PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Moreno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Roberts's choice of entrance music: Moves Like Jagger. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Moreno
vs
Roberts

173 cm
34
170 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

170 cm
27
166 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Knockout power

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 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Moreno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Roberts!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick

and Moreno holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Roberts takes an elbow to the temple.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Roberts is trying to force a seperation but Moreno has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moreno throws an elbow but misses.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Roberts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moreno moves into the clinch.
Moreno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roberts wants to take the fight to the mat but Moreno manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Roberts has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Roberts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Moreno with a knee to the head.
Moreno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roberts wants to take the fight to the mat but Moreno manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Moreno prevents Roberts from breaking the clinch.
Moreno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roberts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moreno crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno lands a nice knee to the body.
Roberts looks winded!
Moreno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.
Roberts drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moreno pulls his leg out and moves away.
Paulo Moreno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Roberts.

Moreno moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moreno connects with a knee to the head.
Moreno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moreno.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Moreno blocking some punches.
Roberts blocks the elbow strike.
Roberts takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts avoiding damage as Moreno throws knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Moreno landing knees to the body.
Roberts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moreno gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Roberts.
Roberts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moreno.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno lands a knee to the head.
Moreno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moreno landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moreno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moreno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moreno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moreno prevents Roberts from breaking the clinch.
Moreno lands an elbow that stopped Roberts in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moreno lands a knee to the head.
Moreno crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Moreno dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Moreno moves into range and clinches up with Roberts.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moreno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moreno misses with a knee strike.
Moreno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roberts can do to turn this around?
Moreno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roberts can't find room to land a body shot as Moreno controls the action.
A knee to the head by Moreno.
Roberts tries to score a body lock takedown but Moreno shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Moreno is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Roberts avoiding damage as Moreno throws knees to the body.
Moreno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roberts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Roberts takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roberts is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Moreno gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Paulo Moreno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Roberts.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roberts avoiding damage as Moreno throws knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Moreno creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Moreno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Moreno.
Knees to the body from Moreno.
Moreno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to stall.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Moreno connects with a knee to the head.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts working aggressively here.
Moreno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moreno crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paulo Moreno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts working aggressively here.
Moreno lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moreno obliges.
Knees to the body from Moreno.
Moreno lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roberts's defenses.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moreno obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moreno.
Moreno stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moreno lands a nice elbow.
Roberts takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moreno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moreno.
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Moreno dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Moreno clinches up against the cage.
Moreno landing knees to the body.
Moreno scores with a knee to the head.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Moreno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Moreno avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moreno obliges.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moreno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts is looking to control Moreno's arms but Moreno gets an underhook and turns him. Now Roberts has his back to the cage.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts blocks the elbow strike.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moreno.
Moreno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roberts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moreno is defending well for now.
Moreno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts throws a punch but it's blocked by Moreno.
Bob Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moreno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moreno.
Moreno connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roberts's face.
Moreno scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Moreno lands an elbow that stopped Roberts in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moreno obliges.
Moreno working Roberts over with knees to the body.
Roberts is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Moreno gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Moreno working Roberts over with knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Moreno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Moreno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moreno lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moreno working Roberts over with knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno looking to throw knees to the head but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Moreno misses with an elbow over the top.
Roberts tries for a takedown. No joy.
Moreno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roberts throws a punch but it's blocked by Moreno.
Moreno avoids the elbow strike from Roberts, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Moreno connects with a knee to the head.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Moreno avoids the damage to the body.
Paulo Moreno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roberts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Roberts goes for a takedown attempt but Moreno pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Paulo Moreno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Roberts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts is looking to chop away at Moreno's legs.
Roberts throws a head kick but Moreno moves out of range.
Roberts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Moreno checks it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roberts misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Moreno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moreno, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Moreno!
Post fight, Paulo Moreno took to the microphone: 'Sa lahat ng ayaw sakin mga putang ina niyo.'.