PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Patriot (ranked 172 p4p, 589 weight class) and Georges Moxley (ranked 27 p4p, 72 weight class). Georges Moxley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Patriot
vs
Moxley

165 cm
23
161
10 - 3 - 0

189 cm
24
158
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Core Combat

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gorgon Patriot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Georges Moxley!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patriot wants to land a leg kick but Moxley is out of range.
A low kick from Patriot misses
and Moxley counters with a nice body shot.
A slow jab from Moxley misses its intended target.
Patriot was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Patriot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Patriot misses with a hook. Moxley ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moxley! But no joy.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Moxley misses.
Patriot misses with a body shot.
Patriot throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Moxley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've been informed that Moxley has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Moxley scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moxley checks a leg kick.
Patriot motions for Moxley to come forward. Patriot throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moxley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Patriot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moxley.
Patriot was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley blocks a low kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Moxley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moxley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patriot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Moxley.

It looks like Gorgon Patriot has been cut.
Patriot looks to land a right hand but Moxley moved out of range.
Patriot misses with a looping left.
Patriot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patriot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moxley at a distance.
A jab from Moxley finds it's way through Patriot's defenses.
Moxley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Patriot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patriot.
Moxley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Moxley misses with the combination.
Patriot throws an off balance right hand
and Moxley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Patriot looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patriot is looking to chop away at Moxley's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Moxley misses with a hook.
Patriot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patriot throws a chopping leg kick but Moxley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Moxley blocks a head kick by Patriot.
Patriot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice shot lands for Patriot.
Patriot looks to land a body kick but Moxley moved away.
Moxley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fighters circling - Moxley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patriot throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Moxley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Patriot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Moxley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Moxley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Patriot walks into a stiff left hand from Moxley.
Moxley checks a leg kick.
Moxley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Patriot moves out of range as Moxley strikes.
Patriot throws a quick counter kick to the body but Moxley avoids it.
Patriot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Patriot there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot throws an overhand right that lands on Moxley's shoulder, as Moxley tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Moxley there.
Nice jab there from Moxley.
Patriot throws a body kick that misses.
Moxley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Patriot. Patriot obviously looking to wear him down.
Moxley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moxley throws the left hand but Patriot avoids the punch easily.
Patriot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patriot does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Patriot misses with a hook. Moxley ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moxley! But no joy.
Moxley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Patriot connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moxley scrambles back to his feet.
Patriot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Moxley cracks Patriot with a good jab.
Patriot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moxley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patriot throws a body kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Moxley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
Patriot lands a nice shot that snaps Moxley's head back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patriot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Moxley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patriot throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Patriot bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moxley's head backwards.
Moxley misses the shot to the body.
Patriot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moxley was well out of range. Poor timing from Patriot.
Moxley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Moxley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patriot can pounce on him.
Patriot misses with a shot to the body
and Moxley counters with a straight right hand.
Moxley misses with a straight right.
Moxley missing with a left hand there. Patriot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patriot throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Patriot throws a low kick, looking for Moxley's leg but Moxley calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gorgon Patriot will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Moxley dodges the punch combination from Patriot.
Moxley moves into range and connects with a jab.
Patriot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patriot just misses with a punch to the body.
Moxley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Moxley works Patriot's body with a nice hook.
Moxley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patriot.
It seemed like Moxley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moxley lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot misses the shot to the body.
Moxley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patriot.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Moxley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Patriots jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Patriot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patriot misses the shot to the body.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Georges Moxley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut there from Patriot.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Jab by Patriot.
Patriot misses with an uppercut. Moxley saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Moxley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moxley moves out of range of the body kick from Patriot.
Moxley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Patriot tries a head kick but it misses.
Patriot throws an off balance right hand
enabling Moxley to counter with a crisp jab.
Patriot moves away from the strike by Moxley.
Moxley cracks Patriot with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patriot throws a low kick but it's checked well by Moxley.
Patriot is looking to slow Moxley down with leg kicks.
Patriot misses with a wild body shot.
Patriot throws a low kick but Moxley avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxley misses with a body shot
and Patriot makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Moxley checks the leg kick.
Moxley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Moxley swings for the body but Patriot moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Moxley misses.
Patriot looks for the body kick but Moxley saw that one coming.
Patriot shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moxley eats them both and turns towards Patriot to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Patriot throws a solid leg kick but Moxley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Patriot.
Patriot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Moxley moved away.
Moxley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patriot.
Moxley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Patriot counters with a thumping low kick.
Patriot scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Moxley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Moxley misses with a looping left.
Moxley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patriot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot misses the shot to the body.
Patriot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moxley. That did some damage!
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
Moxley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patriot.
Patriot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Patriot thows a leg kick but Moxley checks it
and Moxley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patriot defending well as Moxley loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick lands for Patriot.
Moxley lands with a nice body punch.
Moxley blocks a head kick by Patriot.
Patriot slips under a jab.
Patriot scoring well with a low kick there.
Patriot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patriot bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley moves out of range as Patriot strikes.
Patriot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moxley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moxley catches Patriot with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Patriot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot lands a leg kick that knocks Moxley off balance momentarily.
Patriot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot throws out a leg kick but Moxley moves out of range and Patriot only half commits.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patriot throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Patriot throws a head kick but Moxley moves out of range.
Moxley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Moxley sees it coming and moves out of range.
Moxley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Patriot in his tracks.
Patriot throws out a loose jab but Moxley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moxley misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorgon Patriot dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
That's time! Patriot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Moxley checks a leg kick nicely.
Patriot throws a lazy uppercut
and Moxley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Patriot misses with a kick to the body.
Patriot with the inside leg kick.
Moxley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moxley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Patriot throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Patriot with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Moxley blocks the low kick.
Moxley throws a hook to the side of Patriot's head but Patriot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moxley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Patriot counters with a one-two to the body.
Moxley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moxley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Patriot. Patriot obviously looking to wear him down.
Patriot swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot lands with a shot to the body.
Moxley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Moxley might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Patriot has got the better of the exchanges.
Patriot misses with a leg kick
and Moxley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Patriot connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Patriot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moxley moves away.
Patriot throws a leg kick which misses Moxley's front leg but catches the back leg as Moxley tries to avoid it.
Patriot tried to score with a low kick but Moxley checks it.
Moxley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patriot.
Patriot moves out of range as Moxley strikes.
Moxley slips a jab from Patriot.
Patriot throws a lazy body kick
and Moxley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Patriot misses the shot to the body.
Moxley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moxley throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
Moxley misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxley throws a right hand that misses
and Patriot counters with an outside leg kick.
Patriot lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patriot throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Patriot throws a low kick but Moxley avoids it.
Patriot walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Patriot fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moxley.
Patriot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Moxley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patriot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Moxley throws a series of strikes that have Patriot backpedaling.
Patriot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moxley's head.
The fighters circling - Moxley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patriot throws a low kick, looking for Moxley's leg but Moxley calmly moves out of range.
Moxley throws out a loose jab but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moxley scores with a nice head shot.
Moxley misses the jab.
It appears Patriot was looking to counter with a kick there.
A jab from Moxley finds it's way through Patriot's defenses.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Moxley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Patriot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
Patriot throws a leg kick that misses.
Moxley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Patriot takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A swing and a miss from Patriot.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot throws a hook but Moxley blocks it.
Moxley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Patriot misses with a left hand
letting Moxley counter with a right hand.
Moxley throws a jab when Patriot was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patriot moves away.
Moxley throws a jab but it's blocked by Patriot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot with a nice calf kick.
Patriot throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Patriot is predictable there
and Moxley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patriot misses with a leg kick
and Moxley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Gorgon Patriot's cut is getting worse.
Moxley avoids the body shot from Patriot.
Patriot throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Patriot throws a half hearted mid kick.
Moxley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Patriot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It seemed like Moxley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Patriot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moxley.
Moxley takes a swing at Patriot's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Gorgon Patriot did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Moxley blocks a low kick nicely.
Patriot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moxley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moxley moves out of range as Patriot throws a body kick.
Patriot misses with a lunging right hand
and Moxley counters with a nice body shot.
Patriot fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moxley.
Moxley misses with an uppercut.
Patriot throws a nice looking combination but Moxley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patriot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moxley.
Patriot looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Patriot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moxley blocks a leg kick.
Patriot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Moxley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patriot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moxley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Patriot with a body shot.
Moxley slips a jab from Patriot.
Moxley lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moxley.
Moxley misses with a wild body shot.
As Moxley backs away, Patriot returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Moxley misses with an uppercut.
Patriot defending well as Moxley loads up on a big left hand.
Moxley misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Moxley ducks under a wild hook from Patriot.
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Patriot.
Patriot lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Patriot scores with a jab to the jaw.
Patriot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moxley checks a leg kick.
Patriot looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Patriot takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patriot defending well as Moxley loads up on a big left hand.
Patriot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Moxley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Moxley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patriot manages to avoid it.
Moxley throws a jab but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Moxley is out of range.
Patriot connects with a solid leg kick.
Patriot on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patriot takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Patriot lands a slapping body shot.
Moxley throws a jab but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moxley manages to avoid it.
Patriot takes a swing at Moxley's ribcage but misses.
Patriot scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moxley lands with an uppercut that bounces Patriot off the cage and back into range.
Moxley defending well as Patriot loads up on a big left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Moxley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moxley.
Patriot connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Patriot does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Moxley checks a leg kick.
Patriot misses with a leg kick.
Patriot misses the jab.
Moxley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Patriot is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moxley.
Patriot thumps Moxley with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Patriot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patriot.
Patriot slips under a jab.
Patriot is looking to counter punch.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Moxley sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Moxley.
Patriot throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Patriot just misses with a punch to the body.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moxley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patriot can pounce on him.
Patriot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Patriot misses.
Patriot fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Moxley is out of range.
Patriot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patriot takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Patriot throws a body shot but no joy.
Moxley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Gorgon Patriot will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Moxley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moxley missing with a left hand there. Patriot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Patriot. That's going to slow Moxley down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moxley checks a leg kick.
Patriot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patriot lands a leg kick that knocks Moxley off balance momentarily.
Donk. Moxley catches Patriot right on the button with a cross.
Patriot lands with a kick to the ribs.
Patriot throws a head kick that misses
and Patriot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Moxley.
Moxley lands a nice looking body shot.
Patriot takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patriot blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley lands a really nice looking cross but Patriot seems unphased.
Moxley misses with a hook. Patriot ducked under it nicely.
Patriot throws a jab when Moxley was well out of range.
Patriot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moxley's head.
Patriot lands a head kick. Moxley smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Moxley connects with a body shot.
Moxley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Patriot misses.
Patriot throws out a leg kick but Moxley moves out of range and Patriot only half commits.
Moxley throws out a loose jab but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moxley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moxley scores with a nice strike.
Moxley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Georges Moxley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patriot uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moxley.
Patriot slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Moxley throws a body punch but Patriot moves out of range.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Moxley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moxley throws a lazy uppercut
and Patriot counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Patriot throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moxley on the side of the head.
Moxley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Patriot.
Patriot misses the jab.
Moxley takes a jab right on the kisser.
Patriot thows a leg kick but Moxley checks it
and Moxley counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Patriot. That's going to slow Moxley down.
Patriot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patriot throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Patriot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Patriot scores with a kick to the body.
Patriot walks into a stiff left hand from Moxley.
Patriot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Patriot there as he acknowledges the shot.
Patriot throws a low kick but Moxley moves out of range easily.
Moxley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Patriot connects with an inside leg kick.
Patriot lands a leg kick that knocks Moxley off balance momentarily.
Moxley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Patriot throws a front kick aimed at Moxley's knee but Moxley avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moxley misses with a straight left.
Patriot throwing a counter right hand but Moxley manages to avoid it.
Patriot looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick lands for Patriot.
Patriot lands a lovely overhand right.
Patriot scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moxley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patriot.
Patriot is looking to slow Moxley down with leg kicks.
Patriot with the inside leg kick.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patriot moves away.
Patriot swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Patriot throws out a leg kick but Moxley moves out of range and Patriot only half commits.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gorgon Patriot.
Well Patriot has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:46
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 50:45
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorgon Patriot!
Gorgon Patriot retains his lightweight title!
A less than humble Gorgon Patriot misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.