PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Slaughter (ranked 4640 p4p, 481 weight class) and Malus Moore (ranked 4869 p4p, 493 weight class). Malus Moore will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Slaughter
vs
Moore

185 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Slaughter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malus Moore!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore throws a head kick but Slaughter moves out of range.

Slaughter shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Moore manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Slaughter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Slaughter won't allow Moore to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaughter forces his way into half guard.
Moore is trying to stand back up but Slaughter is controlling him
Slaughter moves nicely into side control.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Moore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slaughter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moore keeps working.
Slaughter throws an elbow but Moore slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Slaughter is controlling him well.
Moore parries the strikes from Slaughter easily there. Slaughter is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Moore to escape.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Moore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slaughter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Moore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slaughter throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Slaughter in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Slaughter landing a few strikes.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Moore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from Slaughter crashes against the mat.
Slaughter 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore parries the strikes from Slaughter easily there. Slaughter is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Moore to escape.
The strikes coming from Slaughter are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Slaughter tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Slaughter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Moore is trying to buck Slaughter off.
Slaughter in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Moore defending against the ground and pound.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moore keeps working.
Moore managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Slaughter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Moore on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Moore can do anything to dispel that myth.
Slaughter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Slaughter in side control, throwing shots but Moore defends.
Sloppy strikes there by Slaughter.
Slaughter working the head with strikes.
Moore avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Slaughter.
Slaughter wants to control but Moore is keeping him busy.
Slaughter lands a few punches from side control.
Moore is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Slaughter is controlling him well.

Slaughter working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Moore tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter looking to finish with strikes here!
Moore avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Moore blocking the ground and pound.
Slaughter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Moore can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Slaughter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore taking shots to the head.
Moore taking shots to the head.
Moore wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Slaughter dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Moore tries to land a body kick

and Slaughter counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Slaughter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slaughter throwing shots but Moore is blocking nicely.
Slaughter not doing much here.
Slaughter works his foot free and advances to mount.
Slaughter with a couple of short strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slaughter is landing with some decent strikes but Moore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Slaughter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slaughter unloads with some shots from mount but Moore bucks and avoids them well.
Slaughter throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Moore because Slaughter loaded up on that one.
Moore is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Moore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slaughter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter tries to control but Moore wriggling away.
Slaughter putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Slaughter landing punches.
Slaughter looking to ground and pound but Moore is blocking nicely.
Slaughter throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Slaughter looking to finish with strikes here!
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Slaughter lands a heavy elbow.
Slaughter lands a nice shot to the head.
Moore wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Moore wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter trying to control but Moore is having none of it.
Slaughter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moore can do to turn this around?
Slaughter thowing shots but they're missing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Slaughter punching from mount but Moore doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Slaughter with a couple of short strikes.
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Slaughter throwing strikes here but Moore is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Slaughter landing strikes from the mount.
Moore is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Slaughter looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Moore is rocked!
BOOM! Slaughter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Moore is still in real trouble! Can Slaughter finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Slaughter.
A big strike lands for Slaughter! That's really hurt Moore and he's turned his back - Slaughter keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Slaughter jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Slaughter!