PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tae Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bo
vs
Moon

225 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tae Bo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sun Moon!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon blocks a head kick by Bo.
Bo wants to clinch up but Moon keeps it at a distance.
Bo misses with a body kick.
Bo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moon.

Moon closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Moon wants to control but Bo is keeping him busy.
Moon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Moon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moon passes the guard and advances to mount!
Moon connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon trying to control but Bo is having none of it.
Moon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moon working Bo over with strikes here.
Bo tries to hold on but Moon pushes him away.
Moon wants to control the pace but Bo is squirming around nicely.
Moon working Bo over with strikes here.
Bo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Moon landing strikes from the mount and Bo is in trouble!
Bo is trying desperately to improve position.
Moon wants to control the pace but Bo is squirming around nicely.
Bo is breathing heavily.
Bo is looking to improve his position but Moon isn't that keen on the idea.
Moon cracks Bo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Moon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Moon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Moon lands a big shot there that rocks Bo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Moon.

Bo is rocked!
Bo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moon on the ground.
Moon with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Bo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bo seems to have got his legs back now.

Moon with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Moon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bo looks a forlorn figure.
Moon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bo's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Moon dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Moon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bo sprawls well initially but Moon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Moon uses his free foot to push down on Bo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bo.
Bo wants to hold on but Moon pushes him away.
Moon looking to finish Bo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bo!
Moon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bo is looking to escape.
Moon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bo's face.
Moon landing strikes from the mount.
Moon tries to control but Bo wriggling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bo tries to hold on but Moon pushes him away.
Moon lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Moon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bo's face.
Moon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bo?
Moon lands a big shot to the head and Bo winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sun Moon!