PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaden Saint (ranked 1267 p4p, 1568 weight class) and Xande Moreno (ranked 178 p4p, 218 weight class). Saint comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Saint
vs
Moreno

190 cm
27
211
6 - 1 - 0

198 cm
28
205
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaden Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xande Moreno!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint cracks Moreno with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Moreno throws a quick inside leg kick.
Moreno throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Jaden Saint has been cut.
Saint throws a poor cross that misses
and Moreno counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saint thuds his shin into the meat of Moreno's side.
Moreno avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Moreno walks into a jab.

Moreno tries to keep at a distance but Saint has taken the fight into the clinch.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saint.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
Moreno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saint lands an uppercut.
Moreno misses with some punches.
Saint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Saint.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Moreno has double underhooks.
Saint misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moreno lands a hook that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Moreno fails to land.
Moreno misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Moreno.
Moreno misses with the head strike.

Saint pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saint throws a body punch but Moreno moves out of range.
Moreno only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Saint bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Moreno has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Moreno connects with an inside leg kick.
Moreno lands with a hook. Saint tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Saint lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Moreno backs up against the cage.

Moreno is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint drops Moreno with a naaaaasty hook - Moreno is in real trouble here! Saint dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaden Saint!
In his post fight interview, Jaden Saint started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.