PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sewy Cide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rude Moogle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moogle has chosen Ocean Drive as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cide
vs
Moogle

195 cm
29
260 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

194 cm
31
263 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sewy Cide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rude Moogle!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moogle scores with a three punch combo!
No joy there for Cide, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Cide rushes Moogle and presses him up against the cage.
Moogle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Cide's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cide misses with an elbow over the top.

Moogle breaks from the clinch.
Moogle moves into range and connects with a jab.

Cide fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moogle, pushing him back against the cage.
Moogle can't find room to land a body shot as Cide controls the action.
Cide tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Moogle manages to break the clinch.
Moogle jabs Cide to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cide pushes Moogle up against the cage in a clinch.
Moogle blocking some punches.
Moogle can't find room to land a body shot as Cide controls the action.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moogle swings wildly with an uppercut but Cide uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Cide fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cide is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cide is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moogle tries to work over Cide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cide takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Moogle has a couple of punches blocked by Cide.
Moogle avoiding damage as Cide throws knees to the body.
Moogle swings wildly with an uppercut but Cide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moogle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moogle misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cide scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cide is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moogle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moogle blocks an uppercut.
Moogle misses with the head strike.
Cide controlling the action here for a moment.
Cide works on Moogle's body with a couple of short punches.

Moogle breaks from the clinch.
Cide tries to close the distance and clinch but Moogle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice combination there by Moogle.

It looks like Sewy Cide has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cide tries to close the distance and clinch but Moogle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moogle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cide's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Moogle misses its intended target.

Cide closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moogle lands a right hand.
Moogle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cide.
Cide is looking to control Moogle's arms but Moogle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cide has his back to the cage.
Cide creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Moogle's defenses.
Cide misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cide lands a hook that snaps the head of Moogle backwards.
Cide is trying to stall.
Moogle throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Cide is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Moogle is keeping busy.
Cide lands a body punch.
Moogle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cide creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Moogle's defenses.

It looks like Rude Moogle has been cut.
Moogle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moogle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moogle misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moogle.
Cide tries a knee to the head but Moogle blocks it.

Moogle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cide looks to clinch
and Cide takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cide jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cide scores with a head kick. Moogle tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cide dodges the punch combination from Moogle.
Moogle throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A thudding body kick lands there by Moogle!

Moogle rushes Cide and presses him up against the cage.
Cide can't find room to land a body shot as Moogle controls the action.

Moogle breaks from the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Moogle.
Cide tries to clinch up but Moogle circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moogle! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rude Moogle dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cide tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moogle thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cide if he has to take too many more of those.
Moogle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cide wants to clinch.
Cide slips a jab from Moogle.
Cide avoids the body shot from Moogle.
Moogle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cide tries to clinch there but Moogle circles away.
Cide connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cide tries to clinch but Moogle moves away
and Moogle counters with a straight right hand.
Cide closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Moogle to counter with a crisp jab.
Cide fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moogle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cide tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moogle counters with a thumping low kick.
Moogle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Moogle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moogle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

A jab-cross combination lands for Moogle and sends Cide crashing to the mat! Moogle follows him down to the mat - Cide regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cide is looking to get back to full guard here but Moogle has managed to pass to side control instead.
Moogle is chipping away with strikes.
Cide tries to improve position but can't.
Cide can't do much from the bottom here.
Moogle staying calm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cide tries to bench press Moogle off him but Moogle keeps the position.
A lull in the action here.

Moogle stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Cide tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moogle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moogle blocks a head kick by Cide.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moogle closes the distance and clinches.

Moogle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cide tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moogle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moogle's corner calls for a 1-2. Moogle obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Moogle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cide manages to avoid it.
Moogle just misses with a punch to the body.
Cide takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Moogle tries to keep at a distance but Cide has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cide is looking to control Moogle's arms but Moogle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cide has his back to the cage.
Moogle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moogle is trying to push Cide away but Cide has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moogle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Moogle misses with the head strike.
Cide lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moogle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moogle misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moogle working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cide.
Moogle lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Moogle fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Moogle fails to land.
Stalling in the clinch from Cide.
A short uppercut from Moogle.
Moogle swings wildly with an uppercut but Cide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cide effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from Cide fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cide.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rude Moogle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cide misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cide scores with a nice head shot.
Moogle throws a looping overhand right but Cide ducks down to avoid it.
A head kick from Moogle lands but Cide takes it in his stride.
Cide wants to clinch.
Cide tries to clinch but Moogle is having none of it.
Moogle is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cide tries to clinch but Moogle is having none of it.
Moogle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Moogle closes the distance and clinches.
Cide tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moogle has a couple of punches blocked by Cide.
Moogle takes a shot to the head.
Moogle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Moogle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cide stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cide gets through Moogle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Moogle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moogle blocks an elbow strike from Cide.
Cide missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Moogle.
Cide throws a head punch that misses.
Cide misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moogle misses with some punches.
Cide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moogle lands a right hand.
Moogle lands an uppercut.
A short right from Cide on the inside.
Moogle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Moogle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cide stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cide's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cide swings wildly with an uppercut but Moogle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cide trying to control the position but instead, Moogle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cide into the cage.
A short uppercut from Moogle.
Moogle gets through Cide's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cide.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cide.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moogle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Moogle.

Moogle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cide fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moogle, pushing him back against the cage.
Cide trying to control the position but instead, Moogle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cide into the cage.
Moogle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rude Moogle is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Moogle lands a right hand.

Moogle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cide wants to clinch up but Moogle keeps it at a distance.
Moogle motions for Cide to come forward. Moogle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cide tries to clinch but Moogle moves out of range.
Moogle works Cide's body with a nice hook.
Moogle is looking to clinch but Cide is avoiding it.
Cide tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moogle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rude Moogle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moogle lands with a hook. Cide tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cide swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Moogle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cide takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cide looks to clinch
and Moogle counters with a left to the body.
Cide moves to clinch but Moogle breaks away
and Moogle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Moogle lands a leg kick that knocks Cide off balance momentarily.
Moogle swinging wildly here.

Moogle darts in and clinches Cide up against the cage.
Sewy Cide has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cide throws a head punch that misses.
Moogle gets through Cide's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cide swings wildly with an uppercut but Moogle uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rude Moogle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moogle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rude Moogle!
During a confident post fight interview, Rude Moogle thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.