PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Moroz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money comes to the cage accompanied by Scarface - Dollar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Money
vs
Moroz

170 cm
25
141 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
140 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eddie Money!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Melvin Moroz!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moroz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Money misses.
Money connects with a crisp jab.
Money throws out a loose jab but Moroz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Money fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moroz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Moroz moves out of range of the leg kick from Money.
Moroz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Moroz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Moroz avoids the head kick by Money.
A nice combination there by Money.
Moroz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Money avoids it really well and circles away.
Money lands with a shot to the body.
Money swings away with a body shot that misses
and Moroz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Money tries to work over Moroz's front leg with a kick but Moroz checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Money throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moroz with the counter takedown but Money avoids it easily.
Moroz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Money was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Moroz slips under a jab from Money.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Money!
Money throws a right and a left that Moroz avoids nicely.
Money defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Moroz.
Money was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Eddie Money has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Melvin Moroz.
Money swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Money looks to land a body kick but Moroz moved away.
Moroz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Money ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Money waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moroz.
Moroz feints the counter takedown.
Money throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Money takes a swing at Moroz's ribcage but misses.
Money digs a good hook to Moroz's body.
Money lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moroz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Moroz fails with the takedown
enabling Money to counter with a crisp jab.
Money slaps away a takedown attempt from Moroz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Moroz looks winded!
Money throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moroz with a poor takedown
and Money connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Money thuds his shin into the meat of Moroz's side.
Money misses with a wild body shot.
And Moroz tries to counter it with a takedown but Money pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Money looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Money fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Moroz sprawls well initially but Money persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Money lands with a punch from half guard.

Moroz is rocked!
Money is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Money working over Moroz with some ground and pound. Moroz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moroz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Money content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Money wants to free his trapped foot but Moroz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Money is controlling the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Money dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Money throws a series of punches but Moroz moves out of range.
Money scores with a sloppy right hand. Moroz should have avoided that one.
Moroz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Money.
Moroz wants to counter the offense by Money and move into the clinch position.
Money throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moroz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Money cracks a nice hook into Moroz's ribs.
Moroz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moroz throws a leg kick that misses.
Money misses with an uppercut.
Money lands a jab.
Money misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moroz.
Money misses with a takedown
and Moroz counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moroz checks a leg kick.
No luck for Moroz with that takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Money misses.
Moroz unleashes a big counter combination but Money bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Money misses with a body shot.
Money is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moroz can do to turn this around?
Money looks to score with a jab to the body but Moroz is just out of range.
Moroz avoids a kick to the body.
Moroz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moroz tries to clinch but Money is having none of it.
Melvin Moroz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Money keeps the fight on the outside.
Money looks to land a body kick but Moroz moved away.
Moroz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Money closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Moroz taking a bit of punishment here - Money scoring with strikes.
Money working the head and body with strikes.
Moroz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Money content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Moroz for as long as he can get away with.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Money lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moroz down.

Money working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Money working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Moroz wants to control but Money postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Money's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Money working the head and body with strikes.
Moroz being controlled for a moment.
Money in side control lands a decent elbow.
Moroz is trying to get back to half guard.
Money cracks Moroz with a big right hand but Moroz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moroz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Money has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Money lands an elbow.
Moroz is still in real trouble! Can Money finish him?
Moroz is trying to improve his position.
Money advances nicely into full mount.
Money controlling from mount.
Money 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.
Money landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Money cracks Moroz with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Money!
Eddie Money decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.