PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boy Dagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy Dagan looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Dagan
vs
Moore

184 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boy Dagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Moore!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore shoots in but no luck this time.
Dagan looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Moore rushes Dagan and presses him up against the cage.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.

Moore breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Moore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dagan's defenses.
Dagan wants to break free but Moore has control.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Moore breaks from the clinch.

Moore has taken the fight to the clinch.

Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moore throws a right and a left that Dagan avoids nicely.

Moore closes the distance and clinches.
Moore lands a hook that snaps the head of Dagan backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dagan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Moore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tom Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dagan if he has to take too many more of those.

Moore has Dagan up against the cage in a clinch.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.

Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moore clinches up against the cage.
Moore is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Moore manages to break the clinch.
Dagan slaps away a takedown attempt from Moore, before circling back to the center of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Moore.

Moore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Moore fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dagan, pushing him back against the cage.

Moore breaks from the clinch.

Moore closes the distance and clinches.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.

Moore decides to pull guard.
Moore controlling Dagan's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dagan!
Moore throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dagan because Moore loaded up on that one.
Moore looking to finish with strikes here!
Moore controlling the pace for now.
Moore throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dagan because Moore loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dagan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moore tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Moore controlling the position easily from mount.
Moore throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Moore content just to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dagan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Moore dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Moore drives through and clinches with Dagan against the cage.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dagan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Moore.

It looks like Boy Dagan has been cut.
Moore stalling.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Moore ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Moore no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Moore lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dagan!
Moore with good strikes from the mount here!
Moore looking to ground and pound but Dagan is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Moore there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moore throwing strikes here but Dagan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Moore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moore looking to secure an arm triangle but Dagan defends it well.
Moore landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poor strikes thrown by Moore there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tom Moore has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moore throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Moore throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Moore looking to finish with strikes here!
Moore throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore looking to ground and pound but Dagan is blocking nicely.
Moore looking to finish with strikes here!
Dagan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moore tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dagan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Moore.
Moore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Moore lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore throws some wild stikes that Dagan manages to avoid easily.
Dagan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moore on the ground.
Moore takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Moore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Moore dominating with strikes here.

Moore looking to secure an arm triangle but Dagan defends it well.
Moore controlling the pace for now.
Moore throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dagan because Moore loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore controlling the position easily from mount.
Moore's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tom Moore has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Moore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Moore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Boy Dagan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dagan gets tackled into the cage by Moore. Moore maintains the clinch.
Dagan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Moore.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dagan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Moore drags the fight down to the ground.
Moore is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Moore throwing shots but Dagan is blocking nicely.

Dagan is defending against the submission attempts here by Moore.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moore controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dagan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moore.
Moore not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Moore throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Moore sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dagan defending well though.
Moore is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Moore decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moore instigates a clinch.

Moore manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Moore is pulling down on Dagan's head. It's preventing any offense from Dagan, at least for the moment.

Moore wriggles free and stands up.
Moore tries to clinch there but Dagan circles away.

Moore moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Nice elbow from Moore.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Dagan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Dagan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Moore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore stalks Dagan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dagan's face. Dagan staggers backwards, shaken.
Tom Moore is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Moore has Dagan up against the cage in a clinch.
Moore lands with a left to the head.
Moore works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tom Moore seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.

Dagan is rocked!
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Oh Dagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moore stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Moore.

Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moore avoids a punch combination nicely.

Moore clinches up with Dagan and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.

Moore pulls guard effortlessly.

Moore has his feet on Dagan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Moore rushes Dagan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moore lands an elbow that stopped Dagan in his tracks for a moment.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Dagan's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Boy Dagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dagan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Moore manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moore 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Moore!
A less than humble Tom Moore misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.