PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Seigi Ozeki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seigi Ozeki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tom Moore's chin.

Ozeki
vs
Moore

175 cm
26
155 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

180 cm
22
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Seigi Ozeki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Moore!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozeki swats away the attempt to clinch by Moore.
Moore staying out of range there.
Moore buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Moore has managed to clinch.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ozeki tries to circle away but Moore has him pinned against the cage.
Moore trying to land knees to the body.
Moore tries to throw a body punch but Ozeki avoids it by throwing Moore back against the cage.
Ozeki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ozeki wants to break free but Moore has control.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ozeki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ozeki managing to block the knees to the body from Moore.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore works on Ozeki's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ozeki is breathing heavily.
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ozeki trying to stall but Moore improves his position.
Ozeki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've been informed that Moore has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Moore lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ozeki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Moore.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Moore lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ozeki.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ozeki backwards.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Moore landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moore landing knees to the head.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ozeki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by Moore.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
A right hook to the body lands for Moore.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Moore.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ozeki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Moore.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moore.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Moore.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Moore takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ozeki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Moore dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ozeki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Moore wants to clinch.
Ozeki thows a left - swing and a miss!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Moore in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ozeki looks to throw the jab but Moore is out of range.
Ozeki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moore.
Moore misses the shot to the body.
Moore keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ozeki.
Ozeki moves forwards but Moore connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Moore clinches with his opponent.
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ozeki is trying to stall.
Ozeki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore digs a right hand underneath Ozeki's ribcage. Ozeki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moore lands an elbow inside that Ozeki shrugs off.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands an elbow inside that Ozeki shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ozeki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ozeki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ozeki won't want to take too many of those.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore working Ozeki over with knees to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Moore lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moore presses Ozeki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore digs a right hand underneath Ozeki's ribcage. Ozeki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore is struggling to control the position.
A knee to the head by Moore.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Tom Moore seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore lands an elbow that stopped Ozeki in his tracks for a moment.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore working Ozeki over with knees to the body.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Moore.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ozeki won't want to take too many of those.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Moore.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ozeki won't want to take too many of those.
Ozeki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moore lands an elbow inside.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Ozeki's ribcage.
Ozeki takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moore lands an elbow that stopped Ozeki in his tracks for a moment.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ozeki backwards.
Ozeki tries to work over Moore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Moore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ozeki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moore feints and then cracks Ozeki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ozeki down.
Moore on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ozeki misses with a looping right.

Moore has Ozeki up against the cage in a clinch.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Moore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Moore stalls.
Moore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ozeki's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moore lands an elbow just above Ozeki 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ozeki won't want to take too many of those.
Ozeki is trying to break the clinch but Moore is controlling him.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ozeki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moore.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore cracks Ozeki with a nice body shot.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ozeki or not.
Moore lands a nice elbow.
Moore lands a hook that snaps the head of Ozeki backwards.
Seigi Ozeki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ozeki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ozeki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ozeki up against the cage.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Ozeki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moore scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ozeki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.
Moore lands a body shot.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Tom Moore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ozeki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ozeki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore blocks an uppercut.
Ozeki misses with a body punch.
Ozeki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Ozeki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short body shot lands from Moore as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozeki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moore has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Tom Moore!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Tom Moore!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Tom Moore!

Tom Moore wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Tom Moore 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.