PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between QQ Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ground Pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pound is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jam rock. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Moore
vs
Pound

190 cm
27
290 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

197 cm
26
299 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Clothes

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, QQ Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ground Pound!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pound gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Pound blocking some punches.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
Moore avoids the elbow strike from Pound, against the cage.
Moore is looking to control Pound's arms but Pound gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moore has his back to the cage.
Pound misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pound throws an elbow but misses.
Pound prevents a body shot from Moore.
Pound lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like QQ Moore has been cut.
Pound looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Moore avoids a wild elbow strike from Pound.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore looking to stall.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
Moore avoids the elbow strike from Pound, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pound.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pound throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moore's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pound lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Moore blocks an elbow strike.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pound throws an elbow but misses.
Moore looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore misses with some punches.
Moore misses with a punch on the inside.
Moore blocks an elbow strike from Pound.
A hook to the body from Moore.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pound blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pound looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pound lands a nice elbow.

QQ Moore's cut is getting worse.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pound throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pound pushes off an throws an elbow but Moore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pound pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moore blocks an elbow strike from Pound.
Pound pushes off an throws an elbow but Moore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pound pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moore takes an elbow to the temple.
Pound throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Moore avoids the elbow strike from Pound, against the cage.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Moore taking a breather.
Pound tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pound creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pound throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moore avoids a wild elbow strike from Pound.
Pound throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pound lands an elbow inside that Moore shrugs off.
Moore avoids a wild elbow strike from Pound.
Pound blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pound throws an elbow but misses.
Moore lands with a right to the head.
Moore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moore.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
Pound looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pound lands a nice elbow.
Moore lands a hook that snaps the head of Pound backwards.
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Pound.
Pound misses with an elbow strike.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Pound.
Pound blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Moore.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Moore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pound lands an elbow inside.

QQ Moore's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Moore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pound is keeping busy.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moore blocks an elbow strike.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pound creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Moore takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Pound.
Moore takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pound.
Moore avoids the elbow strike from Pound, against the cage.
Pound creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moore misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore is working Pound over against the cage.
Pound looks gassed!
Moore trying to stall but Pound improves his position.
Moore blocks an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pound backwards.
Pound blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pound just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moore's brow.
Moore lands with a left to the head.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pound pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Moore avoids the elbow strike from Pound, against the cage.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Nice elbow from Pound.
Moore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Pound.
Moore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moore dodges an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Pound creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
Pound pushes off an throws an elbow but Moore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pound's elbow.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
Moore digs a right hand into Pound's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pound's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moore.
Nice body punch from Moore - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Pound.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Pound pushes off an throws an elbow but Moore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pound throws an elbow that misses.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pound misses with an elbow over the top.
Moore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moore tries to throw a body punch but Pound avoids it by throwing Moore back against the cage.
Moore takes an elbow to the temple.
Pound throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moore lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pound throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pound throws an elbow but it misses.
Pound lands a nice elbow.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moore blocks an elbow strike from Pound.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pound pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Pound looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pound lands an elbow just above Moore 's eye.

Jeez, QQ Moore's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Pound creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pound throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moore lands a shot to the body.
Moore working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moore lands with a short shot to the head.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Pound blocks a body shot from Moore.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ground Pound.
Well Pound has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Ground Pound!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Ground Pound!

Ground Pound wins by majority decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Ground Pound thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.