PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waymon Lattimore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lattimore comes to the cage accompanied by Cut the Cord - Shinedown. Moura is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rickson Moura Entrance Song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lattimore
vs
Moura

191 cm
23
212 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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ON TAP 160Q Nutrition

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Waymon Lattimore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rickson Moura!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moura tries to clinch but Lattimore is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Lattimore misses the target.

Moura shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lattimore keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moura working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Well, if Moura is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lattimore wants to control but Moura is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moura looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Moura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moura missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Moura looks to land a strike but Lattimore avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moura's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lattimore trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lattimore is keeping the position for now.
Lattimore is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lattimore utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lattimore knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moura on the ground.
Moura loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lattimore avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moura wants to control from the top but Lattimore keeps moving.
Moura scoring with some ground and pound.
Moura working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Moura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moura stopping the sweep attempt from Lattimore.
Moura landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lattimore has momentary wrist control but Moura slips an elbow through the middle.
Moura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lattimore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Moura loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Moura's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Moura scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Moura throwing strikes but missing.
Moura passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Moura.
Moura throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Moura in side control, throwing shots but Lattimore defends.
Moura scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lattimore to see if he's OK.
Moura throws an elbow but Lattimore slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moura working the head with strikes.
Moura landing a few strikes.
Lattimore takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Moura works to advance to full mount. Lattimore defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lattimore is bucking up trying to escape but Moura cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Moura with a couple of short strikes.
Moura raining down shots from the mount!
Moura landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moura is landing with some decent strikes but Lattimore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Moura in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Moura scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Moura unloading with bombs!

Lattimore is rocked!
Moura putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Lattimore is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moura is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Lattimore goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Moura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rickson Moura!
An out of breath Rickson Moura thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.