller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fuller misses with a two punch combination.
Moriarty dodges the punch combination from Fuller.
Fuller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fuller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Moriarty misses with a body shot.
Fuller looks to land a combination. Moriarty sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Moriarty scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fuller regains half guard.
Fuller wants to improve his position but Moriarty is controlling well.
Moriarty content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Moriarty thows a huge punch but Fuller dodges it nicely.
Fuller tries to kick Moriarty off but Moriarty keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller is looking to improve his position.
Moriarty is breathing heavily.
Fuller gets full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fuller trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Moriarty preventing the sweep.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Moriarty gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fuller thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fuller postures up and lands a big shot to Moriarty's brow.

Moriarty is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Moriarty has his foot on Fuller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fuller works his way back into a safe position though.

Fuller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moriarty looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moriarty has his foot on Fuller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fuller works his way back into a safe position though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fuller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moriarty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Conor Moriarty has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moriarty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moriarty keeping moving, preventing Fuller from controlling successfully.
Fuller chips away with some ground and pound.
Fuller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fuller lands a couple of digs.
Fuller is pushing down on Moriarty's leg trying to pass to half guard. Moriarty is fighting to maintain full guard but Fuller has managed to sneak the leg through.

Fuller stands up and beckons Moriarty to join him on the feet.
Fuller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moriarty slips a jab and a cross from Fuller.

Moriarty drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Moriarty slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Fuller.
Moriarty wants to control but Fuller is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moriarty decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Fuller throws a right hand that Moriarty ducks under and follows up with a left that Moriarty also avoids with ease.
Moriarty throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fuller's waist but Fuller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Moriarty off to one side.
Moriarty tries for a takedown but Fuller circles away easily

and Fuller counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fuller.
Moriarty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fuller backwards.

Moriarty successfully pulls guard.

Moriarty has his foot on Fuller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fuller works his way back into a safe position though.
Moriarty is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fuller is controlling him.
Fuller working some strikes from top position.
Fuller wants to control from the top but Moriarty keeps moving.
Fuller throwing strikes from guard but Moriarty blocks nicely.
Moriarty is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller throws a strike but Moriarty rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuller doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Moriarty won't allow Fuller to sweep him here.

Moriarty gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Moriarty keeps the fight on the outside.

Moriarty rushes Fuller and presses him up against the ropes.

Moriarty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Moriarty drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fuller tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moriarty lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fuller is looking to reverse the position.

Moriarty tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Moriarty has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Fuller's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Moriarty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Fuller misses with a double jab.
Fuller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moriarty swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Fuller darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fuller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fuller prevents Moriarty from improving his position.
Fuller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Moriarty looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fuller seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fuller with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fuller trying to control the action but Moriarty is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fuller has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fuller landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller scoring with strikes but Moriarty is staying in there.
Fuller landing punches.
Fuller prevents Moriarty from getting the reversal.
Fuller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moriarty looks a forlorn figure.

Moriarty is rocked!
Fuller lands a nice shot to the head.
Moriarty is still in real trouble! Can Fuller finish him?
Fuller postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Moriarty badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Fuller around the waist but Fuller pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Fuller is the winner by TKO! Fuller jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Fuller!