PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wulfgaar Xerxes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miky Mora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Xerxes
vs
Mora

215 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
263 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wulfgaar Xerxes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miky Mora!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mora scores with a takedown into Xerxes's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mora keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Xerxes's head.
Mora not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mora lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mora not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Xerxes is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Miky Mora hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Xerxes throws out a loose jab but Mora uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xerxes misses with a double jab

and Mora counters with a shoot takedown. Xerxes fights it but they end up in guard.
Mora has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mora sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Xerxes's guard.
Mora looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mora connects with a nice short shot to Xerxes's temple.
Mora content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mora's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Miky Mora has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Mora shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Xerxes manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Mora works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mora is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Mora.
Mora slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Miky Mora hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Mora shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mora sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mora works over Xerxes with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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 scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miky Mora dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Xerxes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mora counters with a single leg into guard. Xerxes didn't expect that.
Mora lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Miky Mora has got the better of the ground game so far.
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 is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mora content to stall in guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mora slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Xerxes taking punishment in the form of punches.
Xerxes seems a little lost for a moment, as Mora dominates the positioning.
Xerxes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Xerxes tries to get out of the position.
Xerxes taking a bit of punishment here - Mora scoring with strikes.
Mora staying calm.
Mora cracks Xerxes with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mora scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Xerxes to see if he's OK.

Xerxes is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xerxes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Oh Xerxes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mora in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Xerxes looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Mora turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miky Mora!