PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Washington Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanay Ulrik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Moses
vs
Ulrik

199 cm
24
285 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

223 cm
25
271 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Washington Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sanay Ulrik!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulrik ducks right into an uppercut from Moses.
Ulrik takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moses throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moses throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ulrik tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moses manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moses stuffs the takedown.
Moses throws a leg kick that misses.
Ulrik takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ulrik shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Moses counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Moses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulrik controls Moses momentarily but Moses frees himself.
Moses seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Moses slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Moses seems content to control.
Moses wants to control but Ulrik is keeping him busy.
Moses thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ulrik's head.
Moses has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Moses uses his free foot to push down on Ulrik's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ulrik.
Moses tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ulrik is squirming around, avoiding Moses's attempts to control the action.
Moses takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Moses tries to control but Ulrik wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Washington Moses wasn't doing enough on the ground.
The fighters circling - Moses throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Moses looks to score with a jab to the body but Ulrik is just out of range.
Moses throws a lazy right hand but Ulrik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ulrik wants to clinch.

Moses feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses looking to pass the guard.
Moses landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulrik is trying to keep Moses in close.

Moses stands up and waves to Ulrik to follow him.
Ulrik fails with a takedown attempt.
Washington Moses has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sanay Ulrik.

Moses drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Moses postures up and lands a big shot to Ulrik's brow.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but Ulrik blocks nicely.

Moses stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A big right from Moses misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses tries to score with a low kick but Ulrik moves his leg out of the way.

Moses darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ulrik wants to get back to full guard.
Moses moves into full mount! Ulrik won't be happy about that!
Moses tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moses raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Sanay Ulrik has been cut.
Ulrik looks winded!
Moses loads up with a big shot that hurts Ulrik! He's pulled Moses in close but Moses has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Ulrik survive? More strikes from Moses and Ulrik is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Washington Moses!
Washington Moses decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.