PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Irish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vova Moroz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irish is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Irish
vs
Moroz

168 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ragnar Irish !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vova Moroz!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moroz has managed to clinch.
Irish is breathing heavily.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Irish fails to land the takedown.

Moroz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Moroz clinches up against the cage.
Moroz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Moroz manages to break the clinch.
Moroz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Ragnar Irish has been cut.

Moroz clinches with his opponent.
Moroz landing knees to the head.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Moroz forces Irish back against the cage and clinches.
Moroz scores with a knee to the head.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Moroz takes the fight into the clinch.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moroz clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moroz throws a series of punches but Irish moves out of range.

Moroz gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Moroz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Moroz has closed the distance and engaged Irish in a clinch.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Moroz clinches with his opponent.

Moroz breaks from the clinch.

Moroz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Moroz breaks the clinch.
Moroz throws a right hand that Irish ducks under and follows up with a left that Irish also avoids with ease.

Moroz forces Irish back against the cage and clinches.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

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

Moroz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Moroz moves into range and clinches up with Irish .

Moroz breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moroz closes the distance and pushes Irish back into the cage.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moroz clinches.
Moroz crunches a lovely knee into Irish 's ribcage.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice combination there by Moroz.

Moroz clinches up against the cage.

Moroz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Irish throws a series of punches but Moroz moves out of range.
Irish shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moroz pinned against the cage. Moroz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Moroz moves into the clinch.
Moroz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Irish scores with a four punch combination!

Moroz clinches up against the cage.
Come on Moroz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moroz tries to clinch up.
Moroz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moroz wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ragnar Irish . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moroz slaps away a takedown attempt from Irish , before circling back to the center of the mat.

Moroz pushes Irish up against the cage in a clinch.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moroz takes the fight into the clinch.
Moroz landing knees to the head.

Moroz breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moroz forces Irish back against the cage and clinches.
Moroz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moroz is pressed up against the cage. Irish has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Moroz down to the mat. Moroz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Moroz clinches with his opponent.

Moroz breaks the clinch.
Moroz avoids the head kick by Irish .
Moroz throws a series of punches but Irish avoids them all with ease.

Moroz gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Moroz manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Irish shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Moroz defends it nicely.

Moroz closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Moroz has Irish up against the cage in a clinch.

Moroz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vova Moroz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ragnar Irish 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moroz fails with an attempt to clinch.

Moroz takes the fight into the clinch.

Moroz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moroz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Moroz breaks the clinch.
Irish looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moroz is fending him off so far but Irish persists. Nope, Moroz circles away and we're back to standing.

Moroz has Irish up against the cage in a clinch.

Moroz breaks the clinch.

Moroz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Moroz breaks from the clinch.

Moroz darts in and clinches Irish up against the cage.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moroz keeps Irish at a distance using the push kick.

Moroz darts in and clinches Irish up against the cage.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moroz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Irish shoots in and drives through. Moroz sprawls well.
Irish shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moroz pinned against the cage. Moroz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ragnar Irish . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irish misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Moroz is looking to clinch.
Irish circles away from the clinch attempt.
Irish closes this distance looking for a takedown but Moroz circles away.
Irish shoots for a double leg takedown but Moroz sprawls well. He's pushed Irish 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Irish keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Moroz closes the distance and clinches.

Moroz breaks from the clinch.

Moroz gets a clinch.

Moroz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Moroz gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moroz breaks from the clinch.

Irish darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Irish is working for a submission of some sort.
Irish wants to pass to mount but Moroz is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moroz kicks off Irish and gets to his feet.

Moroz forces Irish back against the cage and clinches.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Irish closes this distance looking for a takedown but Moroz circles away.
Moroz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Irish swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moroz tries to clinch but Irish is having none of it.
Moroz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Moroz has taken the fight to the clinch.

Moroz manages to break the clinch.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.

Moroz clinches with his opponent.
Moroz landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moroz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moroz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Irish .

Moroz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Moroz rushes Irish and presses him up against the cage.

Moroz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Irish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Irish misses with a takedown attempt - Moroz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Moroz moves into the clinch.

Moroz breaks the clinch.
Moroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Irish throws a low kick but Moroz moves out of range easily.

Moroz takes the fight into the clinch.

Moroz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vova Moroz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ragnar Irish 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Moroz moves in looking to clinch but Irish pushes him off.

Moroz clinches up against the cage.

Moroz breaks from the clinch.
Moroz throws a series of punches but Irish moves out of range.
A punch combination from Moroz misses.

Moroz closes the distance and clinches.
Moroz is stalling here.
Irish is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Moroz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Moroz lands a knee to the head.

Moroz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Irish shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Moroz's guard.
Irish missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moroz wants to get back to his feet but Irish is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moroz keeping moving, preventing Irish from controlling successfully.
Moroz wants to get back to his feet but Irish is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Irish postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Moroz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Irish , into his guard.
Moroz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ragnar Irish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Irish looking for a triangle here. Moroz is fighting it but it looks tight! Irish pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Moroz is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ragnar Irish !