PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Peter Baxxter (ranked 446 p4p, 150 weight class) and Georges Moxley (ranked 71 p4p, 28 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Baxxter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Weekend, Scooter . Moxley has chosen Andre Nickatina - Color of the Benz as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Baxxter
vs
Moxley

180 cm
32
156
16 - 7 - 1

189 cm
33
158
22 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Vegan Gains
New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Hans Peter Baxxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georges Moxley!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moxley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Baxxter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moxley.
Baxxter misses with a kick to the body.
Moxley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moxley throws a good cross that connects.
Baxxter throws a shot to the body.
Georges Moxley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moxley lands a nice hook to Baxxter's body. Baxxter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moxley scores with a hook to the body. Baxxter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Baxxter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Moxley lands a body shot.
Baxxter misses the jab.
Nice shot lands for Baxxter.
Baxxter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baxxter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Moxley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Baxxter back to the cage. Moxley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Baxxter misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley shoots and misses
and Baxxter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moxley misses with an uppercut
and Baxxter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baxxter connects with a body shot.
Moxley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baxxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Moxley misses with a shot to the body
and Baxxter counters with a solid body kick.
Baxxter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baxxter cracks a nice hook into Moxley's ribs.
Hans Peter Baxxter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baxxter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moxley.
Donk. Moxley catches Baxxter right on the button with a cross.
Baxxter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Moxley counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Moxley misses.
Baxxter throws a looping overhand right but Moxley ducks down to avoid it.
Moxley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moxley misses with a jab to the body
and Baxxter counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baxxter on the side of the head.
Baxxter throws a wild body kick that Moxley sees coming a mile off.
Moxley throws out a counter right but Baxxter avoids it with no problem.
Baxxter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Moxley misses with a jab to the body
enabling Baxxter to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Moxley does it's job there.
Moxley misses with a low kick.
Moxley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Moxley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baxxter lands a nice shot to the body.
Moxley has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Baxxter connects with a leg kick.
Baxxter throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Moxley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moxley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Baxxter.
A slow jab from Moxley misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moxley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Moxley misses with a body shot.
Moxley misses with a wild body shot.
Baxxter jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Moxley misses with a straight right.
Baxxter looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Baxxter misses with a left hand

and Moxley counters with a takedown into side control.
Moxley tries to move into full mount but can't pass Baxxter's legs.
An elbow from Moxley crashes against the mat.

Moxley is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Baxxter has escaped the position, nice work there.

Moxley looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Baxxter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley tries to advance position but instead Baxxter slips a leg back in to half guard.
Baxxter tries to roll over but Moxley keeps him under control.
Baxxter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moxley.
Moxley is thwarting Baxxter's attempts to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Georges Moxley will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Baxxter moves out of range of the strikes.
Moxley just misses with a punch to the body.
Moxley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Baxxter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Moxley misses.
Moxley misses with an uppercut.
Moxley throws a hook but Baxxter blocks it.
Moxley just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Baxxter as he connects with a hook.
Baxxter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baxxter takes a swing at Moxley's ribcage but misses.
Moxley scores with a shot to the body.
Moxley loads up on a big right hand but Baxxter slips the punch.
Baxxter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moxley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baxxter scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley throws a sloppy body shot
and Baxxter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moxley throws a looping overhand right but Baxxter ducks down to avoid it.
Moxley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baxxter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moxley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Moxley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baxxter throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Baxxter slips under a jab from Moxley.
Baxxter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moxley's head.
Baxxter misses with a right hand
and Moxley counters with a series of strikes. Baxxter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Baxxter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baxxter throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Baxxter ducks under a wild hook from Moxley.
Baxxter is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Georges Moxley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baxxter with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Left hook, right uppercut from Baxxter.
Moxley lands with a nice body punch.
Moxley throws a big shot that misses.
Baxxter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Baxxter throws a lazy uppercut
and Moxley counters with a straight right hand.
Moxley avoids the head kick by Baxxter.
Baxxter's corner calls for a 1-2. Baxxter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baxxter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baxxter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Baxxter misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Moxley counter with a right hand.
Moxley misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Baxxter tries to keep at a distance but Moxley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Moxley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baxxter's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter has had enough of the clinch but Moxley keeps him there for the moment.
Moxley misses with some punches.
Moxley can't find room to land a body shot as Baxxter controls the action.
Baxxter misses with the head strike.
Moxley throws a head punch that misses.
Moxley lands a right hand.
Moxley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baxxter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moxley.
Moxley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baxxter backwards.
Moxley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moxley.
Moxley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moxley misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moxley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Baxxter fails to land.
Baxxter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moxley lands a shoulder strike.
Baxxter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for Moxley to work.
Baxxter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moxley is leaning against Baxxter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Baxxter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baxxter moves away.
Baxxter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Moxley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Baxxter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moxley doesn't seem bothered though.
Baxxter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baxxter scores with a sloppy right hand. Moxley should have avoided that one.
Moxley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Baxxter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moxley.
Baxxter scores with a jab to the head.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baxxter moves away.
Baxxter throws a body shot but no joy.
Baxxter walks into a stiff left hand from Moxley.
Baxxter is looking to score with low kicks.
Baxxter walks into a jab.
Moxley misses with a left hand
and Baxxter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxxter misses with an uppercut
and Moxley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley takes a swing at Baxxter's ribcage but misses.
Baxxter avoids the body shot from Moxley.
Moxley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moxley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baxxter.
Baxxter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Moxley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baxxter.
Baxxter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Moxley closes the distance and clinches.
Moxley blocks an uppercut.
Baxxter tries to work over Moxley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moxley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baxxter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moxley stalling in the clinch but Baxxter improves position.
Georges Moxley is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Baxxter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moxley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moxley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Baxxter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Moxley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moxley.

Baxxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxxter slips under a jab.
Moxley lands a jab.
Baxxter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moxley.
Baxxter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moxley throws out the jab.
Baxxter slips under a jab from Moxley.
Baxxter swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Moxley looks to score with a jab to the body but Baxxter is just out of range.
Baxxter fires out a quick counter leg kick but Moxley just manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxxter misses with a low kick.
Baxxter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Moxley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baxxter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baxxter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moxley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baxxter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Moxley misses the jab.
Baxxter misses with a right hand
and Moxley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Moxley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baxxter.
Baxxter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moxley.
Baxxter dodges the punch combination from Moxley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moxley misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Baxxter tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baxxter slips a jab and a cross from Moxley.
We've been told by Baxxter's head coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Baxxter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Moxley throws an off balance right hand
and Moxley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moxley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moxley tries to clinch
and Baxxter counters with a leg kick.
Moxley throws a hook but Baxxter blocks it.
Hans Peter Baxxter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moxley blocks the body kick.
Moxley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Moxley misses with a hook
letting Baxxter counter with a right hand.
Moxley throws a hook to the side of Baxxter's head but Baxxter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baxxter misses with a head kick.
Moxley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

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 Hans Peter Baxxter.
I think Moxley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges Moxley!
A very excited looking Georges Moxley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.