PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seventh Sleeper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Moore
vs
Sleeper

188 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
223 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seventh Sleeper!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sleeper circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore moves away from the strike by Sleeper.
Moore throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sleeper avoids it.
Moore looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sleeper lands a glancing blow to the side of Moore's head.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sleeper loads up on a big right hand but Moore slips the punch.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sleeper.
Moore needs to keep his hands up - Sleeper had a free shot at his head there.
Sleeper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sleeper misses with a hook
and Moore counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Moore moves away from the strike by Sleeper.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sleeper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sleeper throws a big shot that misses.
Sleeper throws a jab but it's blocked by Moore.
Sleeper wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sleeper.
Sleeper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Sleeper looks to move away, Moore throws a big counter combo bu Sleeper just gets out of the way.
Moore keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Moore cracks the inside of Sleeper's front leg.
Sleeper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
Sleeper moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sleeper.
A punch lands to the side of Sleeper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sleeper throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Moore slips a jab from Sleeper.

Moore lands a big uppercut and Sleeper crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Sleeper looks OK. Moore waves Sleeper back to his feet!

Sleeper is rocked!

It looks like Seventh Sleeper has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sleeper misses the jab.
Sleeper is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Sleeper circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Moore. Sleeper falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Moore!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore retains his light heavyweight title!
Archie Moore made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'You were my 7th Sleeper. I butchered you, that was oh so easy bro.'.
The defeated Seventh Sleeper had this to say: 'Sometimes you gotta step up'.