PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terence Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daiago Sanchez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Moses
vs
Sanchez

184 cm
24
346 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Terence Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daiago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice takedown defense from Moses. No joy for Sanchez on that attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Moses misses the target.
Moses slips under a jab.
Moses takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sanchez misses with a jab to the body
and Moses counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moses misses with the combination.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Moses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Moses ducks under and follows up with a left that Moses also avoids with ease.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Moses moves out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Moses.
Moses working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Moses crashes against the mat.
Moses scoring with punches and elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Moses.
Moses really is a fat lump.

Moses decides to stand back up.
Moses misses with a few strikes there.

Moses rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moses stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moses breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moses misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Moses looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
A jab from Moses misses.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.

Moses decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is trying to escape back to his feet but Moses uses the scramble to pass into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moses working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sanchez parries the strikes from Moses easily there. Moses is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sanchez to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet but Moses is dominant here and he's now got Sanchez's back!
Moses misses with punches from the back.
Sanchez covering up well and avoiding damage.
Moses scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Moses gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Sanchez takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sanchez is looking for a way out.
Moses lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Sanchez is rocked!
Moses cracks Sanchez with a big right hand from the back mount! Sanchez immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Moses takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terence Moses!