PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Overdrive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moses comes into the arena with Black Label Society - too tough to die blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Moses
vs
Overdrive

176 cm
28
166 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

180 cm
25
160 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Milwaukee's Best Q159

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maximus Overdrive!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overdrive throws a push kick but Moses slaps the foot to one side.
Overdrive lands an overhand right.
Moses keeps Overdrive at a distance using the push kick.
Moses fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moses shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Overdrive defends it nicely.
A low kick from Moses is predictable there
and Overdrive counters with a nice body shot.
Ricky Moses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moses misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moses is looking to slow Overdrive down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses throws a jab but it's blocked by Overdrive.

Moses closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Overdrive quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Moses takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Overdrive wants to control but Moses is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Overdrive wants to improve his position but Moses is controlling well.
Overdrive is trying to stand up here but Moses is controlling him well.
Moses seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Moses throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Moses 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.
Overdrive works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Moses wants to control from the top but Overdrive keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Overdrive 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.
Moses working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Moses cracks Overdrive with a solid left hand.
Overdrive utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Moses stopping the sweep attempt from Overdrive.
Moses controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive looking to control.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but Overdrive blocks nicely.
Moses pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Overdrive is keeping the position for now.
Moses trying to control but Overdrive is working from the bottom.
Moses trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses pushing down on Overdrive's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Overdrive is trying to get back to full guard.
Moses trying to control from Overdrive's half guard. Overdrive has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Moses loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but Overdrive blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moses trying to control the position from guard on top but Overdrive is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Moses dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Moses misses with a straight left.
Moses misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overdrive uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moses.
Moses swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No luck for Moses with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overdrive uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moses.
Overdrive stuffs the takedown.
Maximus Overdrive is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses misses the shot to the body.
Overdrive looks to land a right hand but Moses moved out of range.
Moses lands with a right hand.
Moses throws a chopping leg kick but Overdrive manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Moses lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Overdrive swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moses fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Overdrive looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Moses uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Overdrive has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moses getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Moses throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice inside leg kick there by Moses. That's going to slow Overdrive down.
Overdrive slips a jab from Moses.
Moses misses with a hook
and Overdrive counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Overdrive throws a hook to the side of Moses's head but Moses sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Overdrive has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moses finds it's way round the side to connect with Overdrive's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Moses lands an impressive looking overhand right. Overdrive doesn't seem phased though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moses. Overdrive does a little dance to reset his feet.
Overdrive lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Overdrive.
Moses explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Overdrive misses with a double jab.
Overdrive leaves Moses with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheers as Overdrive lands an impressive looking overhand right. Moses doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A lazy left from Overdrive finds it's target.
Overdrive will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Overdrive thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moses misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Moses showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Overdrive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Moses dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Moses misses with a hook. Overdrive ducked under it nicely.

Moses scores a takedown into full mount!
Moses can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Overdrive is looking to escape.
Moses can't control as he wanted to and Overdrive manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Moses is looking to take a break and control but Overdrive is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses trying to control the pace.
Overdrive is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Moses's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Moses's back!
Moses has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Overdrive.
Overdrive misses with an elbow to the head.
The referee is taking a good look at Moses as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Overdrive!
Ricky Moses overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moses wants to escape the position.
Moses breaks Overdrive's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Moses trying to control but Overdrive is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive 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.
Moses wants to control from the top but Overdrive keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Overdrive 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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Ricky Moses just wasn't active enough.
Overdrive takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive looks to land a right hand but Moses moved out of range.
Overdrive misses with a few strikes there.
Moses looks to score with a jab to the body but Overdrive is just out of range.
Moses slips a jab from Overdrive.
Overdrive throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moses cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Overdrive misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moses.
Sloppy strikes from Overdrive. Those never looked like landing.
Overdrive throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moses sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Overdrive steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moses.
Ricky Moses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Overdrive changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Maximus Overdrive has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Overdrive misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Overdrive misses with a body punch
and Moses counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Moses motions for Overdrive to come forward. Moses throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ricky Moses.
Well Moses has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Moses!
Ricky Moses decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.