PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Dinenin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moura comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amazing - Kanye west kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Antonio Moura is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dinenin
vs
Moura

198 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
19
252 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrey Dinenin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Moura!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinenin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moura but Moura pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dinenin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dinenin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moura tries to avoid it but Dinenin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moura to the ground. Moura escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrey Dinenin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moura keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dinenin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Moura should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dinenin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dinenin misses with a wild combination.
Dinenin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moura but Moura pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dinenin is breathing heavily.
A combination from Dinenin does no damage.
Dinenin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Moura closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dinenin is looking for a sweep.

Moura is trying to get an arm triangle but Dinenin is defending well.

Moura is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dinenin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dinenin gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moura throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Moura is working for a guillotine from mount but Dinenin frees his head quite easily.
Dinenin tries to hold on but Moura postures up.
Moura cracks Dinenin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dinenin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moura tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Moura working for a submission but Dinenin is keeping him at bay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moura jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Dinenin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Dinenin and Moura has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
You can see the frustration on Dinenin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Moura goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Dinenin has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Moura but great work by Dinenin.

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

Dinenin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moura is looking to reverse the position.

Dinenin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Dinenin is trying to get an arm triangle but Moura is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dinenin is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Moura knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Dinenin is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Moura is trying to escape and Dinenin transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Moura is forced to tap! Nice work there by Dinenin! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andrey Dinenin!