PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Senna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Moore is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Moore
vs
Senna

186 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Senna!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore looks to land a combination but Senna avoids it well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Senna.
Moore throws a low kick, looking for Senna's leg but Senna calmly moves out of range.
Senna defending well as Moore loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Senna or perhaps it was just good defense by Moore which made him look bad.
Nice sprawl there from Moore as Senna shoots in.
Chris Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Senna.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moore checks a leg kick.
Senna changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moore tries to avoid it but Senna manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moore to the ground. Moore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Senna is trying hard to land a takedown here. Moore sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Senna shoots in but Moore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moore clinches.
Senna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Moore just stands there and leans against the cage.

Senna ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Senna no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Senna pushes Moore off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Moore shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Senna is trying to defend but Moore finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore wants to stand up but Senna has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Moore decides to stand up.
Senna looks gassed!
Moore slips a jab and a cross from Senna.
Moore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Senna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moore.

Moore clinches up with Senna and pushes him back against the cage.
Moore tries to break free but Senna pushes him back against the cage.
Senna looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Moore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Senna shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Moore counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moore rushes Senna and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Senna jumps guard.
Moore has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Moore preventing the sweep.
Senna is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Moore content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Moore landing some decent shots from guard.
Moore is looking to stand up but Senna won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Senna keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully.
Senna wants to improve his position but instead Moore has moved into half guard.
Moore is thwarting Senna's attempts to control the position.
Senna taking some punishment here, with Moore in his half guard.

Moore postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Senna to stand up.

Senna tries to keep at a distance but Moore has taken the fight into the clinch.
Moore is pressed up against the cage. Senna has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Moore down to the mat. Moore avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Moore moves into the clinch.

Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Senna misses with a takedown

and Moore holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moore lands a takedown into guard.
Senna controls Moore momentarily but Moore frees himself.
Senna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moore is one step ahead there.

Moore decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Senna, up you get!
Senna has his takedown stuffed

and Moore counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Moore 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 clinches with his opponent.
Senna is trying to break free.
Senna keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Senna misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Moore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Senna is trying to stall.
Moore working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Moore's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Senna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Senna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Senna has his takedown stuffed

and Moore decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Senna's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moore wanted to stand there but Senna had control of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Senna wriggles free and stands up.
Moore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Senna.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Moore does no damage.
Moore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Senna looks for the body kick but Moore saw that one coming.
Moore with a lazy takedown attempt

and Senna counters by moving into the clinch.
Senna tries to pull guard but Moore won't allow it.
Moore is trying to force a seperation but Senna has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Senna wants to break free but Moore has control.

Moore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Senna with a lazy takedown attempt
and Moore counters with a leg kick.
Chris Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Senna.
The fight stays on the outside here - Senna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two 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 misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Senna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moore connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moore shoots for a double leg takedown but Senna sprawls well. He's pushed Moore's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Moore motions for Senna to come forward. Moore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Senna fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Moore throws a nice looking combination but Senna bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Senna has a takedown stuffed.
Moore throws a head kick that Senna semi-blocks.
Moore throws a leg kick
and Senna counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Senna looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chris Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Senna counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Senna stands up from Moore's guard - Senna perhaps looking for a knockout.
Senna changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moore tries to avoid it but Senna manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moore to the ground. Moore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chris Moore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Senna blocks a head kick by Moore.
Senna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moore.
Moore throws a leg kick

and Senna counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore wants to control but Senna is keeping busy.
Senna stalling away here and it's allowed Moore to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Senna stops Moore from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Senna drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Moore manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Senna has Moore in his guard.

Moore stands up from Senna's guard - Moore perhaps looking for a knockout.

Moore gets a clinch.
Moore tries to break free but Senna pushes him back against the cage.
Senna wants to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Senna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moore misses with a combination

and Senna decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Moore's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Senna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Senna fails with the takedown

and Moore counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Senna tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Senna doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Moore counters with a straight right hand.
Moore displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Senna fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chris Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Senna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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!
Senna really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore scoring with strikes but Senna is staying in there.
Senna is looking to get to half guard.
Moore content just to control the position here.
Moore breaks from Senna's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Moore landing shots from mount.
Moore trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Moore lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

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.
Moore unloading with bombs!
Moore avoids the attempt from Senna to control.
Moore landing strikes from the mount.
Moore is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Senna can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Senna throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Moore avoids the attempt from Senna to control.
Moore scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Moore with a couple of short strikes.
Senna is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Senna looks a forlorn figure.
Moore scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Moore lands with some strikes.
Moore lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Senna doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Moore cracks Senna with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Senna is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Moore landing strikes, looking to finish!

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.
Senna regains half guard.
Moore seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Moore thows a huge punch but Senna dodges it nicely.
Senna is looking to control Moore's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Senna avoid being mounted?

Moore postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Senna to stand up.
A head kick by Moore misses

so Senna counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Moore seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Moore strikes from his own guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Moore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moore has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

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