PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lui Mora (ranked 3675 p4p, 4439 weight class) and Rowlin Plenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lui Mora has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mora
vs
Plenkins

177 cm
25
175
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lui Mora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rowlin Plenkins!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plenkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mora as he jumps to the side.
Plenkins uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Plenkins throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Plenkins.
Mora feinted with a counter takedown.
Mora moves in looking to clinch but Plenkins pushes him off.
Plenkins changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Mora misses with a body shot.
Plenkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Plenkins shoots for a double leg takedown but Mora sprawls well. He's pushed Plenkins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lui Mora has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rowlin Plenkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mora misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plenkins.

Plenkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mora to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mora accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mora seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Mora postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mora trying to control but Plenkins is working from the bottom.
Mora scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Plenkins can't keep his opponent in guard - Mora advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mora in particular looking to stall.

Plenkins looking for submissions off his back.
Mora trying to control the pace.
Mora slips a nice elbow through Plenkins's hands, connecting with Plenkins's forehead.
Mora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mora stalling.
Mora lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Plenkins quite badly. Plenkins pulls Mora in close trying to recover. Mora postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Plenkins on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Plenkins doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lui Mora!
Lui Mora was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.