PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Moore
vs
Matthews

186 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

182 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

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 3 - 4 - 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clay Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews leaves Moore with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Moore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matthews tries to clinch but Moore moves away

and Moore counters with a shoot takedown. Matthews fights it but they end up in guard.
Matthews wants to stand up but Moore is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matthews seems keen to control Moore's posture.
Moore throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Moore stands up and waves to Matthews to follow him.

Moore closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Matthews is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Moore working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore scores with punches from side control.
Moore fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Moore lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Matthews's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Moore working the ground and pound.
Matthews is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Moore throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Moore scores with a couple of short elbows.
Matthews is trying to get back to half guard.
Moore working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Moore working the ground and pound from side control.
Moore sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Matthews is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Matthews tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Matthews looks gassed!
Matthews takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Moore landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Moore creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Moore scoring with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matthews is trying to control Moore's posture but Moore avoids it.
Moore is chipping away with strikes.

Moore stands up.

Moore looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Moore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Moore lands a couple of elbows.
Moore distracts Matthews with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Moore passes Matthews's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Matthews is looking to improve his position.
Matthews has hold of Moore's hands but Moore slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Moore sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Moore is looking for a kimura here.
Moore is nestled in close to Matthews, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moore thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Matthews's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Moore dominated that round.
That's time! Moore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Moore shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Matthews manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Matthews is trying to control the position but Moore postures up.
Moore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Matthews's head.
Matthews avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moore scoring with some ground and pound.
Moore throws and elbow that misses. Matthews uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Moore's guard. Nice move by Matthews!
Matthews has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Moore is proving hard to escape from.

Matthews thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Matthews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moore swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Matthews is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moore pushes Matthews off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Moore shoots for a takedown but Matthews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Moore changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Matthews looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Matthews is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Moore working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Moore scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Matthews to see if he's OK.
Matthews on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Moore landing a few strikes.
Matthews 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 is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Moore taking a break here but Matthews is having none of it and regains half guard.
Moore is nestled in close to Matthews, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Moore scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Matthews on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Matthews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Moore.
Matthews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Moore.
Matthews is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Matthews is looking to control Moore's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Matthews avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore drops an elbow to the side of Matthews's head.
Moore is nestled in close to Matthews, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matthews.

Moore shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Moore landing shots from mount.
Matthews can't escape the position.
Moore looking to finish Matthews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Matthews!
Moore raining down shots from the mount!
Matthews is bucking up trying to escape but Moore cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Moore connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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.
Matthews is in a horrible position here. Moore smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore prevents Matthews from getting the reversal.
Matthews is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Moore working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moore fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Moore connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Chris Moore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moore lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Moore raining down shots from the mount!
Moore is landing with some decent strikes but Matthews is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Moore cracks Matthews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Matthews is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Moore dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Moore shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Moore dominating with strikes here.
Moore is landing with some decent strikes but Matthews is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Moore blocks Matthews's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Matthews is working to get back to half guard.
Moore lands a heavy elbow.
Matthews is trying to escape the mount.
Moore landing punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
BOOM! Moore connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Matthews that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Matthews tries to hold on but Moore pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore cracks Matthews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Moore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matthews can do to turn this around?
Moore with a couple of short strikes.
Moore lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Matthews hang on?
Moore lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Moore lands a nice shot to the head.
Moore dominating with strikes here.
Moore dominating with strikes here.
Moore pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Moore cracks Matthews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Matthews wants to hold on but Moore pushes him away.
Matthews really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Moore pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Matthews tries to reverse the position but Moore maintains control.
Moore landing strikes from the mount.
Matthews is looking to get to half guard.
Matthews's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Matthews is trying desperately to improve position.
Moore punishing his opponent with strikes.
Moore connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Moore fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews wants to hold on but Moore pushes him away.
Moore working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
Moore lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Matthews hang on?
Moore lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Moore avoids the attempt from Matthews to control.
A nice elbow there by Moore.
Moore lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Moore working Matthews over with strikes here.
Matthews working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matthews is in a horrible position here. Moore smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Moore working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chris Moore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moore lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Moore content just to control the position here.
Moore lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Clay Matthews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moore controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25

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