PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daron Buxton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gegard Mooose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Buxton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tech N9ne - He's A Mental Giant. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buxton
vs
Mooose

196 cm
19
262 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
279 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daron Buxton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gegard Mooose!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buxton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mooose tries to avoid it but Buxton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mooose to the ground. Mooose escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mooose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buxton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mooose throws a right and a left that Buxton avoids nicely.
Mooose stuns Buxton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mooose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mooose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mooose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Buxton scores with a sloppy right hand. Mooose should have avoided that one.
Mooose displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buxton dives in and grabs Mooose's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mooose pushes down on Buxton's head and hops out.
Mooose falls off balance throwing a combination

and Buxton counters by moving into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buxton prevents Mooose from breaking the clinch.
Mooose drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Buxton gets underhooks to prevent Mooose's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mooose working hard to break the clinch.
Mooose is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Buxton pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Daron Buxton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gegard Mooose.

Mooose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mooose scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mooose tries to bum rush Buxton with a series of wild strikes but Buxton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mooose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Buxton doesn't seem bothered though.
Mooose moves away from the strike by Buxton.
Mooose misses with a double jab

and Buxton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buxton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Well, if Buxton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooose is looking for a sweep. Buxton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mooose trying to control here.
Buxton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Buxton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mooose blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buxton.
Buxton trying to control from Mooose's half guard. Mooose has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Buxton throws a strike but Mooose rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooose is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mooose must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Buxton wants to stand and escape but Mooose is having none of it.
Mooose wants to pass the guard but Buxton is keeping the position.
Buxton throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Buxton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mooose manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mooose preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Buxton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mooose is keeping the position for now.
Buxton throws a strike but Mooose rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mooose loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mooose won't allow Buxton to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gegard Mooose will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Buxton throws an overhand right that lands on Mooose's shoulder, as Mooose tries to avoid the shot.
Mooose misses with a double jab.
Mooose bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Buxton's head.
Buxton misses with a body shot.
Mooose's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mooose duly obliges.
Buxton has a takedown stuffed.
Mooose lands a lovely overhand right.
Mooose misses with a few strikes there.
Mooose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mooose looks to land a combination but Buxton avoids it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No joy there for Buxton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mooose's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mooose duly obliges.
Mooose scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buxton closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Buxton lands in his opponent's guard.
Mooose controls Buxton momentarily but Buxton frees himself.
Buxton is pushing down on Mooose's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mooose is fighting to maintain full guard but Buxton has managed to sneak the leg through.
Buxton with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Buxton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooose is trying to maintain the position but Buxton is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mooose manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mooose managing to control the position.
Mooose working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Buxton.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buxton won't allow Mooose to sweep him here.
Buxton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooose being controlled here, momentarily.
Buxton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Buxton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mooose keeping moving, preventing Buxton from controlling successfully.
Buxton throws an elbow that misses. Mooose uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Buxton's guard. Nice move by Mooose!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buxton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Buxton is trying to control the position but Mooose postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Buxton wants to sweep but no luck.
Mooose trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Buxton manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Buxton trying to control but Mooose is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buxton with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gegard Mooose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Mooose misses.
Buxton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mooose.
Buxton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mooose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mooose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danga de danga de dang - Mooose scores with a four punch combination!
Mooose comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Buxton shoots in but no luck this time.
Mooose lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buxton dodges the punch combination from Mooose.
Mooose scores with a three punch combo!
Mooose lands with a shot to the body.
Mooose tries to bum rush Buxton with a series of wild strikes but Buxton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mooose is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Mooose lands.
Mooose stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mooose wants it to stay on the feet.
A nice combination there by Mooose.
Mooose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Buxton circles away quickly and effectively.
Mooose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mooose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mooose throws a series of punches but Buxton moves out of range.
Daron Buxton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mooose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buxton slips a straight right by Mooose.
Some wild striking there from Mooose.
Buxton dodges the punch combination from Mooose.
Sloppy strikes from Mooose. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mooose throws a right hand that Buxton ducks under and follows up with a left that Buxton also avoids with ease.
Buxton dives in and grabs Mooose's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mooose pushes down on Buxton's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daron Buxton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mooose fails with a takedown attempt.
Buxton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gegard Mooose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buxton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mooose's waist but Mooose gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buxton off to one side.
Buxton looks to throw the jab but Mooose is out of range.
Mooose throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buxton misses with a two punch combination.
Mooose throws a series of punches but Buxton moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buxton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mooose.
Mooose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buxton lands the left hand.
Mooose throws out a leg kick but Buxton moves out of range and Mooose only half commits.
Mooose fails to land with a series of punches.
A left lands for Mooose.
Mooose misses with a few strikes there.
Mooose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mooose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mooose misses with a double jab
and Buxton counters with a straight right hand.
Mooose dodges the punch combination from Buxton.
Mooose avoids the body shot from Buxton.
Daron Buxton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mooose misses with the combination.

Mooose shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Buxton's guard.
Buxton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by Buxton.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Buxton working for a guillotine from mount but Mooose is in no mood to give up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buxton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gegard Mooose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mooose 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gegard Mooose!