PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Vieira Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brutus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Vieira Moreira
vs
Landry

193 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

182 cm
26
218 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Vieira Moreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brutus Landry!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry throws a head kick but Moreira moves out of range.
Moreira misses with a wild combination.
Landry lands a nice looking body shot.
Landry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Landry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moreira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Landry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moreira.
Landry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Landry takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Moreira misses.
A jab from Moreira misses.
Daniel Vieira Moreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moreira lands an overhand right.
Landry fails to land with a series of punches.
Landry on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Landry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Landry scores with a hook to the body. Moreira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Oooooh!!! Moreira has knocked Landry down with a huge combo! Moreira steps away and waves a wobbly Landry back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Landry is rocked!

It looks like Brutus Landry has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Landry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Landry is still on wobbly legs! Can Moreira finish him?

Moreira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Landry seems to have recovered his senses.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Moreira is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Landry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Landry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Landry swings wildly with an uppercut but Moreira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landry scores with a shot to the side of Moreira's head.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landry lands a hook to the side of the head.
Landry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moreira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moreira is trying to maintain a safe position but Landry gets an underhook and turns Moreira into the cage.
Landry throws a punch but it's blocked by Moreira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moreira taking a breather.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Moreira blocks an uppercut.
Landry tries to throw a body punch but Moreira avoids it by throwing Landry back against the cage.
Moreira leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short uppercut from Moreira.
Moreira working aggressively here.
Landry misses with a punch to the body.
Moreira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Landry struggles to land a body shot inside as Moreira controls his hands.
Moreira misses with the head strike.
Landry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moreira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Landry lands a right hand.
Moreira stalls.
Moreira lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Moreira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moreira blocking some punches.
Moreira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moreira lands an elbow inside that Landry shrugs off.
Landry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Moreira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moreira misses with a punch to the body.
Moreira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moreira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Moreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Landry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moreira misses with a body punch.
Landry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Landry pushes Moreira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreira misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moreira gets through Landry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Moreira is trying to maintain a safe position but Landry gets an underhook and turns Moreira into the cage.
Landry is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Moreira.
Landry misses with a body punch.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moreira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Landry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moreira backwards.
Moreira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Landry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Moreira.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moreira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moreira lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Landry fails to land.
Landry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moreira's elbow.
Moreira taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Vieira Moreira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brutus Landry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Moreira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Landry struggles to land a body shot inside as Moreira controls his hands.
Moreira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Landrys head.
Landry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Daniel Vieira Moreira has been cut.
Landry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moreira lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Moreira.
A short right from Moreira.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landry blocking some punches.
Landry tries to circle away but Moreira has him pinned against the cage.
Landry has a couple of punches blocked by Moreira.
Moreira can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Moreira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moreira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moreira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Landry.
Moreira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Landry working aggressively here.
Landry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Landry blocks an uppercut.
Moreira blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry tries a body shot but Moreira blocks it.
Moreira throws a head punch that misses.
Moreira presses Landry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moreira is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Landry misses with a punch on the inside.
Landry working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Moreira.
Landry is breathing heavily.
Landry misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moreira.
Moreira digs a right hand underneath Landry's ribcage. Landry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Moreira.
Moreira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moreira lands a right hand.
Moreira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry tries to throw a body punch but Moreira avoids it by throwing Landry back against the cage.
Moreira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Landry.
Moreira lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Moreira drops Landry onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Landry is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Moreira creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Landry's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Landry drops to his knees and Moreira pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Vieira Moreira!
An out of breath Daniel Vieira Moreira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.