PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Moore (ranked 7872 p4p, 695 weight class) and John Williamson (ranked 4984 p4p, 544 weight class). Moore comes to the cage accompanied by The SHOW Must Go On. This should be a great matchup!

Moore
vs
Williamson

179 cm
23
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
172 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

IniTech Nutrition

Blue Moon
Fanatic Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore misses with a takedown
and Williamson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Moore is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Williamson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moore.
Williamson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moore with a poor takedown
and Williamson counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joshua Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Williamson rushes Moore and presses him up against the cage.
Moore tries for a takedown but Williamson manages to get underhooks.

Moore has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Williamson uses from the top position.
Williamson trying to control but Moore is working from the bottom.
Williamson wants to pass the guard but Moore is keeping the position.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Williamson from controlling successfully.
Williamson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Williamson landing some decent shots from guard.
Williamson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williamson is fighting to break Moore's control of his arms but Moore is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Moore throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Williamson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Williamson from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Williamson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Moore is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Williamson has his hands clasped together but Moore extends and breaks Williamson's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Moore.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joshua Moore!
Joshua Moore made sure to mention his sponsor, IniTech Nutrition in his post fight interview.