PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jory Rosewarne (ranked 3609 p4p, 3445 weight class) and Harry Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosewarne's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, White Room - Demons & Wizards. Jory Rosewarne has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rosewarne
vs
Moura

186 cm
24
224
9 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
205
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jory Rosewarne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Moura!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosewarne.
Rosewarne wants to clinch.
Rosewarne tries to work over Moura's front leg with a kick but Moura checks it.
Moura stalks Rosewarne and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rosewarne's face. Rosewarne staggers backwards, shaken.

Rosewarne closes the distance and clinches.
Rosewarne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Moura wants the takedown. Rosewarne is fighting it off but Moura persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rosewarne's guard against the cage.
Rosewarne wants to get back to his feet but Moura passes into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Moura in particular looking to stall.

Moura is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Moura performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Moura seems to be working for a kimura but Rosewarne defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rosewarne is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Moura content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Moura.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Moura might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Moura seems to be working for a kimura but Rosewarne defends the submission attempt.

Moura wants to work for an arm triangle but Rosewarne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Moura controlling the action here.

Moura is trying to work for a kimura but Rosewarne is defending well.
Moura is taking a breather. Rosewarne says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rosewarne missing with punches from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Moura dominated that round.
That's time! Rosewarne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rosewarne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Moura throws out a counter right but Rosewarne avoids it with no problem.
Rosewarne with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Moura to score with a decent uppercut.
Moura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rosewarne. Rosewarne obviously looking to wear him down.
Rosewarne is looking to clinch but Moura is avoiding it.
Rosewarne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Harry Moura has been cut.
Moura swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosewarne.
Rosewarne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moura.

Moura clinches with his opponent.
Moura drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rosewarne gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Moura's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rosewarne displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moura just misses with a punch to the body.
Jory Rosewarne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosewarne takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Moura moves into the clinch.

Moura manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rosewarne doesn't manage to clinch there - Moura circles away.
Moura let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A nice leg kick from Moura, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moura.
Rosewarne tries to clinch up but Moura circles away and keeps his distance.
Moura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jory Rosewarne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rosewarne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rosewarne moves in looking to clinch but Moura pushes him off.
A big right from Rosewarne misses.
Moura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jory Rosewarne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moura buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moura misses with a body shot.
Rosewarne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosewarne lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rosewarne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moura paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Moura closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rosewarne did well to prevent Moura getting side control.

Rosewarne makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moura looks to land a right hand but Rosewarne moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosewarne tries to clinch
and Moura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moura shoots in but no luck this time.
Rosewarne is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Moura was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rosewarne misses with a head kick.
Rosewarne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moura.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rosewarne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosewarne fails in his attempt to clinch.

Moura scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Moura swings around for an armbar but Rosewarne sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Moura's guard.
Rosewarne has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Moura working for submissions but it's allowed Rosewarne to get to half guard.
Moura felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Rosewarne wants to stand but Moura has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Rosewarne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moura on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moura is trying is best to control the position here.

Moura looking for submissions off his back.
Moura is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rosewarne's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rosewarne's back!

Rosewarne defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Rosewarne manages to reverse the position and now he's in Moura's guard. Nice work there by Rosewarne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moura is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Rosewarne rolls with it to try and escape but Moura cranks on the arm and Rosewarne is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harry Moura!
Harry Moura decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.