PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Moye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantyn Sobczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konstantyn Sobczak acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Moye
vs
Sobczak

183 cm
22
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Moye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantyn Sobczak!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Moye misses its intended target.
A combination from Sobczak does no damage.
Sobczak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Konstantyn Sobczak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobczak throws a head kick that misses.
Moye tries to close the distance and clinch but Sobczak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moye misses with a body kick.

Moye shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moye was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sobczak tries to hold on but Moye pushes him away.

Moye is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sobczak is surviving well by controlling Moye's body position as best he can.

Moye looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sobczak is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sobczak tries to hold on but Moye postures up.
Moye blocks Sobczak's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moye with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sobczak wants to hold on but Moye pushes him away.
Sobczak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moye. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sobczak holds of for dear life.

Moye wants to finish this one by submission but Sobczak is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Moye.
Sobczak is trying desperately to improve position.
Sobczak tries to hold on but Moye postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sobczak is trying to escape the mount.
Sobczak wants to hold on but Moye pushes him away.
Sobczak is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sobczak can't escape the position.

Moye looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Moye tries to control but Sobczak wriggling away.
Sobczak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moye is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sobczak has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sobczak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sobczak tries to control Moye's body but Moye pushes him off. Sobczak squirms to his side and now Moye has his back!
Sobczak has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Sobczak is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Moye off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Sobczak looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Moye is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sobczak has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moye not allowing Sobczak to control his hands.

Despite being in the dominant position, Konstantyn Sobczak just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sobczak lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moye shoots in looking for a takedown. Sobczak tries to sprawl out of it but Moye keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sobczak manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sobczak misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Moye dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Moye blocks a head kick by Sobczak.
Sobczak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Moye clinches up with Sobczak and pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sobczak as Moye tries to tie him up.
Sobczak looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Sobczak.
Moye controlling the action here for a moment.

Moye pulls guard effortlessly.
Moye looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sobczak avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sobczak trying to control the position from guard on top but Moye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Moye working for a triangle but Sobczak defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobczak trying to control the position from guard on top but Moye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sobczak is looking to stand up but Moye won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobczak wants to control from the top but Moye keeps moving.
Sobczak trying to stand up but can't free himself from Moye's guard.
Sobczak trying to control the position from guard on top but Moye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sobczak throws a strike but Moye rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Moye postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sobczak is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Moye, into his guard.
Sobczak controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sobczak trying to control but Moye is working from the bottom.
Moye wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moye is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sobczak wants to pass the guard but Moye is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sobczak trying to control but Moye postures up.
Sobczak tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Moye shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sobczak looks like he's trying to stand up.

Moye is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sobczak wants to stand back up but Moye manages to pass into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Moye dominated that second round.
That's time! Moye's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sobczak lands a head kick!
Sobczak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Moye wants to clinch.
Sobczak looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Konstantyn Sobczak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sobczak gets caught flat footed, as Moye shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Moye drops back looking for a leg! Sobczak is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sobczak manages to kick Moye off! Moye jumps back into Sobczak's guard.
Moye prevents Sobczak from getting back to his feet.
Sobczak is trying to control the position but Moye postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moye drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Moye jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sobczak looking to control.
Sobczak pulls Moye in close to prevent any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Moye gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sobczak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sobczak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sobczak misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sobczak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sobczak stuffs the takedown.

Moye gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Moye just leaning against Sobczak, taking a breather.
Moye looking to slow down the pace here.

Moye has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sobczak uses from the top position.
Sobczak wants to stand but Moye is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sobczak showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Sobczak gets to his feet - Moye follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moye takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Moye takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moye tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sobczak swivels and escapes.
Sobczak misses with a body shot.
Moye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sobczak throws out the jab.
Moye avoids the head kick by Sobczak.

Moye clinches up against the cage.
Moye fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Moye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobczak tries to break the clinch but Moye is controlling the position.

Moye manages to pull guard.

Moye throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sobczak controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Konstantyn Sobczak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobczak trying to control but Moye is working from the bottom.
Sobczak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Moye looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Moye had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sobczak is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Moye Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sobczak's back instead.
Sobczak trying to control the action but Moye just sinks the hooks in.
Sobczak is trying to stand back up.
Derek Moye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sobczak wants to control his opponent's hands but Moye gets his hands free.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Derek Moye.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moye, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Moye!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
26%

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