PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Torsten Ostergaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ostergaard comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Street, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Moreira told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Ostergaard
vs
Moreira

183 cm
28
165 lbs
17 - 12 - 2

170 cm
34
155 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Torsten Ostergaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ostergaard throws a low kick but Moreira moves out of range easily.
Moreira throws a combination. Ostergaard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ostergaard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good exchange - Moreira coming out on top.
Ostergaard finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ostergaard throws a looping overhand right but Moreira ducks down to avoid it.
Moreira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ostergaard scores with a nice body kick.
Moreira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moreira throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ostergaard counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ostergaard throws a nice looking combination but Moreira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Moreira connects with a crisp jab.
Moreira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moreira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ostergaard.
Ostergaard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Moreira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ostergaard.
Moreira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostergaard looks to land a right hand but Moreira moved out of range.
Moreira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ostergaard.
Moreira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moreira lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Moreira thows a body shot but no joy.
Torsten Ostergaard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moreira slips under a jab from Ostergaard.
A punch combination from Ostergaard misses.
Moreira takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moreira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moreira takes a swing at Ostergaard's ribcage but misses.
Moreira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ostergaard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ostergaard slips under a jab.
Moreira misses with an uppercut.
Ostergaard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ostergaard cracks Moreira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ostergaard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ostergaard slips under a jab from Moreira.
Moreira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moreira blocks a jab.
Ostergaard throws a head kick but Moreira moves out of range.
Moreira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ostergaard.
Moreira blocks a head kick by Ostergaard.
Ostergaard throws out a loose jab but Moreira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moreira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ostergaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ostergaard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moreira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moreira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moreira takes a swing at Ostergaard's ribcage but misses.
Ostergaard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard misses with a straight right.
Moreira works over Ostergaard's head and body with a nice combination.
Moreira scores with a jab to the jaw.
Moreira keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A lazy left from Moreira finds it's target.
Moreira just misses with a punch to the body.
Moreira takes a swing at Ostergaard's ribcage but misses.
Moreira lands with a nice body punch.
Moreira avoids the body shot from Ostergaard.
Moreira lands a nice shot that snaps Ostergaard's head back.
Moreira connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ostergaard momentarily.
Ostergaard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreira staying out of range there.
Ostergaard misses with an uppercut. Moreira saw that one coming.
Moreira looks to score with a jab to the body but Ostergaard is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Ostergaard is rocked!
Moreira scores with a shot to the body.
Oh Ostergaard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ostergaard is breathing heavily.
Moreira cracks Ostergaard on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Ostergaard falls backwards against the cage. Moreira follows up with more strikes that drop Ostergaard to his knees. Moreira keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Ostergaard! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Moreira!
A relieved looking Daniel Moreira thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.