PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amos Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moses
vs
Giant

210 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amos Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Giant!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moses tries to clinch up but Giant circles away and keeps his distance.
Moses jabs Giant right on the nose. Giant blinks but takes it well.

Giant gets the takedown into side control.
Giant tries to score with some ground and pound. Moses controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Moses regains half guard.
Giant prevents Moses from improving his position.
Giant is keen to just control but Moses is a slippery customer.
Moses flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Giant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Moses defending well though.
Giant not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Giant missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Moses scores a takedown into full mount!
Moses lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Moses landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giant bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Giant postures up in Moses's guard and throws a big left but Moses blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Giant's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Giant stopping the sweep attempt from Moses.
Giant wants to pass the guard but Moses is keeping the position.
Moses will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Moses throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Moses 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.
Giant looking to sit in guard and control but Moses gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moses is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giant lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Moses!
Moses takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Moses is breathing heavily.
Moses in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Moses is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giant lands a big elbow.
Oh Moses is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Giant with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Amos Moses has been cut.
The referee warns Moses that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Giant scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Giant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Moses in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Moses is in a horrible position here. Giant smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Giant cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Giant cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giant lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Moses hang on?
Moses is in a horrible position here. Giant smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Giant working Moses over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant lands a nice shot to the head.
Giant is landing with some decent strikes but Moses is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Amos Moses's cut is getting worse.
Giant raining down shots from the mount!
Giant punishing his opponent with strikes.
Giant won't let Moses get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Moses is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Moses throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Moses in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Giant with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moses is trying desperately to improve position.
Giant with shots to the head and body - Moses looks very uncomfortable down there.

Amos Moses's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Moses bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Giant is controlling Moses's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Moses puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Giant tries to get to full guard but Moses has control of the leg.
Giant trying to control from the bottom.
Giant regains full guard. Nicely done.
Moses throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Giant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Giant is trying to control the position but Moses postures up.
Giant looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Moses seems to have got his legs back now.
Moses won't allow Giant to sweep him here.
Giant keeping moving, preventing Moses from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moses looking to pass the guard.
Giant lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Moses!
Moses can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Giant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amos Moses's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Moses fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moses with a poor takedown

and Giant counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Moses!
Giant landing strikes from the mount and Moses is in trouble!
Moses is trying to escape the mount.
Giant landing shots from mount.
Giant unloading with bombs!

Jeez, Amos Moses's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Amos Moses's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andre Giant!