PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Aguiar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Aguiar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Moore
vs
Aguiar

200 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

225 cm
19
230 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Aguiar!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Aguiar sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguiar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Moore's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Moore's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Moore as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Aguiar!

Aguiar is persistently looking for the submission but Moore is defending it well.
Aguiar is trying to stick to Moore's back but Moore is turning into Aguiar. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Aguiar's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Moore.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Moore landing some decent shots from guard.
Moore postures up and lands a big shot to Aguiar's brow.
Moore lands a couple of digs.
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 lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Moore with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aguiar has momentary wrist control but Moore slips an elbow through the middle.
Aguiar wants to sweep but no luck.

Aguiar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Aguiar looks gassed!
Moore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguiar wants to stand up but Moore is controlling him.
Moore postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Moore chips away with some ground and pound.
Aguiar wants to stand up but Moore is controlling him.
Moore lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Moore is in close to Aguiar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Moore makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Moore is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Moore makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Moore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aguiar's head.
Moore cracks Aguiar with a solid left hand.
Moore lands a couple of digs.
Moore postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore landing with the ground and pound.
Moore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aguiar's head.
Moore lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Moore lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Moore stops Aguiar from standing up.
Aguiar throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Moore keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Aguiar's head.
Moore postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Moore might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Moore landing with the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Aguiar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aguiar fails with the takedown.
Aguiar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henry Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Aguiar.
Moore has a takedown stuffed.
Aguiar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moore.
Henry Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore has a takedown stuffed.
Aguiar stuns Moore with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aguiar has a takedown stuffed.

Moore drives through with a takedown into guard.
Moore lands a couple of digs.
Moore cracks Aguiar with a solid left hand.
Moore landing some decent shots from guard.
Moore lands a couple of digs.
Moore is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Aguiar wants to improve his position but instead Moore has moved into half guard.
Moore lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moore scores with a couple of nice shots.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aguiar tries to clinch but Moore is having none of it.
Moore takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Moore closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aguiar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Moore lands a nice forearm strike.
Aguiar tries to bench press Moore off him but Moore keeps the position.
Aguiar is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Moore 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.
Moore lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Aguiar is looking for a sweep. Moore is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguiar missing with punches from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Aguiar clinches up with Moore and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Moore dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Aguiar closes the distance and pushes Moore back into the cage.
Moore is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aguiar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Moore tries to break the clinch but Aguiar is controlling the position.

Aguiar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Aguiar gets a clinch.
Aguiar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Moore pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aguiar gets underhooks to prevent Moore's takedown attempt.

Aguiar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aguiar tries to clinch there but Moore circles away.
Moore shoots in but Aguiar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aguiar shoots for a double leg takedown but Moore sprawls well. He's pushed Aguiar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Moore keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Moore closes the distance and clinches up with Aguiar, looking for a takedown. Moore pushes Aguiar against the cage but Aguiar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aguiar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Aguiar tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Moore feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Moore stands up over Aguiar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Moore takes a decent strike to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguiar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Moore lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Aguiar had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Moore is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Aguiar Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Moore's back instead.
Moore is really stuck here.
Aguiar cracks Moore with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Moore from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Moore manages to reverse the position and now he's in Aguiar's guard. Nice work there by Moore.
Moore content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aguiar is looking to clinch.

Moore gets the takedown into side control.
Aguiar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Moore is controlling him well.
Aguiar is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Aguiar manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Moore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Henry Moore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moore with the ground and pound from mount.
Moore landing strikes from the mount and Aguiar is in trouble!
Moore with the ground and pound from mount.
Moore cracks Aguiar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aguiar is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Moore is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Moore unloading with bombs!
Moore raining down shots from the mount!
Moore with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Moore cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar is desperately trying to improve his position but Moore has a good base and remains in mount.
Moore fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Moore lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Moore.
Aguiar is trying to escape the mount.
Aguiar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Moore postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Aguiar looks a forlorn figure.
Moore raining down shots from the mount!
Moore scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aguiar?
Moore looking to finish Aguiar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aguiar!
Moore working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moore working Aguiar over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Aguiar can't escape the position.
Moore looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Aguiar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Aguiar can't escape the position.
Aguiar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Moore landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aguiar is looking for a sweep. Moore is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aguiar taking some punishment here, with Moore in his half guard.
Moore lands strikes from half guard.
Aguiar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moore scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Moore dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Moore fails to land the takedown.
Aguiar has a takedown stuffed.

Moore darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Moore lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Moore 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.
Moore winds up and cracks Aguiar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Aguiar tries to get to full guard but Moore has control of the leg.
Aguiar manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moore is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore works over Aguiar with some ground and pound from guard.
Moore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aguiar's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moore's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Moore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Aguiar escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Moore gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Moore is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Moore distracts Aguiar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Aguiar stuffs the takedown attempt from Moore. Moore gets slowly back to his feet.
Aguiar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moore tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aguiar swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Aguiar moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Moore changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Aguiar looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Moore is putting a hurting on Aguiar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Aguiar throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Moore scoring with punches and elbows.
Moore creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aguiar is looking for a sweep.
Aguiar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Aguiar takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Moore scores with a couple of short elbows.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Moore closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Aguiar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Moore working the ground and pound from side control.
Aguiar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moore wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Moore lands some shots froms side control.
Moore lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Aguiar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moore wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Moore landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aguiar tries to clinch up but Moore circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice takedown defense from Aguiar. No joy for Moore on that attempt.
Moore misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Moore misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Aguiar gets caught flat footed, as Moore shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Moore preventing the sweep.
Aguiar wants to stand but Moore is controlling the position.
Moore with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar is trying to keep Moore in close.
Moore won't allow Aguiar to sweep him here.
Moore scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Moore stopping the sweep attempt from Aguiar.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Moore looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Moore is working Aguiar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Moore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Moore makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aguiar wants to stand up but Moore is controlling him.
Aguiar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moore is one step ahead there.
Marco Aguiar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry Moore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aguiar striking off his back but it's not causing Moore any problems.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Moore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moore, 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Moore!