PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faustin Mondogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faustin Mondogo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Moses
vs
Mondogo

187 cm
20
197 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Faustin Mondogo!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mondogo misses with an uppercut. Moses saw that one coming.
Mondogo leaves Moses with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mondogo is looking to clinch.
Mondogo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mondogo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moses swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faustin Mondogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moses swats away the attempt to clinch by Mondogo.
Mondogo tries to clinch but Moses moves out of range.
Mondogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Moses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moses slips a straight right by Mondogo.
Nice sprawl there from Mondogo as Moses shoots in.
Mondogo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mondogo is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mondogo drives through and clinches with Moses against the cage.
Mondogo is leaning against Moses and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mondogo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mondogo stalling in the clinch.
Mondogo continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mondogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondogo lands a nice shot to the body.
Mondogo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mondogo lands a body punch.
Mondogo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mondogo.
A hook to the body from Mondogo.
Moses blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mondogo.
Moses jumps guard but Mondogo stands there with Moses around his waist. Moses gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mondogo digs a right hand underneath Moses's ribcage. Moses let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mondogo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mondogo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo lands a left hand.
Mondogo lands a nice shot to the body.
Mondogo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mondogo is struggling to control the position.
Moses fails to pull guard.
Mondogo lands with a left to the head.
Moses jumps guard but Mondogo stands there with Moses around his waist. Moses gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mondogo misses with some punches.
Mondogo controlling the action here for a moment.
Moses tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mondogo just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo lands with a light punch inside.
Mondogo lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mondogo.
Mondogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moses jumps guard but Mondogo stands there with Moses around his waist. Moses gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Mondogo.
Mondogo has a couple of punches blocked by Moses.
Moses tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mondogo smiles and moves away.
Mondogo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moses moves out of range of the strikes.
Mondogo doesn't manage to clinch there - Moses circles away.

That's four 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.
Mondogo wants to clinch up but Moses keeps it at a distance.

Moses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Moses is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mondogo is surviving well by controlling Moses's body position as best he can.
Mondogo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Moses unloads with some shots from mount but Mondogo bucks and avoids them well.
Mondogo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moses tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mondogo wants to control but Moses is having none of it.
Mondogo can't escape the position.
Mondogo tries to improve his position but instead Moses has taken his back!
I really don't envy Mondogo right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mondogo tries to clinch there but Moses circles away.
Mondogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moses shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mondogo misses the jab.
Mondogo tries to clinch but Moses is having none of it.

Moses shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mondogo is trying to defend but Moses finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Moses prevents Mondogo from improving his position.
Moses trying to pass the guard but Mondogo defending well.
Moses prevents Mondogo from improving his position.

Moses is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mondogo is just riding it out for now. Moses eventually gives up the hold.

Mondogo pushes Moses off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondogo tries to clinch up.
Moses closes the distance and clinches up with Mondogo, looking for a takedown. Moses pushes Mondogo against the cage but Mondogo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Moses keeps the fight on the outside.
Moses shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Moses scores a takedown into full mount!
Mondogo is squirming around, avoiding Moses's attempts to control the action.
Moses lands a nice shot to the head.
Mondogo is trying to escape the mount.
Mondogo tries to hold on but Moses postures up.
Mondogo is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Moses's lack of action.
Mondogo wants to get back to his feet.

Moses wants to work for an arm triangle but Mondogo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Moses is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mondogo sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mondogo is trying to stand back up but Moses is controlling him
Mondogo wants to improve his position but Moses is controlling well.
Mondogo is in trouble now - Moses has advanced to mount!
Mondogo tries to buck Moses off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo tries to hold on but Moses pushes him away.
Mondogo can't escape the position.
Mondogo looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Moses trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Mondogo tries to break free.
Mondogo is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Moses off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Moses connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Mondogo to escape the position.

Moses is persistently looking for the submission but Mondogo is defending it well.
Mondogo trying to control but not successfully.

Moses is looking for the choke from the back position but Mondogo is controlling his hands well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moses working for the choke.

Moses tightening his grip on Mondogo, looking for the choke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mondogo trying to control the hands but Moses won't let him.
Moses tries to get the hooks in deep but Mondogo pushed the leg off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mondogo trying to control the hands but Moses breaks the grip.
Mondogo looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Mondogo showing good submission defense here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Moses dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Mondogo is looking to clinch.
Moses slips a jab from Mondogo.

Moses closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mondogo did well to prevent Moses getting side control.

Mondogo pushes Moses off and gets back to his feet.
Mondogo throws a series of punches but Moses moves out of range.
Mondogo tries to clinch but Moses moves out of range.
Mondogo misses with a straight right.
Moses shoots in looking for a takedown. Mondogo tries to sprawl out of it but Moses keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mondogo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mondogo wants to clinch.
Moses swats away the attempt to clinch by Mondogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mondogo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mondogo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moses swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mondogo misses with an uppercut.
Moses staying out of range there.

Moses drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Moses prevents Mondogo from getting back to his feet.
Mondogo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mondogo keeping full guard, as Moses tries to pass.
Mark Moses overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mondogo pulls Moses in close to his closed guard and prevents Moses from doing any damage or advancing position.
Moses is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Moses slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo is trying to improve his position.

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

Moses tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Moses has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mondogo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Moses landing a few strikes.
Mondogo wants to get back to his feet but Moses drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moses goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Mondogo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Moses's guard! Nice work there by Mondogo!
Mondogo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mondogo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Moses is adopting a defensive guard.
Moses manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mondogo manages to get himself to full guard.
Mondogo has momentary wrist control but Moses slips an elbow through the middle.
Moses trying to control the position from guard on top but Mondogo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mondogo is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Moses dives into side control.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mondogo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moses wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mondogo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mondogo is trying to get back to his feet.
Moses cracks Mondogo with a big elbow.
Mondogo is looking to regain half guard here but Moses keeps moving and retains side control.

Moses tries for a kimura but Mondogo is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moses landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Moses showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Moses has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Moses!