PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Moreland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soz Sztrova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesse Moreland has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Moreland
vs
Sztrova

190 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse Moreland!
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, Soz Sztrova!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Moreland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sztrova misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Moreland. Those never looked like landing.
Moreland turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jesse Moreland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sztrova is looking to clinch but Moreland is avoiding it.
Sztrova tries to clinch but Moreland is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Moreland misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreland looks to land a left hand but Sztrova moved out of range nicely.
Moreland throws a nice looking combination but Sztrova bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sztrova misses with a head kick.
Moreland looks to score with a jab to the body but Sztrova is just out of range.
No joy there for Moreland, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sztrova. That's going to slow Moreland down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sztrova tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moreland swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moreland circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moreland connects with a body shot.
Sztrova ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Moreland bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sztrova is trying to control Moreland's posture but Moreland avoids it.
Sztrova regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreland wants to take a breather but Sztrova is having none of it.
Sztrova desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Moreland knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sztrova on the ground.
Moreland wants to get back to his feet.
Moreland is breathing heavily.
Moreland wants to control but Sztrova is keeping him busy.
Sztrova is concentrating on defense, preventing Moreland from advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jesse Moreland wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Moreland scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sztrova throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sztrova fails with the takedown
and Moreland counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Moreland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sztrova.
Moreland misses with a takedown attempt - Sztrova sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jesse Moreland will probably get the nod.
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.

Sztrova looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moreland is fending him off so far but Sztrova persists. Nope, Moreland circles away and we're back to standing.
Sztrova doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Moreland counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sztrova displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moreland throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreland dips to his left and cracks Sztrova with an uppercut!
Sztrova closes the distance but Moreland moves to the side
and Moreland counters with a series of strikes. Sztrova will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sztrova is breathing heavily.
Sztrova tries to clinch up
and Moreland counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sztrova fails with the takedown.
Jesse Moreland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soz Sztrova.
Moreland lands the left hand.
Moreland misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreland misses with a series of wild punches.
Moreland misses with a few strikes there.
Moreland swings for the body but Sztrova moves out of range.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreland postures up and lands a big shot to Sztrova's brow.
Moreland trying to control the position from guard on top but Sztrova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moreland wants to get up but he can't break Sztrova's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Sztrova is looking to sinch up a triangle. Moreland throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sztrova's body to avoid the submission. Sztrova has instead reached around Moreland's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sztrova arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Soz Sztrova!