PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maurico Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duarte Moreira (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!

Ferreira
vs
Moreira

188 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maurico Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duarte Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ferreira tries to move into range but Moreira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moreira misses with a series of wild punches.
Moreira misses with the combination.
Moreira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moreira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ferreira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Moreira lands a left and a right that send Ferreira crashing to the mat, dazed. Moreira thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Ferreira is rocked!

It looks like Maurico Ferreira has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreira changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Ferreira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moreira weaves into range and cracks Ferreira right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Ferreira goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Moreira is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Duarte Moreira!
During a confident post fight interview, Duarte Moreira thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.