PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carrol Allison (ranked 8174 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleb Moran (ranked 5877 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Allison
vs
Moran

209 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carrol Allison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaleb Moran!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Moran misses.

Moran closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Allison scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Moran manages to mount him!
The referee warns Allison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Carrol Allison has been cut.
The referee warns Allison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Moran working for a submission but Allison is keeping him at bay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moran lands a big elbow.
Moran landing strikes from the mount and Allison is in trouble!

Allison is rocked!

Moran is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Allison can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Oh Allison is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moran sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Allison seems to have got his legs back now.
Moran is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moran has hold of Allison's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Allison manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Moran takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Moran's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
It looks like Moran might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Allison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Moran putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Carrol Allison's cut is getting worse.
Moran landing strikes from the mount.

Moran looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Allison tries to reverse the position but Moran maintains control.
Moran content just to control the position here.
Allison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Moran with the ground and pound from mount.
Moran takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allison working to try and regain half guard.
Moran moves to take his opponent's back.
Allison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moran on the ground.
Allison tries to escape the position.
Allison is working hard here to advance position.

Allison showing good submission defense here.
Moran looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allison can't escape the position.
Moran scores with strikes from the back.

Carrol Allison's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Moran has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Allison! Can he survive? No! He's out! Moran gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kaleb Moran!