PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon The Nuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leroy Moses could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leon The Nuke's chin.

Moses
vs
The Nuke

194 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

176 cm
23
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 The Island, Leroy Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon The Nuke!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Nuke throws a right and a left that Moses avoids nicely.
Moses fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Nuke avoids it really well and circles away.

The Nuke darts in and clinches Moses up against the ropes.
Moses blocking some punches.
The Nuke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moses has The Nuke pressed against the ropes, preventing The Nuke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moses tries to pull guard but The Nuke forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Moses lands a good knee to the midsection. The Nuke won't want to take too many of those.
The Nuke should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Moses blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Moses has hold of one of The Nuke's legs. The Nuke is fighting the takedown attempt but Moses gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Moses stands up from The Nuke's guard - Moses perhaps looking for a knockout.
The Nuke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from The Nuke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The Nuke has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nuke gets underhooks to prevent Moses's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moses has The Nuke pushed against the ropes.
The Nuke scores with a shot to the side of Moses's head.
The Nuke has had enough of the clinch but Moses keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from The Nuke on the inside.
Moses has The Nuke pressed against the ropes, preventing The Nuke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Nuke stops a takedown attempt from Moses.

Moses has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics The Nuke uses from the top position.

Moses has his foot on The Nuke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Nuke works his way back into a safe position though.
Moses wants to stand but The Nuke is controlling the position.
Moses looking to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The Nuke trying to control but Moses is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Nuke prevents Moses from getting back to his feet.
Moses wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Moses looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Moses is breathing heavily.
Moses bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Nuke's guard.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but The Nuke blocks nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moses stays in close to The Nuke's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The Nuke is looking to stand up but Moses isn't so interested in that idea.
Moses stays in close to The Nuke's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Leroy Moses wasn't doing enough on the ground.

The Nuke drives through and clinches with Moses against the ropes.

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

The Nuke moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Nuke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Moses tries to score a body lock takedown but The Nuke shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Moses prevents The Nuke from breaking the clinch.
The Nuke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Nuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Moses.
The Nuke swings wildly with an uppercut but Moses uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Nuke wants to break free but Moses has control.
The Nuke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Nuke is looking to break free of the clinch but Moses has double underhooks.
Moses tries to score a body lock takedown but The Nuke shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Nuke wants to get back to striking at distance but Moses won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moses with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Nuke tries to break free but Moses pushes him back against the ropes.
Moses stalling in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Nuke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
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 Leroy Moses will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Nuke closes the distance and clinches.
The Nuke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mosess head.
The Nuke stops a takedown attempt from Moses.
Moses putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Nuke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Nuke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moses landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moses drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Nuke gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Nuke tries to circle away but Moses has him pinned against the ropes.
Moses is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. The Nuke gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moses can't get the takedown.
The Nuke is trying to break the clinch but Moses has him pressed against the ropes.
Moses stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on The Nuke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moses has The Nuke pressed against the ropes, preventing The Nuke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Nuke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The Nuke clinches.
The Nuke swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Moses manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The Nuke trying to control the position from guard on top but Moses is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Moses is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Nuke stopping the sweep attempt from Moses.
Moses working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moses is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Nuke wants to pass the guard but Moses is keeping the position.
The Nuke throws an elbow that misses. Moses uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Nuke's guard. Nice move by Moses!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Moses engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Leroy Moses overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Leroy Moses just wasn't active enough.
A nice combination there by The Nuke.
The Nuke looks to land a combination but Moses avoids it well.

Moses gets tackled into the ropes by The Nuke. The Nuke maintains the clinch.
The Nuke is trying to break free.
Moses has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Nuke avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Nuke has had enough of the clinch but Moses keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Nuke misses with the head strike.
Moses is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The Nuke is defending well.

Moses pulls guard successfully.
Moses is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moses is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Moses looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Nuke is trying to stand up here but Moses is controlling him well.
Moses stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leroy Moses will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Moses gets a clinch.
The Nuke swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Moses manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Moses with that takedown attempt.

The Nuke has Moses up against the ropes in a clinch.
Moses is trying to drag The Nuke to the mat but The Nuke just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Moses changes levels and goes for a takedown here. The Nuke fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Nuke shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moses eats them both and turns towards The Nuke to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Nuke clinches up with Moses and pushes him back against the ropes.
Moses is trying to stall.
The Nuke prevents a takedown attempt there.
The Nuke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moses has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by The Nuke after a bit of a struggle.
Moses keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Nuke's efforts to push away.
The Nuke can't break the clinch.
The Nuke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moses has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Nuke is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Leon The Nuke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Nuke lands with a right to the head.
The Nuke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Nuke tries to break the clinch but Moses is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moses pulls guard effortlessly.

The Nuke gets to his feet - Moses follows without any prompting.
Moses avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Nuke swinging wildly here.
The Nuke stuffs the takedown attempt from Moses. Moses gets slowly back to his feet.
The Nuke misses with a series of wild punches.
Moses shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Nuke as he jumps to the side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Nuke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Nuke is trying to push Moses away but Moses has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Moses pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moses shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Nuke defends it nicely.
Leon The Nuke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Nuke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moses dodges the punch combination from The Nuke.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Moses is defended easily by The Nuke.

The Nuke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Nuke tries to break the clinch but Moses is controlling the position.

Moses drags the fight down to the ground.
Moses pulls The Nuke in close to his closed guard and prevents The Nuke from doing any damage or advancing position.

Moses has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Nuke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Moses doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Nuke wants to control from the top but Moses keeps moving.
Leon The Nuke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leroy Moses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Moses has his foot on The Nuke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Nuke works his way back into a safe position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon The Nuke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Moses has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Moses!