PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 876 p4p, 1934 weight class) and Angelo Moore (ranked 105 p4p, 219 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sycek
vs
Moore

178 cm
29
193
16 - 16 - 1

185 cm
41
185
38 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 16 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Moore!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moore drives through and clinches with Sycek against the cage.
Moore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sycek backwards.
Moore can't break the clinch.
Moore displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sycek up against the cage.
Sycek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moore.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sycek.
Sycek drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moore pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sycek throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moore's waist but Moore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sycek off to one side.
It seemed like Moore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Sycek feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sycek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Moore is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Sycek turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sycek manages to end up in side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sycek lands some shots froms side control.
Moore wants to control but Sycek postures up.
Moore is pushing Sycek's head away, looking to escape. Sycek manages to hold on to the position though.
Moore gets back to half guard.
Moore trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek lands with a punch from half guard.
Moore tries to kick Sycek off but Sycek keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Moore is controlling Sycek's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sycek not doing much here.
Moore wants to control but Sycek is keeping busy.
Sycek stalling.
Moore is trying to stand up here but Sycek is controlling him well.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moore's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Moore tries to kick Sycek off but Sycek keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Moore is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sycek's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sycek's back!
Sycek is in bad spot here.
A lull in the action here.
Moore controls the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sycek tries to roll but Moore sticks to his back.
Moore just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Sycek is keeping busy.
Moore keeps control of the position as Sycek tries to break free.
Sycek trying to control but not successfully.
Moore just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek tries to break free.
Sycek staying busy and making it hard for Moore to control.
Moore has good solid back control here.
I really don't envy Sycek right now.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Moore trying to control.
Sycek just trying to survive but Moore is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Moore is trying to stick to Sycek's back but Sycek is turning into Moore. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Moore's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sycek.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Moore's head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Moore holds on and takes a little breather.
Sycek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moore working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Moore working a defensive guard here.

Moore has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Sycek has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Sycek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Syceks head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore can't break the clinch.
Sycek has Moore pressed against the cage, preventing Moore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sycek pushes Moore back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

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

Sycek pushes Moore up against the cage in a clinch.

Moore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sycek.
Sycek looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Sycek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut lands for Sycek. That snapped Moore's head back.
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.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sycek shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sycek wants to take a breather but Moore is having none of it.
Moore is looking to control Sycek's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moore avoid being mounted?
Sycek working Moore over with strikes.

It looks like Angelo Moore has been cut.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Sycek is trying to control. Moore wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sycek prevents Moore from standing back up.
Samuel Sycek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sycek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sycek looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moore's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moore avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sycek.
Sycek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sycek stops Moore from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Sycek.
Moore wants to control but Sycek is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Moore wants to get back to his feet.
Sycek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Moore has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sycek is working away from the top position though.
Moore is refusing to be controlled, as Sycek sits in half guard.
Moore is trying to control but can't.
Sycek 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.
Sycek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Moore moves into full guard.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Sycek from controlling successfully.
Moore is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Moore is looking to stand up but Sycek isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore looking to control.
Sycek throwing strikes but missing.
Sycek landing with the ground and pound.
Sycek scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sycek is fighting to break Moore's control of his arms but Moore is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sycek stopping the sweep attempt from Moore.
Moore looking to control.
Sycek landing with the ground and pound.
Sycek controls from within his opponent's guard.
Moore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moore has Sycek pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is trying to control the position but Sycek postures up.
Moore is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sycek scoring with punches to the head and body.

That has opened up Angelo Moore's cut even more.
We've been hearing that Sycek has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Moore has control of Sycek's left arm, preventing Sycek from doing any damage.
Moore is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sycek wants to control from the top but Moore keeps moving.
Moore is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sycek tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.

That's four 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sycek is trying to pull guard but Moore has him pressed against the cage.

Moore manages to break the clinch.
Sycek tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Moore misses

so Sycek counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Moore is trying to control the position but Sycek postures up.
Moore is controlling Sycek's posture.
Sycek chips away with some ground and pound.
Sycek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sycek lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Moore pulls Sycek in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moore is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Moore looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Sycek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Moore's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sycek misses the jab.
Sycek misses with a takedown attempt
and Moore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sycek darts in trying to clinch
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
Sycek tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Moore defends well and Sycek ends up having to push Moore into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sycek prevents a body shot from Moore.
Sycek working aggressively here.
Sycek tries to pull guard but Moore won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Sycek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sycek is trying to pull guard but Moore has him pressed against the cage.

Moore manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
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.

Moore catches Sycek napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Sycek to the canvas!

Sycek is rocked!

It looks like Samuel Sycek has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore is looking to stand up but Sycek won't let him.
Oh Sycek is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moore trying to control the position from guard on top but Sycek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sycek seems to have got his legs back now.
Moore looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore looking to pass the guard.
Moore's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Moore trying to control the position from guard on top but Sycek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moore must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sycek is controlling Moore's posture.
Moore wants to stand but Sycek is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Angelo Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sycek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moore.
Moore throws a shot from downtown. Sycek moves away and avoids it.
Sycek darts in looking for a takedown but Moore gets double underhooks and turns Sycek into the cage.

Sycek pulls guard effortlessly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is fighting to break Sycek's control of his arms but Sycek is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sycek continues to stall.
Moore passes easily into side control. Nice work.
What's Sycek going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Sycek is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Moore has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sycek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moore manages to avoid it.
Sycek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Sycek.
Sycek tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moore tries a quick counter leg kick but Sycek is wise to it.
Moore throws a looping overhand right but Sycek ducks down to avoid it.
Sycek shoots in but Moore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Moore stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moore wants it to stay on the feet.
It seemed like Moore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sycek slips a jab from Moore.
Sycek tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sycek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sycek fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Moore scores with a head kick. Sycek tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Moore defends it nicely.
Sycek checks a leg kick nicely.

Sycek gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sycek's best efforts.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Sycek seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moore does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Moore wants to get back to his feet.
Moore is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sycek controlling the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sycek lands a nice short elbow.
Moore is looking to control Sycek's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moore avoid being mounted?
Sycek slips a nice elbow through Moore's hands, connecting with Moore's forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angelo Moore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Moore 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelo Moore!
Angelo Moore seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.