PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howard Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Moon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eels - The Mighty Boosh. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Moon
vs
Smith

190 cm
21
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Howard Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith scores with a jab. Moon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moon. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Moon on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Howard Moon has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moon throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Moon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Moon scores with a jab.
Moon clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Moon.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moon connects with a body shot.
Moon misses with a double jab.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Moon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moon digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Nice shot lands for Moon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Howard Moon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Moon sends Smith crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Moon is motioning to the referee to let Smith up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Smith is rocked!
Moon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moon scores with a shot to the body.
Moon lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Moon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A right-left combo lands from Moon.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Moon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Moon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Moon cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Moon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moon closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Moon lands a shot to the body.
Moon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moon.
Nice body punch from Moon - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Moon.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith trying to stall but Moon improves his position.
Moon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A short uppercut from Moon.
Good body shot from Moon.
Moon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moon digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Moon scores with a shoulder strike.
Moon lands with a left to the head.
Moon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Moon lands an uppercut.
Moon lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Moon.
Moon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Moon lands a shot to the body.
Moon pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
Moon lands an uppercut.
Moon presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moon slowing the pace effectively.
Moon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Moon lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moon.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Moon lands with a left to the head.
Moon working Smith over with knees to the body.
Smith blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Moon as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Moon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Moon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moon.
A right hook to the body lands for Moon.

Moon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Moon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Moon scores with a punch to the head.
Moon lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Moon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moon.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Moon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Moon with a jab.
Nice jab there from Moon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Moon.
Moon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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 lands with a nice body punch.
Moon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice combination there by Moon.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice combination there by Moon.
Moon scores with a body shot.
Moon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Moon duly obliges.
Moon scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Moon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Moon gets a clinch.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Moon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Moon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moon effectively controlling the action here.
Moon lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Moon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moon scores with a jab.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Moon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moon.
Moon lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Moon finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Moon.
Moon scores with a jab to the body.
Moon cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
John Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Moon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Moon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smith. Smith circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Moon scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Moon does it's job there.
Jab by Moon.
Moon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moon works the jab nicely.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Moon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moon thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Moon wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Moon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Howard Moon is winning the standup battle so far.
A right-left combo lands from Moon.
Moon thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Moon scores with a shot to the body.
Moon with a jab.
Moon connects with the punch.
Smith takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.

Moon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Moon as the two fighters clinch.
Moon lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Moon is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moon gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Howard Moon has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Moon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon throws out a powerful jab.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Moon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Moon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Moon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Moon breaks from the clinch.
Moon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Good leg kick by Moon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A good leg kick by Moon.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Moon punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Moon connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Moon.
Moon lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Moon dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Moon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Moon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Moon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Moon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Moon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Moon scores with a nice right hand.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice uppercut there from Moon.
Smith walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Moon.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice uppercut lands for Moon. That snapped Smith's head back.
Moon with a jab.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Moon finish him?
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Moon counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Smith falls backwards - clearly groggy! Moon dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Howard Moon!