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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Goforth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Moe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Justin Goforth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Moe!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moe gets a takedown into half guard.
Moe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Goforth defending well though.
Moe is thwarting Goforth's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Moe in particular looking to stall.
Moe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Goforth defending well though.
Moe sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Goforth wants to get back to full guard.
Moe slips a nice elbow through Goforth's hands, connecting with Goforth's forehead.
Goforth is trying to get back to full guard.
Moe lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moe controlling the action here.
Moe wants to pass the guard but Goforth is defending well.
Moe works his way into side control.
Moe stands up.
No joy there for Goforth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goforth is trying hard to land a takedown here. Moe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Goforth shoots and misses
and Moe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Goforth won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moe controls the position.
Goforth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Goforth is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Goforth is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moe wants to stand but Goforth is controlling his arm.
Moe tries to move to mount but Goforth blocks the move with his legs.
Moe looks up at the clock and then as Goforth takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Moe smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Moe in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Moe is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Goforth knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Moe slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Moe has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Goforth takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Moe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moe lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Goforth down.
Moe working the head and body with strikes.
Moe is trying to get an arm triangle but Goforth is defending well.
Moe lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goforth gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
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!
Moe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Moe controlling from the full mount.
It looks like Moe might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
A nice elbow there by Moe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Moe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Moe dominated that round.
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.
Goforth wants to clinch
so Moe counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Goforth will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Moe wants to pass the guard but Goforth is keeping the position.
Moe sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Moe advances position into side control!
Moe is trying to get an arm triangle but Goforth is defending well.
Goforth struggling a bit here.
Moe working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moe wants to control but Goforth is keeping him busy.
Moe is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Goforth will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Moe in side control lands a decent elbow.
Moe is chipping away with strikes.
Moe has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Goforth!
Goforth knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moe on the ground.
Moe content just to control the position here.
Goforth taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moe is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Goforth has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Goforth in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Moe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Goforth hang on?
Goforth is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Goforth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moe loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Goforth scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Moe land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Moe stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Moe!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Joe Moe waved his t-shirt featuring American Fighter Outfitters's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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FIGHT
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