PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sakari Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Moses is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Watts
vs
Moses

169 cm
29
169 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

176 cm
30
166 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakari Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Moses!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts throws a low kick, looking for Moses's leg but Moses calmly moves out of range.
Watts avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moses displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watts throws out the jab.
Watts misses with a double jab.
Moses looks for a takedown but Watts sprawls well.

Watts instigates a clinch.
Watts looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watts.
Moses blocks an elbow strike from Watts.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moses takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watts lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watts.
Moses goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watts throws an elbow but it misses.
Watts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watts blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is stalling here.
Moses blocks the elbow strike.
Moses has a couple of punches blocked by Watts.
Moses is stalling here.
Watts looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Moses's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moses closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Moses lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Moses chips away with some ground and pound.
Moses trying to control the position from guard on top but Watts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts wants to get back to his feet but Moses is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Watts is pulling down on Moses's head. It's preventing any offense from Moses, at least for the moment.
Moses in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but Watts blocks nicely.
Moses postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Moses is squirming around, avoiding Watts's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses blocking the ground and pound.
Watts fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moses keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Watts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Watts prevents Moses from getting the reversal.
Moses wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Watts.
Watts punching from mount but Moses doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Watts wants to control the pace but Moses is squirming around nicely.
Watts landing strikes from the mount.
Moses is desperately trying to improve his position but Watts has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Watts connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Moses tries to hold on but Watts postures up.
Moses slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Moses keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watts wants to control but Moses is keeping him busy.
Moses is pressing down on Watts's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Watts stopping the sweep attempt from Moses.
Watts trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Moses has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watts throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakari Watts dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Watts clinches up with Moses and pushes him back against the cage.
Watts lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Ricky Moses has been cut.
Watts tries to work over Moses's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moses takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watts scores with a shot to the side of Moses's head.
Moses is trying to maintain a safe position but Watts gets an underhook and turns Moses into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Moses fails to land.
Moses stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moses lands a shoulder strike.
Watts keeps control of Moses as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moses swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watts.
Watts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Moses lands a body shot.
Moses softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts working aggressively here.

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

Moses closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Watts is not content to let Moses control the position.

Moses looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sloppy strikes there by Moses.
Watts tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moses wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Moses is looking to take a break and control but Watts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watts is trying to control Moses's posture but Moses avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to escape but Moses is in control.
Moses working the body and head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts wants to get back to his feet but Moses drags him back down.
Watts dodges the ground and pound from Moses.
Moses works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Moses in side control lands a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Watts's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Moses has hold of Watts's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Watts seems comfortable defending it but Moses has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Watts is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Watts is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Moses couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Moses!
A very excited looking Ricky Moses made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.