PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alen Zalac (ranked 3281 p4p, 352 weight class) and Federico Moore (ranked 6907 p4p, 521 weight class). Federico Moore is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zalac
vs
Moore

185 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alen Zalac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Federico Moore!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Zalac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moore walks into a stiff left hand from Zalac.
Zalac misses with a hook.
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zalac definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zalac tries to clinch up.
Zalac jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moore misses with a wild combination.
A little feinted left hand from Zalac on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Moore slaps away a takedown attempt from Zalac, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Zalac is breathing heavily.
Zalac throws a big shot that misses.
Despite the aggression on Moore's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Zalac throws a jab but it's blocked by Moore.
Moore connects with a body shot.
Moore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zalac.
Moore looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zalac is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moore.
Zalac avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zalac circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalac takes one to the chin there.
Moore throws a series of punches but Zalac moves out of range.
Zalac misses with a body shot.
Federico Moore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Moore misses.
As Moore looks to move away, Zalac throws a big counter combo but Moore just gets out of the way.
Zalac throws a lazy right hand but Moore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moore throws a series of punches but Zalac moves out of range.
Zalac avoids the body shot from Moore.
Moore misses with a double jab.
Moore throws a series of punches but Zalac moves out of range.
Moore lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Moore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zalac moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Zalac throws a counter high kick but Moore was just alert enough to avoid it.
Moore uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zalac showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Zalac is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Moore's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Zalac walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Moore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Zalac misses.
Moore wants to counter with a clinch but Zalac pushes him away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moore misses with a double jab.
Zalac's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zalac scrambles back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Moore. Those never looked like landing.
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Moore is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Zalac throws a leg kick but Moore sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moore moves out of range of the leg kick from Zalac.
Zalac lands with a nice combination. Moore backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moore has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zalac displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moore throws out the jab.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Zalac.

Zalac pushes Moore up against the cage in a clinch.

Moore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zalac closes the distance and clinches.

Moore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moore looks to land a combination but Zalac avoids it well.
Zalac defending well as Moore loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Moore misses.
Zalac takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zalac.
Zalac is looking to clinch but Moore is avoiding it.
Zalac dodges the punch combination from Moore.
Moore has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Moore there as he acknowledges the shot.
Moore bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moore scores with a nice strike.
Moore scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore moves away from the strike by Zalac.
Moore tries to bum rush Zalac with a series of wild strikes but Zalac uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Moore connects with a right hand. Zalac shakes it off.
Zalac drops his hands momentarily and Moore takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Moore misses with a series of wild punches.
Zalac lunges at Moore with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Moore's hand.
Moore is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zalac had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Moore walks into a straight right hand from Zalac.
Some wild striking there from Zalac.
Moore lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Zalac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Federico Moore dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Moore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zalac tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore throws a nice looking combination but Zalac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zalac uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moore.
Zalac bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Moore misses with a left hand
and Zalac counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Moore scores with a nice right hand.
Zalac with a hook.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moore throws a right hand that misses
and Zalac cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zalac.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Moore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zalac slips under a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moore checks a leg kick.
A nice side step and Moore releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalac.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalac misses with a double jab.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moore scores with a sloppy right hand. Zalac should have avoided that one.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zalac works Moore's body with a nice hook.
Moore tries to bum rush Zalac with a series of wild strikes but Zalac uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zalac tests Moore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Moore misses with a straight right.

Zalac drives through and clinches with Moore against the cage.

Moore breaks from the clinch.
Federico Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moore fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zalac connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moore momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zalac.
Zalac throws a low kick but Moore avoids it.
Zalac fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Zalac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zalac shoots for a double leg takedown but Moore sprawls well. He's pushed Zalac's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Zalac takes one on the button.
Zalac throws an overhand right that lands on Moore's shoulder, as Moore tries to avoid the shot.
Moore tries to counter by closing the distance.
Zalac moves out of range as Moore strikes.
Moore misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from Zalac finds it's target.
Moore misses with a two punch combination.
Moore checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Zalac throws a hook to the side of Moore's head but Moore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zalac is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zalac in his tracks.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zalac throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Moore scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zalac misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moore swinging wildly here.
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zalac.
Zalac closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Moore moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Moore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zalac was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zalac throws a series of punches but Moore avoids them all with ease.
Moore is looking for the big counter here.
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zalac.
Zalac scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Zalac.
Moore moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Moore throws a body punch but Zalac moves out of range.
Zalac throws a lazy head kick
and Moore counters with a straight right hand.
Moore's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zalac under the eye.
Zalac works Moore's body with a nice hook.
Sloppy strikes from Moore. Those never looked like landing.
Moore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Zalac darts in and clinches Moore up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Moore manages to break the clinch.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zalac circles away quickly and effectively.
Zalac scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Federico Moore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Moore displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zalac.
Moore swinging wildly here.
Zalac ducks under a wild hook from Moore.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moore swinging wildly here.
Zalac takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zalac throws a right and a left that Moore avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zalac looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zalac connects with a body shot that sends Moore's belly button to the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalac gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zalac throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Moore jabs Zalac to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Moore jabs Zalac to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zalac moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Moore throws a one two combo.
Moore throws a nice looking combination but Zalac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zalac lunges at Moore with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Moore's hand.
Moore misses with a double jab.
Zalac swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Moore cracks Zalac with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zalac dodges the punch combination from Moore.
Moore misses with a combination
and Zalac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Zalac closes the distance and pushes Moore back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zalac.
Moore throws a nice looking combination but Zalac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zalac tests Moore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zalac closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Zalac cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zalac connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Moore's hands.
Zalac walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zalac moves out of range of the strikes.
Zalac avoids the body shot from Moore.
Moore with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zalac to score with a decent uppercut.
Alen Zalac is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Moore.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zalac throws out the jab.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Zalac connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zalac slips a jab and a cross from Moore.
Moore walks into a straight right hand from Zalac.
Moore looks to land a left hand but Zalac moved out of range nicely.
Zalac fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zalac takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zalac looks to land a body kick but Moore moved away.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalac.
Zalac throws a series of punches but Moore moves out of range.
Moore slips a jab from Zalac.
Moore lands with an overhand left.
Moore misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut there from Zalac.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zalac misses with a straight right.
Zalac showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Moore throws a right hand that Zalac ducks under and follows up with a left that Zalac also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Zalac.
Sloppy strikes from Moore. Those never looked like landing.
Moore swinging wildly here.
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Moore looks to move away, Zalac throws a big counter combo but Moore just gets out of the way.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zalac ducks under a wild hook from Moore.
A jab from Moore misses.
Zalac sizes up Moore with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alen Zalac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Federico Moore is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Zalac tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zalac misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Federico Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Moore winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Federico Moore!