PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keith Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen AC/DC - Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Bart Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moore
vs
Brown

176 cm
25
158 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bart Brown!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Moore.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Brown misses with a hook to the body
and Moore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moore wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Moore tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Moore tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moore tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown slips under a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brown.
Keith Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Brown.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Moore on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
Moore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Moore.
Moore throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown lands a jab to Moore's midsection.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Moore moved out of range.
Moore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Moore.
Brown scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a hook. Moore ducked under it nicely.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Moore moves into the clinch.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moore is looking to clinch.

Moore moves into the clinch.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Moore.
Moore throws a knee to the head but misses.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bart Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Moore saw that one coming.
Brown throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moore misses with a hook.
Moore wants to clinch
and Moore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown digs a good hook to Moore's body.
Moore moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Moore throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown cracks Moore with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moore has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moore looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Moore tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Moore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brown swings for the body but Moore moves out of range.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brown bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moore's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Left hook, right uppercut from Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Moore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Moore wants to clinch
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Bart Brown has been cut.
Keith Moore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moore has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Moore's head.
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moore.
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Moore, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Moore tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown sizes up Moore with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown misses with a body shot
and Moore counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Moore avoids the body shot from Brown.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore misses the jab.
Moore swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Moore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brown's calf.
Moore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Moore tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Moore tried to score with a low kick but Brown checks it.
Moore throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Moore misses its intended target.
Bart Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moore misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Moore backing up. Moore nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Brown as Moore shoots in.
Moore throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Brown takes a swing at Moore's ribcage but misses.
Brown scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Moore on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Moore lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown scores with a three punch combo!
Brown slips a straight right by Moore.
Brown lands a nice shot that snaps Moore's head back.
Moore tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.
Moore ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown lands a nice hook to Moore's body. Moore takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
Brown cracks Moore with a right hand to the side of the head.
Moore misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown throws a right hand that Moore ducks under and follows up with a left that Moore also avoids with ease.
Moore shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keith Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown catches Moore with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brown looks to land a right hand but Moore moved out of range.
Moore clinches but Brown breaks the clinch
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Moore tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bart Brown's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Moore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore misses with a looping right.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Moore tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Moore backing up. Moore nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
Moore looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Moore. Moore gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown lands a jab.
Brown avoids the body shot from Moore.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Moore doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moore.
Brown throws a right and a left that Moore avoids nicely.

Moore clinches up against the cage.
Moore trying to land knees to the body.
Moore looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Moore keeps him there for the moment.
Brown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moore tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore cracks Brown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Moore misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Moore should have avoided that one.
Moore misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Brown throws a series of punches but Moore avoids them all with ease.
Brown throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moore dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Brown misses.
Moore swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown misses with a double jab
and Moore counters with a straight right hand.
Brown swings for the body but Moore moves out of range.
Moore misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Moore doesn't seem phased though.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown throws a predictable looking body shot
and Moore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moore wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore fails to land the takedown.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown misses with a body shot
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Moore misses the body punch
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown tries to circle away but Moore has him pinned against the cage.
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Brown really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bart Brown's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moore.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Moore connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Moore counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Moore lands a nice elbow.
Moore looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Moore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moore stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
Moore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Moore keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
Moore with a knee to the head.
Moore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Moore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moore trying to land knees to the body.
Brown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moore keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moore creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Moore.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moore has him pressed against the cage.
Moore tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore throws a knee to the head but misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Moore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Moore won't allow it.
Moore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Moore lands a body punch.
Moore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Moore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moore keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moore wants to stall.
Brown prevents a body shot from Moore.
Brown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Moore has the dominant position.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moore trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Moore into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Moore won't allow it.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
Moore throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Moore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moore walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moore doesn't seem bothered though.
Brown scores with a nice strike.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brown counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Brown misses
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moore tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moore throws a head kick that misses.
Moore throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Brown slips under a jab.
Brown works over Moore's head and body with a nice combination.

Moore is rocked!
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh Moore is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moore throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Brown dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Bart Brown's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Moore wants to clinch
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Moore wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Moore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moore seems to have got his legs back now.
Brown lands a slapping body shot.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moore doesn't seem bothered though.
Brown moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Moore keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Moore is just out of range.
Moore takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Moore darts in trying to clinch
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Moore clinches up with Brown and pushes him back against the cage.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Moore won't allow it.
Moore working aggressively here.
Moore tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Moore trying to stall but Brown improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown tries to circle away but Moore has him pinned against the cage.
Moore misses with a knee strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Moore.
Moore misses with an elbow over the top.
The referee calls for Moore to work.
Keith Moore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown avoiding damage as Moore throws knees to the body.
Moore digs a right hand into Brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brown's gas tank.
Moore misses with a punch to the body.
Moore has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moore lands a damaging elbow.
Moore works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Moore missing with knees to the body.
Moore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown avoiding damage as Moore throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Brown wants to break free but Moore has control.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moore's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown swings for the body but Moore moves out of range.
Brown connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moore wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moore misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moore ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Moore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moore thinking.
Brown defending well as Moore loads up on a big left hand.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Bart Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moore takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 45:50
Judge William Peck scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bart Brown!
Bart Brown is the new lightweight champion!