PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Contreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Contreras
vs
Moraes

168 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
144 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Contreras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marlon Moraes!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moraes drives through and clinches with Contreras against the cage.
Moraes blocks an elbow strike from Contreras.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Contreras lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moraes backwards.
Moraes misses with a knee strike.
Moraes blocks an elbow strike from Contreras.
Moraes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Contreras blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Moraes.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Moraes slows down the pace here.
Contreras takes a knee to the side of the body.
Contreras scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moraes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Contreras struggles to land a body shot inside as Moraes controls his hands.
Contreras misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Contreras pushes Moraes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Contreras lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moraes prevents a body shot from Contreras.
Contreras tries to work over Moraes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contreras is working Moraes over against the cage.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Moraes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Moraes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Contreras tries to throw a body punch but Moraes avoids it by throwing Contreras back against the cage.
Moraes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moraes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contreras has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moraes working Contreras over with knees to the body.
Moraes stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Moraes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Contreras throws an elbow but it misses.
Contreras tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Contreras throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contreras lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Moraes landing knees to the head.
Contreras struggles to land a body shot inside as Moraes controls his hands.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moraes looking to throw knees to the head but Contreras is blocking nicely.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Moraes stalling in the clinch but Contreras improves position.
Moraes connects with a knee to the head.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moraes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moraes tries to land knees in the clinch but Contreras avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Contreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Contreras misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras tries to throw a body punch but Moraes avoids it by throwing Contreras back against the cage.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Contreras pushes off an throws an elbow but Moraes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Contreras throws an elbow but it misses.
Contreras misses with a short punch on the inside.
Contreras'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.
Moraes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Contreras throws an elbow but it misses.
Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Contreras pushes off an throws an elbow but Moraes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moraes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contreras has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Contreras lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moraes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moraes connects with a knee to the head.
Moraes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moraes missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreras misses with a body punch.
Moraes blocks an elbow strike.
Contreras misses with an elbow strike.
Moraes lands a good knee to the midsection. Contreras won't want to take too many of those.
Contreras fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moraes looking to throw knees to the head but Contreras is blocking nicely.
Contreras throws an elbow but it misses.
Contreras managing to block the knees to the body from Moraes.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Moraes blocks the elbow strike.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Contreras tries to work over Moraes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moraes crunches a lovely knee into Contreras's ribcage.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Contreras.
Moraes tries to stall but Contreras uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Moraes looking to throw knees to the head but Contreras is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Moraes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Contreras.
Moraes scores with a leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Moraes misses with a knee strike.
Contreras will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Moraes up against the cage.
Contreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Contreras just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moraes's brow.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moraes lands a good knee to the midsection. Contreras won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Contreras just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moraes's brow.
Contreras is trying to stall.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Come on Contreras - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreras misses with a punch to the body.
Moraes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A bit of stalling here from Moraes.
Moraes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Moraes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Contreras can't find room to land a body shot as Moraes controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moraes.
Contreras tries to work over Moraes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contreras lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moraes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Moraes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Contreras misses with a punch to the body.
Moraes lands a knee to the body.
Moraes trying to stall but Contreras improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moraes is struggling to control the position.
A body shot lands from Contreras.
Moraes leaning against his opponent.
Moraes tries to land knees in the clinch but Contreras avoids the damage to the body.
Moraes avoids a wild elbow strike from Contreras.
Contreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moraes working Contreras over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moraes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moraes is breathing heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Contreras as Moraes tries to tie him up.
Contreras is working Moraes over against the cage.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Contreras avoids it.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Contreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Contreras tries to throw a body punch but Moraes avoids it by throwing Contreras back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Moraes avoids the elbow strike from Contreras, against the cage.
Contreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Contreras swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Contreras tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Contreras throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Contreras lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Moraes backwards.
Moraes is trying to stall.
Moraes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moraes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moraes misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Moraes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moraes blocks the elbow strike.
Contreras tries to throw a body punch but Moraes avoids it by throwing Contreras back against the cage.
Moraes blocks the elbow strike.
Contreras lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moraes backwards.
Moraes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contreras has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Contreras is trying to maintain a safe position but Moraes gets an underhook and turns Contreras into the cage.
Contreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moraes is looking to control Contreras's arms but Contreras gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moraes has his back to the cage.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but Contreras blocks with his arms.
Moraes trying to control the position but instead, Contreras has worked for underhooks and has pushed Moraes into the cage.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
Contreras stalling in the clinch but Moraes improves position.
Moraes wants to stall.
Contreras pushes off an throws an elbow but Moraes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marlon Moraes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Contreras's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Contreras fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moraes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Contreras takes a swing at Moraes's ribcage but misses.
Contreras lands a nice shot that snaps Moraes's head back.
Moraes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Contreras avoids the head kick by Moraes.
Contreras lands a head shot.

Contreras takes the fight into the clinch.
Moraes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Contreras misses with an elbow strike.
Moraes with a knee to the head.
Contreras presses Moraes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Contreras.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Contreras just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moraes's brow.
Contreras lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Contreras.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moraes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but Contreras blocks with his arms.
Contreras misses with an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Contreras.
Moraes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contreras has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Contreras displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moraes up against the cage.
Moraes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Contreras blocks it with crossed arms.
Moraes blocks an elbow strike from Contreras.
Moraes tries a knee to the head but Contreras blocks it.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Contreras cracks Moraes with a nice body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moraes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moraes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moraes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Contreras.
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
Contreras avoiding damage as Moraes throws knees to the body.
Contreras displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moraes up against the cage.
Contreras controlling the action here for a moment.
Contreras blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Contreras lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contreras throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moraes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Contreras avoids it.
Contreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moraes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Contreras misses with an elbow strike.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Moraes avoids a wild elbow strike from Contreras.
With the fighters up against the cage, Contreras throws an elbow but misses.
Moraes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contreras has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moraes blocks an elbow strike from Contreras.
Moraes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Contreras misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Contreras - that landed with a thud.
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
Contreras throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreras scores with a nice hook to the head.
Moraes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Contreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moraes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moraes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Contreras lands a nice shot to the body.
Moraes avoids a wild elbow strike from Contreras.
Moraes blocks a body shot from Contreras.
Moraes missing with knees to the body.
Contreras is struggling to control the position.
Moraes blocks a body shot from Contreras.
A short left from Contreras.
Moraes connects with a knee to the head.
Pablo Contreras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Contreras tries a body shot but Moraes blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Contreras showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Moraes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marlon Moraes!