PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Algropalla Moskatte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Moskatte
vs
Lewis

179 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Rage's Cloths

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algropalla Moskatte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis throws a right hand that Moskatte ducks under and follows up with a left that Moskatte also avoids with ease.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moskatte.

Moskatte clinches with his opponent.
Lewis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.
Lewis avoiding damage as Moskatte throws knees to the body.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lewis wants to break free but Moskatte has control.
Lewis wants to take the fight to the mat but Moskatte manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Moskatte landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lewis looks gassed!
Lewis wants to get back to striking at distance but Moskatte won't allow it.
Moskatte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryan Lewis has been cut.
Moskatte crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Moskatte crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Moskatte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Moskatte.
Moskatte connects with a knee to the head.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Moskatte.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Moskatte lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moskatte obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moskatte.
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
Moskatte lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Moskatte is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moskatte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lewis's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lewis is trying to break free.
Moskatte has Lewis pressed against the cage, preventing Lewis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lewis tries to break free but Moskatte pushes him back against the cage.
Moskatte lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Lewis is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Moskatte can't fight it off and eventually Lewis manages to take the fight to the floor. Moskatte looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Moskatte has a closed guard, preventing Lewis from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte wants to stand and escape but Lewis is having none of it.
Moskatte bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lewis's guard.
Lewis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Moskatte is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Moskatte stops Lewis from standing up.
Moskatte controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Algropalla Moskatte.
Moskatte misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moskatte scores with a head kick. Lewis tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Moskatte thows a body kick. Lewis tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Moskatte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lewis's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algropalla Moskatte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Lewis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Moskatte wants to clinch up but Lewis keeps it at a distance.
Moskatte throws a head kick that misses.
Lewis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moskatte. Moskatte obviously looking to wear him down.
Lewis throws a right hand that Moskatte ducks under and follows up with a left that Moskatte also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Moskatte.
Nice body kick from Moskatte.
Moskatte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
Moskatte misses with a straight left.
Lewis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moskatte moves in looking to clinch but Lewis pushes him off.
Moskatte throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Algropalla Moskatte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moskatte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lewis throws a lazy right hand but Moskatte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moskatte throws a sloppy head kick and Lewis moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis misses with a two punch combination.
Lewis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moskatte throws a sloppy head kick and Lewis moves out of range easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Moskatte - that will leave a mark!

Moskatte has Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis has had enough of the clinch but Moskatte keeps him there for the moment.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Moskatte throws a push kick but Lewis slaps the foot to one side.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lewis.
Algropalla Moskatte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moskatte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lewis slips a jab and a cross from Moskatte.

Moskatte pushes Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.
Moskatte lands a knee to the body.
Lewis has Moskatte pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moskatte manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lewis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moskatte crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Moskatte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lewis's efforts to push away.
Moskatte landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Moskatte lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Moskatte trying to land knees to the body.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Moskatte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Moskatte prevents Lewis from breaking the clinch.
Algropalla Moskatte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Moskatte is controlling him.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Moskatte.
Lewis is looking to break free of the clinch but Moskatte has double underhooks.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Moskatte is controlling him.
Lewis wants to break free but Moskatte has control.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Moskatte prevents it.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Moskatte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
Lewis working hard to break the clinch.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lewis avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Lewis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moskatte misses with a knee strike.
Lewis working hard to break the clinch.
Moskatte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lewis's face.
Lewis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moskatte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Lewis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lewis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lewis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Moskatte has the dominant position.
Moskatte misses with a knee strike.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage.
Lewis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algropalla Moskatte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Lewis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Moskatte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lewis fails to land with a series of punches.
Moskatte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moskatte is looking to clinch.

Moskatte closes the distance and pushes Lewis back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moskatte.
Moskatte is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moskatte working Lewis over with knees to the body.
Lewis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moskatte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moskatte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lewis's face.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lewis is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lewis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moskatte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Moskatte misses with a knee strike.
Lewis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lewis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Moskatte has the dominant position.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lewis tries to break free but Moskatte pushes him back against the cage.
Lewis is trying to push Moskatte away but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lewis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moskatte misses with a knee strike.
Moskatte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis can't break the clinch.
Moskatte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moskatte tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis can't get the takedown.
Lewis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lewis avoiding damage as Moskatte throws knees to the body.
Moskatte missing with knees to the body.
Lewis is trying to push Moskatte away but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Lewis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lewis swinging wildly here.
Lewis misses with a hook. Moskatte ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moskatte instigates a clinch.
Moskatte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Moskatte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Lewis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Moskatte has the dominant position.
Moskatte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lewis avoids it.
Lewis is trying to push Moskatte away but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lewis tries to break the clinch but Moskatte is controlling the position.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Moskatte is controlling him.
Lewis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Moskatte is defending well.
Algropalla Moskatte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Lewis.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Moskatte is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moskatte tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moskatte scores a nice knee to the body.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moskatte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis is looking to break free of the clinch but Moskatte has double underhooks.
Lewis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moskatte has him pressed against the cage.
Lewis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moskatte crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Lewis tries to circle away but Moskatte has him pinned against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ryan Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Algropalla Moskatte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lewis tries a body shot but Moskatte blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Algropalla Moskatte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moskatte, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Algropalla Moskatte!
Algropalla Moskatte managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Rage's Cloths, into his post fight interview.