PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Muhapuro (ranked 304 p4p, 311 weight class) and Angelo Moore (ranked 43 p4p, 45 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Muhapuro
vs
Moore

177 cm
26
196
15 - 5 - 0

185 cm
29
185
17 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Muhapuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angelo Moore!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhapuro takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circle momentarily. Moore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Muhapuro misses the body punch
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
Muhapuro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moore.
We've been informed that Moore has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Muhapuro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Moore let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muhapuro walks into a left hand.
Moore takes a swing at Muhapuro's ribcage but misses.
Muhapuro throws a jab when Moore was well out of range.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Muhapuro throws a leg kick but Moore sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moore let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Moore throws a solid leg kick but Muhapuro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Moore.
Muhapuro appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro misses with an uppercut.
Moore staying out of range there.
Moore flicks out a counter leg kick but Muhapuro steps away.
Muhapuro throws a hook but Moore blocks it.
Moore was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Moore misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Moore.
Moore moves away from the strike by Muhapuro.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore lands a jab to the nose.
Moore checks a low kick from Muhapuro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moore slips a jab and a cross from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro thows a leg kick but Moore checks it
enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab.
Moore lands a head kick. Muhapuro smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Muhapuro misses with a kick to the body.
Muhapuro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A low kick lands for Moore.

Muhapuro has Moore up against the cage in a clinch.
Muhapuro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Moore has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Moore has had enough of the clinch but Muhapuro keeps him there for the moment.
Moore is trying to break the clinch but Muhapuro has him pressed against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Muhapuro has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Muhapuro tries to stall but Moore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Muhapuro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Moore breaks the clinch.
Muhapuro tries to work over Moore's front leg with a kick but Moore checks it.
Muhapuro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muhapuro is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Moore's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
An inside leg kick lands from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Moore takes one to the side of the head.
Moore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Muhapuro misses with a low kick as Moore jumps back.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moore! But no joy.
Moore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick from Muhapuro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Muhapuro doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moore checks a leg kick.
Moore looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Muhapuro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Muhapuro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Moore only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moore lands a jab to the nose.
Muhapuro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Muhapuro throws a leg kick
and Moore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muhapuro.
Moore throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Muhapuro counters with a thumping low kick.
Moore misses with a hook
and Muhapuro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moore moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Muhapuro walks into a jab.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Muhapuro moves into range and clinches up with Moore.

Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Muhapuro.
A jab from Moore finds it's way through Muhapuro's defenses.
The fighters circling - Moore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Muhapuro is looking to land body kicks.
Moore replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Muhapuro blocks it well.
Muhapuro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muhapuro.
A big right from Muhapuro misses.
Moore is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Moore staying out of range there.
Moore lands with an uppercut that bounces Muhapuro off the cage and back into range.
Moore misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore throws a low kick but Muhapuro moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Muhapuro.
Moore wants to land a leg kick but Muhapuro is out of range.
Moore throws a front kick aimed at Muhapuro's knee but Muhapuro avoids it well.
Muhapuro missing with a left hand there. Moore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Moore misses with a wild body shot.
Muhapuro misses with a straight left.
Muhapuro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Moore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moore misses with a leg kick.

Muhapuro clinches up against the cage.
Muhapuro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Muhapuro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Muhapuro lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muhapuro.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muhapuro.
Nice straight punches there by Muhapuro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Muhapuro.
Muhapuro blocks a jab.
And Muhapuro counters with a quick kick to the body but Moore blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Angelo Moore will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Moore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muhapuro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moore.

Muhapuro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moore is trying to break the clinch but Muhapuro is controlling him.
Moore is trying to push Muhapuro away but Muhapuro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Muhapuro has double underhooks.
Muhapuro can't find room to land a body shot as Moore controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Muhapuro.
Moore is trying to push Muhapuro away but Muhapuro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Muhapuro lands a right hand.
Moore wants to get back to striking at distance but Muhapuro won't allow it.
Moore is trying to break the clinch but Muhapuro is controlling him.
Moore blocks a body shot from Muhapuro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Muhapuro.
Moore shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Muhapuro lands with a shot to the body.
Moore throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Muhapuro throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore misses with a leg kick
and Muhapuro counters with a stiff right hand.
Muhapuro swings widly with a right hand
and Moore counters with a nice uppercut.
Moore throws a hook to the side of Muhapuro's head but Muhapuro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moore lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Muhapuro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muhapuro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moore.
Moore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Muhapuro throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore cracks Muhapuro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Muhapuro misses with a looping left.
Moore has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Muhapuro.
Moore blocks a low kick nicely.
Muhapuro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Muhapuro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Muhapuro has Moore up against the cage in a clinch.
Moore takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Muhapuro fails to land.
Muhapuro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Muhapuro.
Moore is trying to break free.
Moore prevents a body shot from Muhapuro.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Muhapuro.
Moore wants to break free but Muhapuro has control.
A short uppercut from Muhapuro.

Moore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muhapuro slips a straight right by Moore.
Muhapuro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muhapuro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Muhapuro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Moore throws a leg kick but Muhapuro moved away.
Moore checks a low kick from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muhapuro. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moore tries a quick counter leg kick but Muhapuro is wise to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moore counters with a body kick.
Moore tried to score with a low kick but Muhapuro checks it.
Muhapuro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moore's sensitive parts.
Muhapuro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Moore is out of range.
Moore throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muhapuro counters with a stiff right hand.
Muhapuro misses with an uppercut. Moore saw that one coming.
Muhapuro throws a shot from downtown. Moore moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Moore.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Moore checks it well.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moore throws a leg kick that misses.
Moore tests Muhapuro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muhapuro misses with a lunging right hand
and Moore counters with a nice low kick that buckles Muhapuro's knee momentarily.
Muhapuro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good leg kick by Moore.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moore tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Muhapuro is able to avoid easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A clash of legs there as Muhapuro blocks the low kick.
Muhapuro appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Muhapuro misses with a hook. Moore ducked under it nicely.
Muhapuro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Muhapuro loads up on a big right hand but Moore slips the punch.
Jab, jab by Moore - just one landing.
Muhapuro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moore's head.
Muhapuro ducks right into an uppercut from Moore.
Good exchange - Moore coming out on top.
A punch lands to the side of Moore 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Muhapuro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moore lands with an uppercut that bounces Muhapuro off the cage and back into range.
Muhapuro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
Moore dodges the punch combination from Muhapuro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Muhapuro dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Good work by Muhapuro as he checks the leg kick.
Moore stuns Muhapuro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Muhapuro was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Muhapuro lands the left hand.
Moore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Muhapuro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moore digs a good hook to Muhapuro's body.
Muhapuro tries to clinch up.
Muhapuro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Muhapuro as he connects with a hook.
Muhapuro lands with an uppercut that bounces Moore off the cage and back into range.
Jab by Moore.
Muhapuro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muhapuro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Muhapuro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Muhapuro.
Moore is looking to chop away at Muhapuro's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhapuro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Muhapuro misses the shot to the body.
Angelo Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Muhapuro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Muhapuro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muhapuro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moore.
A quick step to the side and Muhapuro tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muhapuro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moore. Moore obviously looking to wear him down.
Moore with the inside leg kick.
Muhapuro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body punch from Moore.
Muhapuro misses with a looping left.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Muhapuro misses.
Moore tried to score with a low kick but Muhapuro checks it.
Moore digs a good hook to Muhapuro's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore throws a leg kick but Muhapuro checks it.
A shot to the body from Muhapuro misses
and Moore counters with a good low kick that Muhapuro was not able to check.
Muhapuro checks a leg kick.
Muhapuro appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Moore lands with a straight right. Muhapuro didn't see that one coming.
Moore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Muhapuro in his tracks.
Moore lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Muhapuro misses with a looping right.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Muhapuro is just out of range.
Muhapuro looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Muhapuro connects with a looping right hand.
Muhapuro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Muhapuro looks to throw the jab but Moore is out of range.
A head kick misses from Moore.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Muhapuro is just out of range.
Moore throws a front kick aimed at Muhapuro's knee but Muhapuro avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Moore there.
Moore dips to his left and cracks Muhapuro with an uppercut!
Muhapuro throws out a loose jab but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muhapuro misses with a hook. Moore ducked under it nicely.
Muhapuro lands with an overhand left.
Moore does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Muhapuro lands a jab to Moore's midsection.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muhapuro keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A slow jab from Muhapuro misses its intended target.
Moore checks a leg kick.
Moore feints a counter leg kick.
Muhapuro misses with a straight right.
A big right from Muhapuro misses.
Muhapuro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muhapuro thumps Moore with a low kick.
Moore scores with a leg kick.
Moore's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Muhapuro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moore has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick lands from Moore.
A low kick lands for Moore.
Muhapuro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moore has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Muhapuro throws a wild body kick that Moore sees coming a mile off.
Nice defenses there by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro misses the body punch
and Moore counters with an outside leg kick.
Muhapuro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Moore finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Muhapuro appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Muhapuro throws a low kick, looking for Moore's leg but Moore calmly moves out of range.
Muhapuro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Moore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Muhapuro checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Moore on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Muhapuro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muhapuro with a nice calf kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muhapuro throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Muhapuro.
I think Muhapuro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Muhapuro!