PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Kras (ranked 4225 p4p, 5095 weight class) and Braden Moore (ranked 515 p4p, 586 weight class). Braden Moore has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Don Kras's chin.

Kras
vs
Moore

182 cm
32
238
7 - 11 - 0

202 cm
22
266
4 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Don Kras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Braden Moore!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moore forces Kras back against the cage and clinches.
Moore taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Kras breaks the clinch.

Moore looking to score a takedown here. Kras is defending well but Moore drives through and ends up in Kras's guard.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kras avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Moore throws an elbow that misses. Kras uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Moore's guard. Nice move by Kras!

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kras being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kras trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Moore has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kras preventing the sweep.
Moore bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kras's guard.

Kras keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully.
Moore trying to move into half guard but instead Kras has managed to sweep!

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moore is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Moore is looking for a triangle but Kras pushes his legs off easily.
Kras lands a couple of digs.
Moore tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore controls Kras momentarily but Kras frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kras accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moore is trying to control the position but Kras postures up.
Kras working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kras throws a strike but Moore rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kras is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Moore wants to pass the guard but Kras is keeping the position.
Kras is looking to stand up but Moore isn't so interested in that idea.
Moore in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Moore pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kras is keeping the position for now.
Kras has a closed guard, preventing Moore from standing up.
Moore looking to pass the guard.
Moore is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's four 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kras looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moore is fending him off so far but Kras persists. Nope, Moore circles away and we're back to standing.

Moore looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Moore thows a huge punch but Kras dodges it nicely.
Moore takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Moore trying to control the action but Kras is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moore wants to pass the guard but Kras is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Braden Moore dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kras shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Moore counters with a three punch combo that has Kras backing up. Kras nods at Moore to acknowledge the strikes.

Moore moves into range and clinches up with Kras.

Kras breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kras gets tackled into the cage by Moore. Moore maintains the clinch.
Moore is trying to force a seperation but Kras has the dominant position.

Kras breaks from the clinch.
Moore misses with a body kick.

Kras gets tackled into the cage by Moore. Moore maintains the clinch.

Moore has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kras is trying to keep an underhook but Moore manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Kras has one foot on Moore's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kras fails with a takedown attempt.

Kras drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kras tries to free his leg and advance position but Moore is retaining full guard.

Kras avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moore 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 has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kras keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Moore's head.
Moore working a defensive guard here.
Kras postures up in Moore's guard and throws a big left but Moore blocks it.
Moore controls Kras momentarily but Kras frees himself.
Kras trying to control but Moore is working from the bottom.
Kras has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Moore is trying to control the position but Kras postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kras might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kras looking to sit in guard and control but Moore gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kras has a closed guard, preventing Moore from standing up.
Kras preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Braden Moore has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moore looking to sit in guard and control but Kras gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kras postures up in Moore's guard and throws a big left but Moore blocks it.
Kras stops Moore from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kras postures up and lands a big shot to Moore's brow.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Kras from controlling successfully.
Kras content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kras working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Moore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Moore looking for a sweep. Not yet Moore, not yet.
Moore controlling the position.
Moore wants to sweep but no luck.
Moore wants to stand up but Kras is controlling him.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Kras from controlling successfully.
We've been hearing that Kras has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kras trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Moore wants to stand and escape but Kras is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kras dives in for a single leg takedown but Moore sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Kras. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kras.
Kras tries to land knees in the clinch but Moore avoids the damage to the body.

Moore gets control of Kras's arms and successfully pulls guard. Moore will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kras postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kras postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moore trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kras controls from within his opponent's guard.
Moore is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Don Kras will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Moore forces Kras back against the cage and clinches.
Kras is working for takedown but Moore is calmly controlling the position for now.

Moore has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kras uses from the top position.
Kras trying to control the position from guard on top but Moore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Moore had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kras defends it easily.
Kras knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moore on the ground.
Kras working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kras trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kras with a nice head shot there.
Kras wants to control from the top but Moore keeps moving.
Moore is trying to keep Kras in close.
Kras chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore 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 is trying to keep Kras in close.
Kras looking to sit in guard and control but Moore gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kras wants to stand and escape but Moore is having none of it.
Moore controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kras wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Moore manages to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore wants to free his trapped foot but Kras is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Moore sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kras defending well though.
Kras avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moore.
Moore moves nicely into side control.
Kras is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Moore asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries to move to mount but Kras blocks the move with his legs.
Kras parries the strikes from Moore easily there. Moore is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kras to escape.

Moore stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Moore bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Moore wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kras keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kras is avoiding damage well.
Moore trying to control the position but Kras is working away.
Moore working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Braden Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moore has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

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