PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marty Moon (ranked 2862 p4p, 2384 weight class) and Simon Says (ranked 301 p4p, 254 weight class). Marty Moon had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Moon
vs
Says

175 cm
27
150
4 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
155
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Says!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Watson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Says darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Says gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Moon to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Moon tries to free his leg and advance position but Says is retaining full guard.
Says looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moon is one step ahead there.
Moon trying to control but Says is working from the bottom.
Says avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Says is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Moon is aware though and is defending well.
Moon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Moon looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon passes into half guard.
Says felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Moon prevents Says from improving his position.
Says is in trouble now - Moon has advanced to mount!
Moon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Says is looking to escape.

Moon is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Says is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Says flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Moon anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Says and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Moon slips an arm under Says chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Moon has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Moon is squeezing on Says like an anaconda would it's prey. Says fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marty Moon!
After the fight, Marty Moon was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.