PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josue Luna (ranked 2682 p4p, 4849 weight class) and Jonah Morah (ranked 281 p4p, 331 weight class). Jonah Morah has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Luna
vs
Morah

175 cm
25
155
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
18
145
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josue Luna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonah Morah!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Luna looking to score a takedown here. Morah is defending well but Luna drives through and ends up in Morah's guard.
Luna stays in close to Morah's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luna has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Morah looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luna is one step ahead there.
Morah keeping full guard, as Luna tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah wants to sweep here but Luna controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna landing some decent shots from guard.

Luna gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morah lands a jab to Luna's midsection.
Luna cracks Morah with a right hand to the side of the head.

Luna looking to score a takedown here. Morah is defending well but Luna drives through and ends up in Morah's guard.
Luna sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morah manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Luna manages to get himself to full guard.

A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Luna holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morah.
Luna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morah.
Morah chips away with some ground and pound.
Luna wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Morah manages to pass to side control.
Luna keeping control of the position.
Luna tries to get to full guard but Morah has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Morah is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Luna is just riding it out for now. Morah eventually gives up the hold.
Luna trying to control but Morah postures up.
Morah is nestled in close to Luna, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morah trying to control the action but Luna is working from the bottom.
Luna is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Luna is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Luna trying to control from the bottom.

Luna pushes Morah off and gets back to his feet.
Morah goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Luna slips a jab from Morah.
It looked like Luna was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Morah.

Morah gets tackled into the cage by Luna. Luna maintains the clinch.

Luna jumps into guard, dragging Morah to the mat.
Morah wants to control from the top but Luna keeps moving.

Morah got a little sloppy there for a moment and Luna has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morah has managed to get both his arms back between Luna's legs - danger averted.
Morah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Josue Luna will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Luna rushes Morah and presses him up against the cage.
Morah prevents the takedown attempt.
Morah has Luna pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Luna manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morah letting Luna take a breather here.
Morah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luna prevents it.
Morah has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Luna after a bit of a struggle.
Josue Luna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonah Morah.
Luna can't find room to land a body shot as Morah controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah tries to pull guard but Luna won't allow it.

Morah decides to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morah working for a triangle but Luna defends it easily.
Luna's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna stands up over Morah, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Luna not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Luna postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Morah is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Morah throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morah is breathing heavily.
Morah swings for the body but Luna moves out of range.

Luna scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Luna is looking for a kimura but Morah is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Luna to get the leverage.
Luna not doing much here.

Luna stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morah to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luna scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Josue Luna overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Luna in particular looking to stall.
Morah missing with punches from the bottom.
Morah is looking to improve his position.

Luna is working for a kimura here but Morah manages to reverse the position and he's now in Luna's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luna is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Morah throws an elbow that misses. Luna uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morah's guard. Nice move by Luna!

Luna is stalling in the full guard.
Morah looking for a sweep. Not yet Morah, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Luna controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Josue Luna dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morah closes the distance and clinches up with Luna, looking for a takedown. Morah pushes Luna against the cage but Luna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Luna shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Luna showed some decent athleticism there.
Morah scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Luna manages to mount him!
Luna unloading with bombs!
Luna landing strikes from the mount.
Luna is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morah can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Jonah Morah has been cut.
Luna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morah can do to turn this around?
Luna controlling from mount.
Luna landing strikes from the mount and Morah is in trouble!
Morah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah is trying desperately to improve position.
Morah is bucking up trying to escape but Luna cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Morah is rocked!

That has opened up Jonah Morah's cut even more.
Luna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Luna unloading with bombs!
Morah is still in real trouble! Can Luna finish him?
Luna connects with a bit shot that sees Morah covering up! More strikes from Luna and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Luna is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josue Luna!