PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Flatendo (ranked 1815 p4p, 2045 weight class) and Peyton Moore (ranked 285 p4p, 324 weight class). Demarcus Flatendo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Flatendo
vs
Moore

188 cm
27
210
6 - 2 - 1

182 cm
20
212
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Primal

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 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Demarcus Flatendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Peyton Moore!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Flatendo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Moore doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Peyton Moore has been cut.
A slow jab from Flatendo misses its intended target.
We've been told by Flatendo's head coaches at PhoQus Island Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Moore tries to land a front kick but Flatendo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Moore looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
An inside leg kick from Moore misses.
Flatendo scores with a nice strike.
Flatendo tries to clinch
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
Moore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moore throws a good cross that connects.
Flatendo misses with a few strikes there.
Moore shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Flatendo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flatendo dips to his left and cracks Moore with an uppercut!
Flatendo tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Flatendo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flatendo.
Flatendo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Flatendo avoids a kick to the body.
Flatendo tries to clinch up but Moore circles away and keeps his distance.
Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Flatendo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moore appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flatendo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moore lands a really nice looking cross but Flatendo seems unphased.
Flatendo moves to clinch but Moore breaks away
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flatendo misses with a straight right.
Flatendo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moore circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Moore bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Flatendo's head backwards.
Moore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flatendo.
Flatendo throws a lazy uppercut
and Moore makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Flatendo throws a jab when Moore was well out of range.
Moore jabs at Flatendo's body.
Demarcus Flatendo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flatendo misses with a right hand
and Moore counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flatendo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flatendo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moore thuds a left hand into Flatendo's body.
Flatendo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flatendo misses with a right hand
and Moore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore lands a body shot.
Flatendo misses with an uppercut
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flatendo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Moore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Flatendo is breathing heavily.
Flatendo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Flatendo falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Moore.
Moore lands with a good body shot.
Moore fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Flatendo is out of range.
Flatendo is looking to counter punch.
Moore connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flatendo's hands.
Flatendo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Flatendo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Flatendo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Moore counters with a nice body shot.
Moore throws a push kick but Flatendo slaps the foot to one side.
Moore is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Flatendo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flatendo.
Flatendo is looking to clinch but Moore is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moore.
Moore throws the kick towards the body but Flatendo avoids it.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Flatendo misses.
Moore now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Moore lands a right hook to the body.
Moore punishes Flatendo's body with a nice straight punch.
Flatendo throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Flatendo wants to clinch.
A jab from Flatendo misses.
Moore lands with an uppercut that bounces Flatendo off the cage and back into range.
Flatendo closes the distance but Moore moves to the side
and Moore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flatendo.
Flatendo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moore throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moore lands a right hook to the body.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flatendo.
Flatendo looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely.
Flatendo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moore connects with a body shot.
Flatendo throws a nice looking combination but Moore bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Moore lands a slapping body shot.
Flatendo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Moore counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flatendo darts in trying to clinch
and Moore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Peyton Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peyton Moore's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters circling - Flatendo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Moore scores with a push kick.

Flatendo moves into the clinch successfully.
Moore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Flatendo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore trying to stall but Flatendo improves his position.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Flatendo has double underhooks.

Moore manages to break the clinch.
Flatendo misses the jab.
Nice uppercut there from Moore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flatendo swinging wildly here.
Moore lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Moore.
Nice body punch from Moore.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flatendo tries to clinch up.
Moore scores with the left hand. Flatendo knows he should have avoided that one.
Moore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Flatendo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moore makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moore connects with a right hand. Flatendo shakes it off.
Flatendo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Flatendo rather than just go for the knockout.
Moore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moore looks to land a body kick but Flatendo moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Flatendo misses the target.
Flatendo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab.
Moore digs a good body shot into Flatendo's ribs.
Flatendo tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore cracks Flatendo with an open hand slap.
Moore tries to land a leg kick but Flatendo saw it coming and moves away.
Flatendo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flatendo tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flatendo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flatendo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Moore. That one must have hurt.
Flatendo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Flatendo throws a right hand that misses
and Moore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moore moves forwards but Flatendo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Flatendo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flatendo scrambles back to his feet.
Moore scores with a hook to the body. Flatendo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Flatendo misses with a double jab.
Moore with a nice cross.
Flatendo throws a hook to the side of Moore's head but Moore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Moore throws a wild body kick that Flatendo sees coming a mile off.
Flatendo ducks right into an uppercut from Moore.
Flatendo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Flatendo is rocked!
Moore punishes Flatendo's body with a nice straight punch.
Oh Flatendo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moore weaves into range and cracks Flatendo right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Flatendo goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Moore is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peyton Moore!
Peyton Moore decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.