PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tarzan Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honza Kucera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tarzan Moreira had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Tarzan Moreira looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Moreira
vs
Kucera

177 cm
27
146 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

157 cm
20
144 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tarzan Moreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Honza Kucera!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreira jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kucera tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Moreira defends well and Kucera ends up having to push Moreira into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Moreira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Moreira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kucera or not.
Kucera drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moreira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Moreira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moreira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kucera has Moreira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moreira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tarzan Moreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Honza Kucera.
Kucera goes for a takedown attempt but Moreira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moreira closes the distance but Kucera moves to the side

and Kucera counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moreira won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moreira is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kucera asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Kucera wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Moreira, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kucera looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kucera is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Moreira has escaped the position, nice work there.
Moreira is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kucera is controlling him well.
Kucera is looking to take a break and control but Moreira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Kucera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kucera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Moreira is not content to let Kucera control the position.
Moreira is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kucera asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Kucera wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Moreira, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kucera is trying to get an arm triangle but Moreira is defending well.

Kucera is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Moreira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Kucera is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Moreira is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kucera tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Kucera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kucera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kucera prevents Moreira from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kucera is trying to get an arm triangle but Moreira is defending well.
Moreira is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kucera is controlling him well.

Kucera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kucera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kucera is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Moreira is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kucera tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Kucera is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Moreira is trying to escape and Kucera transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Moreira is forced to tap! Nice work there by Kucera! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Honza Kucera!