PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Moreland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Susan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Susan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Moreland
vs
Susan

200 cm
19
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Susan!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreland closes the distance and clinches up with Susan, looking for a takedown. Moreland pushes Susan against the cage but Susan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Moreland wants to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Moreland finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Moreland tries to clinch but Susan is having none of it.
Mike Susan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moreland shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Susan as he avoids it easily.
Susan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Moreland misses with a head kick.

Susan scores with a takedown into Moreland's guard.
Susan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Susan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Moreland throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Moreland is trying to keep Susan in close.
Susan throws a big right hand that misses.
Susan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moreland is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Susan cracks Moreland with a solid left hand.
Susan advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Susan lands a nice short elbow.
Susan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Moreland trying to control from the bottom.
Susan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Susan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moreland wants to control but Susan is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Susan.
Moreland pushes Susan off looking to stand but Susan dives back in and keeps control.
Moreland is breathing heavily.

Moreland looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Susan winds up and cracks Moreland with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Susan there.
Susan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Susan lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice strikes from Susan there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Susan lands strikes from half guard.
Susan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Susan is nestled in close to Moreland, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Susan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Susan working Moreland over with strikes.
Susan slips a nice elbow through Moreland's hands, connecting with Moreland's forehead.
Susan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Susan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susan lands strikes from half guard.
Moreland is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Susan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Susan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Susan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Moreland is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Susan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Susan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Susan working over Moreland with some ground and pound. Moreland looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Susan.
Moreland tries to kick Susan off but Susan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Susan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Moreland on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Moreland is trying to stand up here but Susan is controlling him well.
Moreland taking some punishment here, with Susan in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susan lands with a punch from half guard.
Susan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Susan is nestled in close to Moreland, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Susan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Moreland trying to control but Susan postures up.
Moreland is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Susan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Moreland wants to control but Susan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Susan working Moreland over with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moreland wants to get back to his feet.
Susan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moreland with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Susan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Susan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Susan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moreland is fending him off so far but Susan persists. Nope, Moreland circles away and we're back to standing.
Moreland tries to clinch up.

Moreland closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Susan wants to get back to full guard.
Moreland is trying to control the action in half guard but Susan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Susan is looking for a sweep. Moreland is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Susan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Susan punching from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moreland wants to get back to his feet.
Moreland prevents Susan from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Moreland lands a high kick!

Moreland closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moreland landing knees to the head.
Susan tries for a takedown but Moreland manages to get underhooks.

Moreland pulls guard.
Moreland is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Susan advances position into side control!
Susan prevents Moreland from escaping the position.
Moreland takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Susan working away.
Susan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Susan grinds an elbow into Moreland's temple.
Moreland struggling a bit here.
Susan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Moreland some visible discomfort.
Susan scoring with punches from side control.
Moreland on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Susan tries to move into full mount but can't pass Moreland's legs.
Moreland is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Susan is controlling him well.
Moreland takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Susan scoring with punches and elbows.
Susan lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreland is looking to reverse the position.
Susan scoring with punches and elbows.
Moreland wants to control but Susan postures up.
Susan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Susan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Moreland is looking to reverse the position.
Susan working the head with strikes.
Susan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Susan advances to mount.
Moreland takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Susan landing shots from mount.
Susan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mike Susan has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Susan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Moreland taking shots to the head.
Susan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moreland keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moreland is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Susan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Susan raining down shots from the mount!
Moreland tries to buck Susan off but he can't manage it.
Susan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Susan cracks Moreland with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Susan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Moreland throws a nice head kick!
Susan swats away the attempt to clinch by Moreland.

Moreland gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Susan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moreland is keeping the position for now.
Moreland is trying to keep Susan in close.
Moreland can't keep his opponent in guard - Susan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Susan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Moreland wants to improve his position but Susan is controlling well.
Moreland is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Susan lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Susan stops Moreland from getting back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Susan.
Susan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Susan there.
Moreland is looking to control Susan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moreland avoid being mounted?
Moreland is trying to stand.
Susan winds up and cracks Moreland with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Moreland tries to kick Susan off but Susan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Susan slips a nice elbow through Moreland's hands, connecting with Moreland's forehead.
Moreland is trying to control but can't.
Susan is nestled in close to Moreland, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Moreland kicks off Susan and gets to his feet.
Moreland fails with a takedown attempt.
Susan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Susan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Moreland blocking the ground and pound attempt from Susan.
Susan working Moreland over with strikes.
Moreland blocking the ground and pound attempt from Susan.
Susan thows a huge punch but Moreland dodges it nicely.
Moreland is trying to stand up here but Susan is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreland is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Susan scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Susan lands a nice short elbow.

Moreland pushes Susan off and gets back to his feet.
Moreland slips a jab from Susan.

Susan gets the takedown into side control.
Moreland takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Susan landing strikes.
Susan lands some shots froms side control.
Susan looks up at the clock and then as Moreland takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Susan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Moreland is trying to improve his position.
Susan lands a few punches from side control.
Susan in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susan landing strikes.
Susan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Moreland is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Moreland keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jesse Moreland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moreland wants to control but Susan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Susan there.
Moreland flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Moreland looking for submissions off his back.
Susan lands strikes from half guard.
Susan is thwarting Moreland's attempts to control the position.
Mike Susan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Susan is tying to control. Moreland wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Susan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Susan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Susan!