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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between lloyd zak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think zak might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to strenght to go on - rise against. lloyd zak has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, lloyd zak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Howard Moon!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
zak tries to clinch up.
Moon tries to clinch but zak moves out of range.
zak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
zak circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Moon.
Moon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
zak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
zak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Moon circles away.
zak moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Howard Moon has been cut.
zak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from zak.
zak throws out a loose jab but Moon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Moon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and zak avoids it.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like lloyd zak has been cut.
Moon lands a damaging elbow.
zak is breathing heavily.
Moon lands an elbow just above zak 's eye.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Moon.
zak has had enough of the clinch but Moon keeps him there for the moment.
Moon digs a right hand underneath zak's ribcage. zak let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice elbow from Moon.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moon obliges.
Moon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. zak is defending well for now.
Moon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Moon lands a damaging elbow.
Moon lands an elbow just above zak 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
zak is rocked!
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh zak is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moon lands a nice elbow.
zak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Moon.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Moon.
Moon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from zak.
Nice elbow from Moon.
zak takes an elbow to the temple.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through zak's defenses.
Nice elbow from Moon.
Moon lands an elbow that stopped zak in his tracks for a moment.
Moon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. zak is defending well for now.
Moon lands an elbow just above zak 's eye.
Moon lands a left hand that snaps the head of zak backwards.
Moon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and zak avoids it.
Moon digs a right hand into zak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on zak's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but zak avoids the damage to the body.
zak working hard to break the clinch.
zak seems to have got his legs back now.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and zak avoids it.
zak avoiding damage as Moon throws knees to the body.
zak wants to break free but Moon has control.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
zak is trying to break the clinch but Moon is controlling him.
zak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Moon.
zak throws a punch but it's blocked by Moon.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Moon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from zak.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
zak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moon lands an elbow that stopped zak in his tracks for a moment.
zak avoiding damage as Moon throws knees to the body.
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moon keeps control of zak as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
zak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Moon.
Moon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite zak's efforts to push away.
zak breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
zak goes for a takedown attempt but Moon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moon.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
zak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moon but Moon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for lloyd zak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moon scoring well with a low kick there.
zak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moon. Moon obviously looking to wear him down.
Moon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Moon lands with a kick to the temple. zak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
zak chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moon can pounce on him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moon.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moon.
zak is looking to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moon.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Moon.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Moon, right into the meat.
Moon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Moon scores with a hook.
Moon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
zak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moon. Moon obviously looking to wear him down.
zak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moon. Moon obviously looking to wear him down.
Moon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by zak.
zak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moon.
zak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moon.
A solid leg kick lands there for Moon.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from zak is defended easily by Moon.
Moon lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
zak circles away from the clinch attempt.
zak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Moon's hands.
Nice uppercut lands for Moon. That snapped zak's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Howard Moon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Moon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Howard Moon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
zak throws a right and a left that Moon avoids nicely.
Moon looks to clinch
and zak counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by zak.
zak wanted to stand there but Moon had control of the position.
zak lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Moon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. zak manages to get himself to full guard.
Moon wants to stand but zak is controlling his posture from full guard.
zak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moon is one step ahead there.
Moon stays in close to zak's body and controls the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
zak wants to sweep here but Moon controlling him for the moment.
Moon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
zak wants to stand but Moon is controlling the position.
Moon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Moon gets to his feet. zak looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Moon fails in his attempt to clinch.
zak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
zak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
zak chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moon can pounce on him.
Moon thumps zak with a low kick.
Moon thumps zak with a low kick.
zak chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moon can pounce on him.
Howard Moon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moon throws a head kick that misses.
Moon tries to clinch but zak is having none of it.
Moon delivers a nice body kick.
Moon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Howard Moon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Moon. That's going to slow zak down.
Good standup being displayed there by Moon as he connects with a hook.
lloyd zak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Moon throws a leg kick which misses zak's front leg but catches the back leg as zak tries to avoid it.
zak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moon.
Moon cracks zak with a good jab.
Moon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Moon.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moon.
Moon clinches.
zak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but zak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on zak. That did some damage!
Moon slips a jab from zak.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Moon.
Moon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract zak.
zak misses with a wild body shot.
Moon slips a jab and a cross from zak.
Moon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt zak.
Moon has managed to clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Moon.
zak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Moon.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moon lands an elbow that stopped zak in his tracks for a moment.
zak takes an elbow to the temple.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Howard Moon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Moon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
zak working hard to break the clinch.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moon misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from zak on the inside.
Moon pushes zak back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moon lands a damaging elbow.
zak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
zak avoids the elbow strike from Moon, against the cage.
zak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moon trying to land knees to the body.
zak working hard to break the clinch.
zak wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moon has him pressed against the cage.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
zak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
zak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Moon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Moon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Moon.
Moon lands an elbow inside that zak shrugs off.
Good body shot from Moon.
A short left from Moon.
A frustrated look appears on zak's face as he tries to break the clinch.
zak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
zak tries to break the clinch but Moon is controlling the position.
zak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but zak avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
zak blocks an elbow strike from Moon.
zak has had enough of the clinch but Moon keeps him there for the moment.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon lands a hook that snaps the head of zak backwards.
zak tries to break free but Moon pushes him back against the cage.
Moon lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Howard Moon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
zak tries to clinch up.
zak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
zak fails to land with a series of punches.
Moon tried to score with a low kick but zak checks it.
Moon checks a low kick from zak.
Moon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but zak is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moon.
zak moves out of range of the leg kick from Moon.
zak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moon is looking to slow zak down with leg kicks.
Moon darts in and clinches zak up against the cage.
Moon lands a nice elbow.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but zak avoids the damage to the body.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right handed body shot lands from Moon.
Moon lands an elbow that stopped zak in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moon.
Still in the clinch, Moon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moon lands a nice elbow.
zak takes an elbow to the temple.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but zak avoids the damage to the body.
zak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
zak is trying to break the clinch but Moon is controlling him.
zak is looking to break free of the clinch but Moon has double underhooks.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
zak takes a shot to the head.
Moon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. zak is defending well for now.
zak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
zak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moon connects with a good right hand that stumbles zak. zak circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Moon walks into a straight right hand from zak.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up but zak swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moon throws a left and a right that both miss
and zak moves into the clinch.
zak manages to break the clinch.
Moon misses with a head kick.
zak tries to clinch but Moon moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moon.
zak shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Moon as he avoids it easily.
Moon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Moon looks to land a combination but zak avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from zak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon staying out of range there.
Moon scores with a kick to the midsection.
Moon has closed the distance and engaged zak in a clinch.
zak is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Moon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moon prevents zak from breaking the clinch.
zak takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moon lands a nice elbow.
zak takes an elbow to the temple.
zak decides to pull guard.
Moon tries to stand but zak is controlling from the bottom.
zak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Moon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Moon misses with a low kick.
zak fails with a takedown attempt.
zak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon throws a head kick that half lands.
A punch combination from zak misses.
Nice cross by zak.
zak takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Moon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
zak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moon.
zak circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moon dodges the punch combination from zak.
Moon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and zak connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moon clinches up with zak and pushes him back against the cage.
zak breaks from the clinch.
Moon misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - zak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
zak closes the distance and clinches up with Moon, looking for a takedown. zak pushes Moon against the cage but Moon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for lloyd zak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
zak swings for the body but Moon moves out of range.
Moon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
lloyd zak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moon with a nice cross.
Moon clinches up against the cage.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and zak avoids it.
Nice elbow from Moon.
zak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
zak scores with a shot to the side of Moon's head.
zak working hard to break the clinch.
zak has had enough of the clinch but Moon keeps him there for the moment.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
zak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. zak is defending well for now.
zak breaks from the clinch.
Moon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to zak's calf.
zak shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Moon scoring well with a low kick there.
A punch combination from zak misses.
Nice straight punches there by Moon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moon.
zak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Moon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that's the end of the fight!
Howard Moon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Moon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howard Moon!
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