PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Death Bringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moreira has chosen Samba de janeiro - bellini as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bringer
vs
Moreira

185 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
193 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Death Bringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Felipe Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bringer counters with a nice body shot.
Moreira shoots in for a double leg but Bringer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bringer throws a nice looking combination but Moreira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Moreira slips a jab and a cross from Bringer.
A jab from Bringer misses.
Moreira's corner calls for a 1-2. Moreira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Felipe Moreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Moreira finds it's target.
Bringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moreira was well out of range. Poor timing from Bringer.
Bringer throws a lazy uppercut
and Moreira counters with a big head kick but Bringer shrugs it off.
Bringer scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moreira misses with a head kick.
Moreira jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Moreira fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bringer to the ground. Moreira is now in Bringer's guard.
Bringer is trying to control the position but Moreira postures up.
Moreira with a flurry of punches that miss.

Moreira avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moreira works over Bringer with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreira throwing strikes from guard but Bringer blocks nicely.
Bringer looking for a sweep. Not yet Bringer, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moreira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moreira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Moreira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moreira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moreira chips away with some ground and pound.
Moreira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bringer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Moreira controls the pace.
Moreira slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moreira has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Bringer defend it? Moreira steps over the head and cranks it - Bringer is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Moreira!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felipe Moreira!
Felipe Moreira took some time post fight to say the following; 'this might be the last time you've seen this gloves in the octogon....'.