PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tye Kwondo (ranked 3136 p4p, 2358 weight class) and Namond Moore (ranked 360 p4p, 275 weight class). Moore has chosen Mama Loi, Papa Loi as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Kwondo
vs
Moore

190 cm
27
269
5 - 5 - 0

200 cm
28
250
7 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Northern Zombie
Shadow Realm Apparel

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tye Kwondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Namond Moore!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kwondo shoots in and gets a takedown into Moore's guard.
Moore lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Kwondo preventing the sweep.
Kwondo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moore swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Moore throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Moore had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kwondo defends it easily.

Moore had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kwondo defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moore isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kwondo stacks Moore on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kwondo!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kwondo trying to control the action but Moore is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Kwondo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Moore, who protects the arm well.
Moore tries to buck Kwondo off but Kwondo is having none of it.
Moore taking a bit of punishment here - Kwondo scoring with strikes.
Moore tries to buck Kwondo off but Kwondo is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Kwondo is trying to get an arm triangle but Moore is defending well.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

Kwondo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Moore is not content to let Kwondo control the position.
Moore is trying to control Kwondo's posture but Kwondo avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Kwondo.
Moore is looking for a sweep.
Moore defending against the ground and pound.

Kwondo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Moore has escaped the position, nice work there.

Kwondo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kwondo lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwondo sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Moore is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Moore sneaks back into half guard.
Kwondo is pressing down on Moore's thigh, looking to free his foot. Moore is holding on for now.
Moore tries to get to full guard but Kwondo has control of the leg.
Moore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kwondo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Moore trying to control but Kwondo postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Moore looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kwondo trying to control the action but Moore is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tye Kwondo 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.

Moore shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kwondo trying to hold on to Moore's head to control him but Moore postures up.
Moore seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Moore is looking for a kimura but Kwondo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Moore to get the leverage.
Kwondo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Moore is working away from the top position though.
Moore is looking to take a break and control but Kwondo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kwondo looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore prevents Kwondo from improving his position.
Kwondo is refusing to be controlled, as Moore sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwondo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kwondo.
Kwondo controls Moore momentarily but Moore frees himself.

Moore drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kwondo dives on top into guard.

Kwondo trying to control but Moore is working from the bottom.

Moore throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kwondo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kwondo advances to half guard.
Moore controlling the position well.
Kwondo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moore does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Moore tries to roll over but Kwondo keeps him under control.
Moore is staying active underneath Kwondo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Moore tries to roll over but Kwondo keeps him under control.

Moore looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kwondo lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kwondo looking for a submission but Moore manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Tye Kwondo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kwondo drops back looking for a leg! Moore is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Moore manages to kick Kwondo off! Kwondo jumps back into Moore's guard.

Moore escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kwondo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kwondo controlling from the top position.

Moore looking for a guillotine here but Kwondo defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Moore looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Kwondo has picked Moore up and slammed him! Moore can't keep hold of the triangle and Kwondo manages to pass to side control!

Kwondo swings around for an armbar but Moore sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kwondo's guard.
Moore pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kwondo is keeping the position for now.
Moore controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Moore wants to pass the guard but Kwondo is keeping the position.
Moore is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Kwondo looking for a guillotine here but Moore defends easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Namond Moore will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Moore gets a double leg takedown into Kwondo's guard.
Moore throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kwondo pulls Moore in close to his closed guard and prevents Moore from doing any damage or advancing position.
Moore tries to free his leg and advance position but Kwondo is retaining full guard.
Moore has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kwondo is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kwondo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kwondo keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully.
Kwondo has Moore pulled in close to control his posture.
Moore must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kwondo looking for a guillotine here but Moore defends easily.

Moore drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kwondo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kwondo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kwondo!

Moore tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kwondo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Moore tries to escape but Kwondo is in control.
Kwondo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moore can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Moore's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kwondo has control of an arm but Moore manages to advance to Kwondo's back!
Kwondo can't escape the position.
Moore misses with a punch to the head.
Kwondo rolls, trying to escape but Moore keeps control of the position.
Kwondo trying to control the hands but Moore won't let him.

Moore looking for the RNC.
Moore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Moore has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Kwondo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Kwondo rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moore 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.

Moore is looking for a kimura here.
Kwondo is controlling Moore's trapped leg to prevent Moore from advancing to side control.
Kwondo is trying to maintain the position but Moore is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Moore is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kwondo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kwondo wants to improve his position but Moore is controlling well.
Kwondo wants to control but Moore is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kwondo punching from the bottom.

Kwondo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Moore pulls his head out easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Moore is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Moore takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Namond Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Moore has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29

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