PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Bazzottia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Moore has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Moore
vs
Bazzottia

190 cm
21
160 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

174 cm
25
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marco Bazzottia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Bazzottia swings widly with a right hand
and Moore counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Moore checks the leg kick.
Bazzottia throws a leg kick
and Moore counters with a head kick. That will keep Bazzottia thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bazzottia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
Moore has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bazzottia.
Bazzottia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore moves out of range as Bazzottia throws a body kick.

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

Moore gets control of Bazzottia's arms and successfully pulls guard. Moore will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Moore looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bazzottia is defending well. Moore quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bazzottia has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Moore celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Moore!