PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerrald James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moura has chosen Rickson Moura Entrance Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Moura

185 cm
33
206 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

185 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerrald James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rickson Moura!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moura misses with a takedown
letting James counter with a right hand.
Moura listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Gerrald James has been cut.
Moura scores with a jab to the jaw.

Moura moves into the clinch.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Moura controls his hands.
James misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moura drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Moura tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
Gerrald James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rickson Moura.
Moura jumps guard but James turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Moura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James misses with a hook from the clinch.
James working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moura wants a takedown.
A body shot lands from James.
James pushes Moura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moura has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. James avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short uppercut from James.
James throws a head punch that misses.
Moura has James pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. James manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Moura tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
Moura jumps guard but James stands there with Moura around his waist. Moura gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
James has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Moura tries to pull guard but James holds him up against the cage and eventually Moura drops back down to his feet.
James tries a body shot but Moura blocks it.
Moura is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.

James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moura misses with a lunging right hand
and James counters with a nice low kick that buckles Moura's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James blocks a jab.
James tried to counter with a leg kick but Moura avoided it.
Moura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James tried to counter with a leg kick but Moura avoided it.
Moura misses with a looping left.
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moura.
Gerrald James is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moura shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with James but James pushes him off and we're back to square one.
James tried to counter with a leg kick but Moura avoided it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moura with a poor takedown
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
James connects with a solid leg kick.
Moura swings widly with a right hand
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moura misses with a takedown attempt
and James counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Moura misses with a lunging right hand
and James counters with a nice body shot.
James lands a right hook to the body.
Moura throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
James walks into a stiff left hand from Moura.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Moura is defended easily by James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. James catches Moura right on the button with a cross.
Moura cracks James with a good jab.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moura.
James throwing a counter right hand but Moura manages to avoid it.
Moura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but James was well out of range. Poor timing from Moura.
James is looking to counter punch.
James misses with a body shot.
Moura comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerrald James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerrald James's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moura scores with a shot to the body.
Moura connects with a looping right hand.
James looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Moura shoots for a takedown but James saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
James appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Moura might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Moura fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. James looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Moura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

James gets caught napping as Moura dives in and scores a takedown. James manages to retain guard.
James knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moura on the ground.
Moura scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as James works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura stops James from standing up.
Moura throws a strike but James rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Moura working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Moura had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. James defends it easily.
James trying to stand up but can't free himself from Moura's guard.
Moura tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Moura has his feet on James's thighs here. He's pushed James off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! James screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rickson Moura!
After winning the bout, Rickson Moura thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.