PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Isaiah Rasheed Moorman (ranked 24435 p4p, 4408 weight class) and Michael Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moorman
vs
Jones

175 cm
19
187
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Isaiah Rasheed Moorman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Jones!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moorman circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones moves forwards but Moorman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Moorman slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Moorman.
Moorman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab lands there for Moorman.
Moorman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moorman lands with a cross.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Moorman.
Moorman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moorman misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Moorman misses.
A right-left combo lands from Moorman.
Moorman throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Moorman pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the cage. Moorman follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Isaiah Rasheed Moorman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moorman throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moorman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jones has Moorman pressed against the cage, preventing Moorman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Jones breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moorman misses with a double jab.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Moorman with a nice cross.
Moorman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Moorman dips to his left and cracks Jones with an uppercut!
No joy there for Moorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moorman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moorman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Moorman with a hook.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moorman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moorman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Moorman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Moorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones throws the left hand but Moorman avoids the punch easily.
Moorman misses with a few strikes there.
Jones tries to counter with a clinch but Moorman shakes him off and moves away.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moorman, pushing him back against the cage.
Moorman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Moorman throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Moorman scores with a four punch combination!
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Moorman moves away and avoids it.
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!
Moorman scores with a decent looking hook.
Moorman tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moorman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moorman jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
Moorman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Moorman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No joy there for Moorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moorman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice uppercut there from Moorman.
Moorman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Moorman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moorman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Moorman. Those never looked like landing.
Moorman misses with the combination.
Moorman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moorman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones looks winded!
Moorman throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Isaiah Rasheed Moorman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Moorman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moorman.
Moorman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Moorman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Moorman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Moorman.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Jones darts in and clinches Moorman up against the cage.
Moorman working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones works on Moorman's body with a couple of short punches.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Moorman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Moorman sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Moorman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Moorman misses.
A combination from Moorman does no damage.
Moorman lands a head shot.
Moorman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
As Moorman backs off Jones throws a huge counter combo but Moorman manages to avoid it all.

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!
Moorman lands a head shot.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moorman.
Moorman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Moorman swinging wildly here.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Moorman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Moorman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Moorman tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As Moorman backs off Jones throws a huge counter combo but Moorman manages to avoid it all.
Jones tries to move into range but Moorman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moorman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Despite the aggression on Jones's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moorman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones looks to land a combination but Moorman avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Moorman feints a jab promting Jones to slip. Moorman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Moorman throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Moorman misses with the combination.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The crowd cheers as Moorman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Moorman.
Jones takes one on the button.
Moorman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Isaiah Rasheed Moorman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moorman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's four 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!

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Moorman is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones keeps control of Moorman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moorman tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Isaiah Rasheed Moorman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Moorman misses with a series of wild punches.
Moorman misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Moorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Moorman.
Despite the aggression on Jones's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Moorman throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Moorman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Moorman.
Moorman throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones has Moorman up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Moorman is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moorman throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Isaiah Rasheed Moorman is winning the standup battle so far.
Moorman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Moorman tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Moorman can't break the clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moorman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Moorman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones throws a counter combo.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moorman.
Moorman misses with a series of wild punches.
Moorman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A combination from Moorman does no damage.
Moorman throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moorman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jones counters by clinching up.
Moorman can't break the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Moorman misses with a double jab.
Moorman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Moorman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Moorman misses with a combination
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left lands for Moorman.
Moorman misses with a few strikes there.
Moorman avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moorman lands a jab to the head.
Moorman misses with a series of wild punches.
Moorman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moorman misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Jones was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moorman scores with a nice right hand.
Michael Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moorman misses with a combination

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Moorman tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones working aggressively here.

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 Isaiah Rasheed Moorman.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moorman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isaiah Rasheed Moorman!