PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andro Juricic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Andro Juricic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Juricic
vs
Moura

185 cm
20
218 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andro Juricic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Moura!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Moura or perhaps it was just good defense by Juricic, which made it look bad.
Moura shoots in for a takedown but Juricic shows good takedown defense.
It looked like Juricic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Juricic throws a hook to the side of Moura's head but Moura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Moura moves into the clinch successfully.
Moura jumps guard but Juricic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Andro Juricic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rickson Moura.
Juricic lands with a light punch inside.
Moura tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Juricic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Moura's coach down at Animal House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Moura's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Juricic fails to land.
Juricic lands with a left to the head.

Moura pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Juricic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Moura has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Juricic has managed to get both his arms back between Moura's legs - danger averted.

Juricic stands up and waves to Moura to follow him.
Juricic misses with a wild combination.

Juricic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Moura to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juricic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Moura lands a couple of digs.
Moura postures up in Juricic's guard and throws a big left but Juricic blocks it.
Moura chips away with some ground and pound.
Juricic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Juricic tries to get out of the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moura's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Moura working some strikes from top position.
Juricic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Moura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Juricic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Moura trying to control but Juricic is working from the bottom.
Moura connects with a couple of short punches.
Moura trying to control but Juricic is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moura postures up and lands a big shot to Juricic's brow.
Moura slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Moura postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moura postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Juricic wants to sweep here but Moura controlling him for the moment.

Moura drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Moura seems to have locked his on tight now - Juricic screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Moura, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rickson Moura!
During a confident post fight interview, Rickson Moura thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.