PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wallid Moura (ranked 1034 p4p, 2361 weight class) and Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 150 p4p, 294 weight class). Kenichi Misahawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moura
vs
Misahawa

184 cm
27
215
7 - 0 - 0

183 cm
28
210
7 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wallid Moura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenichi Misahawa!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moura wants to clinch but Misahawa slips to the side
and Misahawa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Moura looks for a takedown but Misahawa sprawls well.
Misahawa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moura.
Misahawa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Misahawa misses with the combination.
Moura attempts a counter takedown but Misahawa avoids it well and moves away.
Moura tries to clinch but Misahawa moves out of range.
Moura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Misahawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Moura is defended easily by Misahawa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wallid Moura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moura tries to clinch but Misahawa moves out of range.
Misahawa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Misahawa moves into the clinch.
Moura is working for takedown but Misahawa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Misahawa lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misahawa prevents a takedown attempt there.
Misahawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moura blocks it with crossed arms.
Misahawa blocks a body shot from Moura.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Moura has hold of one of Misahawa's legs. Misahawa is fighting the takedown attempt but Moura gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Moura chips away with some ground and pound.

Moura is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Misahawa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Misahawa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Moura lands a couple of elbows.
Moura 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.

Moura drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Moura jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Misahawa keeping full guard, as Moura tries to pass.
Moura is pushing down on Misahawa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Misahawa is fighting to maintain full guard but Moura has managed to sneak the leg through.
Moura looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Misahawa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moura winds up and cracks Misahawa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Moura there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Misahawa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Moura scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Moura prevents Misahawa from standing back up.
Moura is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Misahawa wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Moura.
Moura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Moura working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Moura lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Moura lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Misahawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moura scores with a couple of nice shots.

Misahawa is rocked!

Moura is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Misahawa defends it well.
Misahawa is still in real trouble! Can Moura finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moura lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Misahawa won't allow Moura to pass to mount.
Misahawa seems to have recovered his senses.
Moura is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Misahawa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Moura working the head and body with strikes.

Moura looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Moura is looking for a kimura but Misahawa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Moura to get the leverage.

Moura looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Moura seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moura is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Moura seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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!
Moura working over Misahawa with some ground and pound. Misahawa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Moura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Misahawa keeps working.
Moura is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Moura moves into full mount! Misahawa won't be happy about that!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wallid Moura 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.

Moura shoots in looking for a takedown. Misahawa tries to sprawl out of it but Moura keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Misahawa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Moura tries to clinch but Misahawa moves out of range.
Moura shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Misahawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Moura fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wallid Moura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moura changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Misahawa tries to avoid it but Moura manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Misahawa to the ground. Misahawa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Misahawa tries to counter with a clinch but Moura shakes him off and moves away.
Moura fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Misahawa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Moura.
Wallid Moura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moura wants to clinch up but Misahawa keeps it at a distance.
Misahawa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moura tries to clinch up but Misahawa circles away and keeps his distance.
Misahawa tries to counter by closing the distance.
Misahawa stuffs the takedown attempt from Moura. Moura gets slowly back to his feet.
Misahawa wants to counter the offense by Moura and move into the clinch position.
Moura shoots in but Misahawa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Misahawa wants to counter the offense by Moura and move into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura tries to clinch
and Misahawa counters with a right hand to the body.
Misahawa lands a body shot.
Moura is trying hard to land a takedown here. Misahawa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Moura fails to land the takedown.
Misahawa tries to counter with a clinch but Moura shakes him off and moves away.

Moura throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Misahawa tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Moura is in Misahawa's guard.
Misahawa wants to get back to his feet but Moura is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Moura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wallid Moura overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moura's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moura works over Misahawa with some ground and pound from guard.
Moura is in close to Misahawa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Moura landing with the ground and pound.
Moura tries to free his leg and advance position but Misahawa is retaining full guard.
Misahawa wants to stand and escape but Moura is having none of it.

Moura postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Misahawa is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Moura, into his guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Misahawa has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Moura to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Misahawa is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Moura pulls down on the head and he's put Misahawa to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Wallid Moura!
Wallid Moura gave a mention to Concrete Clothing (Laundry Re Stock Coming Soon) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).