PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ananatuba Marajoara (ranked 4658 p4p, 4695 weight class) and Crone Moans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Marajoara
vs
Moans

185 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ananatuba Marajoara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Crone Moans!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marajoara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moans manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moans keeps the fight on the outside.
Marajoara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moans throws a nice looking combination but Marajoara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Marajoara forces Moans back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Moans.
Marajoara stalling against the cage.
Moans dodges an elbow strike from Marajoara.
Marajoara gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Moans.
Marajoara prevents a body shot from Moans.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marajoara wants to take the fight to the mat but Moans manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Moans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moans blocks an uppercut.
Moans goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marajoara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marajoara lands a damaging elbow.
Moans misses with a knee strike.
Moans tries to land knees in the clinch but Marajoara avoids the damage to the body.
Marajoara is working for takedown but Moans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Moans avoids the elbow strike from Marajoara, against the cage.
Moans has a couple of punches blocked by Marajoara.
Marajoara blocking some punches.
Marajoara wants to take the fight to the mat but Moans manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ananatuba Marajoara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moans gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marajoara.
Moans working aggressively here.
Marajoara lands an elbow just above Moans 's eye.
Moans blocks an elbow strike.
Marajoara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Moans.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moans breaks from the clinch.

Marajoara fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moans, pushing him back against the cage.
Marajoara misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marajoara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moans's brow.
Marajoara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marajoara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Moans swings wildly with an uppercut but Marajoara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marajoara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moans tries to throw a body punch but Marajoara avoids it by throwing Moans back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marajoara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moans's brow.
Marajoara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marajoara.
Marajoara slows down the pace here.
Marajoara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marajoara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Ananatuba Marajoara has been cut.
Marajoara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Moans misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Moans breaks the clinch.

Marajoara clinches up against the cage.
Marajoara looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Moans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moans scores with a head kick.
Marajoara blocks a leg kick.
Marajoara ducks under a wild hook from Moans.
Moans misses with a double jab.
Marajoara is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Moans.
Some wild striking there from Moans.
Moans cracks Marajoara with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marajoara tries to close the distance and clinch but Moans swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Marajoara backs off Moans throws a huge counter combo but Marajoara manages to avoid it all.

Marajoara clinches with his opponent.

Moans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moans buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moans misses with a low kick.
Marajoara tries to clinch there but Moans circles away.
Moans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marajoara dodges the punch combination from Moans.

Moans lands a left and a right that send Marajoara crashing to the mat, dazed. Moans thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Marajoara is rocked!
Marajoara blocks a head kick by Moans.
Oh Marajoara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moans drops Marajoara with a naaaaasty hook - Marajoara is in real trouble here! Moans dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crone Moans!
During a confident post fight interview, Crone Moans thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.