PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between igor moradze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geronimo Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

moradze
vs
Dos Santos

185 cm
23
326 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
290 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, igor moradze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Geronimo Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.

moradze moves into range and clinches up with Dos Santos.

moradze has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dos Santos regains guard immediately.

Dos Santos working for a triangle but moradze defends it easily.
moradze's corner is telling him to maintain position.

moradze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
moradze is working Dos Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
moradze controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
moradze seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dos Santos for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
moradze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
moradze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
moradze controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells moradze's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
moradze content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
moradze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. moradze defends it easily.
Dos Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dos Santos is looking to stand back up but moradze counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dos Santos.
moradze is trying to control the action in half guard but Dos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
moradze looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
moradze controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
moradze trying to control from half guard but Dos Santos is working away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. igor moradze just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Dos Santos wants to clinch but moradze slips to the side

and moradze counters with a shoot takedown. Dos Santos fights it but they end up in guard.
moradze controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
moradze preventing the sweep.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but moradze is proving a slippery customer.
moradze controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
moradze is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
moradze looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
moradze trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
moradze tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
moradze 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.
Dos Santos trying to strike off his back.

Dos Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. moradze is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

igor moradze dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos looks for the body kick but moradze saw that one coming.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
moradze misses the shot to the body.
moradze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from moradze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

moradze moves into the clinch.
moradze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
moradze controlling the action here for a moment.

moradze turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and moradze manages to end up in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
moradze grinds an elbow into Dos Santos's temple.
moradze working the head and body with strikes.
moradze staying calm.
moradze has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
moradze prevents Dos Santos from escaping the position.

Dos Santos bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
igor moradze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
moradze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.

moradze gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

moradze has hold of one of Dos Santos's legs. Dos Santos is fighting the takedown attempt but moradze gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
moradze content to stall in guard here.
Dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
moradze seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but moradze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
moradze is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
moradze wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
moradze connects with a couple of short punches.

Dos Santos looking for a guillotine here but moradze defends easily.
moradze looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing moradze from controlling successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. igor moradze just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

moradze drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but moradze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
moradze is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
moradze avoids the strikes from the bottom by Dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

igor moradze dominated that second round.
That's time! moradze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

moradze shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep. moradze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
moradze tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dos Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dos Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
moradze slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
moradze tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
moradze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos is looking to sweep but instead, moradze has passed into half guard.
Dos Santos wants to stand back up but moradze manages to pass into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but moradze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dos Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
moradze winds up and cracks Dos Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
moradze frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dos Santos wants to hold on but moradze pushes him away.
Dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, moradze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
moradze controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos is in a horrible position here. moradze smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
moradze controlling his opponent.
moradze landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
moradze looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dos Santos can't escape the position.
You get the feeling that Dos Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
BOOM! moradze connects with a massive shot to the dome!
moradze controlling from mount.
Dos Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
moradze lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
moradze looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! moradze connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Geronimo Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
moradze is in the full mount, landing strikes.
moradze controlling his opponent.
moradze working the ground and pound effectively.
igor moradze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
moradze controlling the position easily from mount.
moradze landing shots from mount.
moradze breaks from Dos Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
moradze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
moradze content just to control the position here.
Dos Santos is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
igor moradze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well moradze 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... igor moradze!