PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tabor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Moss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Moss is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tabor
vs
Moss

175 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

GR Design - Elegance and Comfort (Made in Italy)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Tabor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Moss!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moss uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tabor.
Tabor misses the jab.
Moss has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Moss there as he acknowledges the shot.
Moss moves away from the strike by Tabor.
Tabor throws a hook but Moss avoids it easily.
Tabor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moss.
No joy there for Tabor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tabor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moss momentarily.
Moss tries to clinch up.
Moss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moss shoots in looking for a takedown but Tabor manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Moss's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Moss displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tabor throws out the jab.
Tabor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moss on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tabor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tabor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Moss.
Tabor misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tabor.
A jab from Tabor misses.
Tony Tabor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moss throws an overhand right that lands on Tabor's shoulder, as Tabor tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Tabor.
Tabor keeps the fight on the outside.
Moss looks to throw the jab but Tabor is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tabor misses the target.
Tabor throws a shot to the body.
Tabor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tabor misses with a looping right.
Tabor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moss defending well as Tabor loads up on a big left hand.
Tabor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moss moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moss tries to clinch up.
Tabor throws a jab when Moss was well out of range.
Tabor looks to throw the jab but Moss is out of range.
Moss bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tabor scores with a punch to the head.
A cross from Tabor lands.
Moss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tabor.
Moss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moss slips under a jab from Tabor.
Moss slips under a jab from Tabor.
Tabor looks to land a left hand but Moss moved out of range nicely.

Moss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moss keeps control of Tabor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tabor blocks it with crossed arms.
Moss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moss is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tabor is defending well for now.
Moss looking to throw knees to the head but Tabor is blocking nicely.
Tabor wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Tabor.
Tabor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tabor trying to stall but Moss improves his position.
Tabor blocks the elbow strike.
Tabor tries to break the clinch but Moss is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tabor.
A short left from Tabor.
Nice elbow from Moss.
Moss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tabor.
Tabor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moss backwards.
Knees to the body from Moss.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moss obliges.
Moss lands an elbow inside that Tabor shrugs off.
Tabor is breathing heavily.
Tabor misses with the head strike.
Tabor working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moss lands a knee to the head.
Moss prevents Tabor from breaking the clinch.
Moss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tabor's face.
A knee to the head by Moss.
Moss landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Moss.
Moss lands a knee to the head.
Tabor is trying to break the clinch but Moss has him pressed against the cage.
Moss putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tabor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moss tries to throw a body punch but Tabor avoids it by throwing Moss back against the cage.
Tabor wants to get back to striking at distance but Moss won't allow it.
Tabor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Moss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moss.
Moss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Moss.
Tabor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tabor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Tabor dominated that round.
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.

Tabor throws a jab but it's blocked by Moss.
Moss tries to clinch but Tabor moves out of range.
Tabor throws a hook but Moss avoids it easily.
Moss is looking to clinch.
Tabor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moss slips a jab and a cross from Tabor.
Tabor misses with a hook. Moss ducked under it nicely.
Tabor throws a shot from downtown. Moss moves away and avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Tabor blocks the low kick.
Tabor dodges the punch combination from Moss.
Tabor throws a hook but Moss blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tabor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tabor checks a leg kick.
Moss wants to clinch up but Tabor keeps it at a distance.
Tabor looks to throw the jab but Moss is out of range.
Moss blocks a jab.
Moss gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tabor.
Tabor scores with a nice strike.
Moss takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tabor misses with a double jab.
A swing and a miss from Tabor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tabor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tabor swings widly with a right hand

and Moss counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moss blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moss putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tabor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tabor misses with a punch on the inside.
Tabor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moss crunches a lovely knee into Tabor's ribcage.
Moss lands a nice elbow.
Moss lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moss lands an elbow inside.
Moss lands an elbow inside that Tabor shrugs off.
Moss lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tabor is pressed up against the cage. Moss has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tabor down to the mat. Tabor avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Moss fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tabor manages to avoid it.
Moss goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Moss tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tabor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tabor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tabor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moss slips under a jab from Tabor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tabor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tabor throws an overhand right that lands on Moss's shoulder, as Moss tries to avoid the shot.
Moss is looking to clinch but Tabor is avoiding it.
Tabor loads up on a big right hand but Moss slips the punch.
A slow jab from Tabor misses its intended target.

Moss clinches up with Tabor and pushes him back against the cage.
Moss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tabor is trying to break the clinch but Moss is controlling him.
Tabor is trying to force a seperation but Moss has the dominant position.
Moss has Tabor pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tabor manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tony Tabor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Moss.
Moss lands an elbow inside that Tabor shrugs off.
Moss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moss lands an elbow inside that Tabor shrugs off.
Tabor tries to break free but Moss pushes him back against the cage.

Tabor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moss takes a swing at Tabor's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tabor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moss eats them both and turns towards Tabor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tabor looks to land a left hand but Moss moved out of range nicely.

Moss drives through and clinches with Tabor against the cage.
Moss has Tabor pressed against the cage, preventing Tabor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moss lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moss lands a damaging elbow.
Tabor wants to break free but Moss has control.
Tabor working aggressively here.
Moss lands a knee to the head.
Tabor misses with a punch to the body.
Tabor is trying to break free.
Moss scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moss.
Moss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tabor.
Tabor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moss lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tony Tabor will probably get the nod.
That's time! Tabor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tabor lands a jab to Moss's midsection.
Tabor misses with a two punch combination.
Moss has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Moss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tabor missing with a left hand there. Moss was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tabor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tabor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Moss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tabor.
Tabor throws a hook but Moss blocks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Tabor. That snapped Moss's head back.
Tabor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tabor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tabor throws a looping overhand right but Moss ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moss is looking to clinch.
Tabor looks to score with a jab to the body but Moss is just out of range.
Moss staying out of range there.
Tabor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Moss tries to clinch but Tabor moves out of range.
Tabor throws a hook to the side of Moss's head but Moss sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Moss takes a swing at Tabor's ribcage but misses.
Moss misses with a hook. Tabor ducked under it nicely.
Moss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moss slips under a jab.
Tabor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moss.
Moss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tabor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moss tries to clinch there but Tabor circles away.
Tabor misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Tabor. Those never looked like landing.
Tabor just misses with a punch to the body.
Moss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tabor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tabor misses with a series of wild punches.
Moss throws a hook but Tabor avoids it easily.
Tabor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moss.
Moss moves away from the strike by Tabor.
Moss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tabor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tabor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moss sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Moss misses.
Tabor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Tabor gets tackled into the cage by Moss. Moss maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moss obliges.
Moss lands an elbow inside that Tabor shrugs off.
Moss creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tabor's defenses.
Tabor trying to stall but Moss improves his position.
Moss using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moss with a knee to the head.
Moss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tabor's elbow.
A knee to the head by Moss.
Moss lands a good knee to the midsection. Tabor won't want to take too many of those.
Moss lands a good knee to the midsection. Tabor won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moss lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moss utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moss lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tabor's efforts to push away.
Moss connects with a knee to the head.
Tabor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tabor is trying to break the clinch but Moss has him pressed against the cage.
Moss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tabor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tabor's face.
Moss using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tabor.
Tabor takes an elbow to the temple.
Moss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tabor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tabor swings wildly with an uppercut but Moss uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paul Moss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moss crunches a lovely knee into Tabor's ribcage.
Tony Tabor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tabor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tabor is trying to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Moss.
I think Tabor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tony Tabor!