UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno (August 05, 2017)

[Hugo de Naranja]

Sergio taunting. Don't do that bro!

[Hugo de Naranja]

not a bad hedge AT ALL

Thank you sir

[firekillex]

Kid brother is dirty.. Eye poking.. One point deduction no? Warning.. Crap

why would he purposely eye poke when hes dominating the stand up lol... he was gauging distance and accidentally poked him
never once seen a point taken on the first accidental eye poke

[yisman]

hell, there was a fight a few months ago where the guy did something like three times and the ref didn't even deduct a point

[firekillex]

Brandon Moreno vs. Sergio Pettis

Round 1

Referee John McCarthy is the third man in the cage for tonight's 125-pound main event, with judges Derek Cleary, Eric Colon and Jeff Mullen scoring at cageside. Moreno opens in a wide right-handed stance, waving his arms and making faces at Pettis in between leg kicks. The Mexican catches Pettis' first kick and runs him to the ground at the foot of the fence, where Pettis wraps up Moreno in a tight guard. Referee McCarthy calls for action, and Moreno is able to pulls his arms free, then passes to Pettis' back. Pettis tries to shake Moreno's hooks, so Moreno switches to a body triangle, locking himself into place. Pettis tries to sit up, but Moreno is in perfect position on his back, and now the flyweights sit up against the wall. Moreno can't get his right arm under Pettis' chin, so he tries a neck crank instead, but Pettis peels the hands away. The "Assassin Baby" is relentless on Pettis' back, constantly searching for a choke or peppering the Milwaukee native with punches. Moreno remains locked on Pettis' back for nearly three minutes on the back end of the round. Sherdog Scores

Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Moreno
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Moreno
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-8 Moreno

Round 2

Moreno works off his back foot in the opening minute of round two, while the southpaw Pettis presses forward, pawing with tentative punches. Pettis scores with a leg kick and Moreno continues to showboat a bit, waving his arms and giving Pettis some goofy looks. Pettis slaps Moreno's face with a pair of left high kicks, but Moreno catches the second and drives the American to the floor. Pettis throws up a triangle, Moreno escapes and then peels Pettis off his back as the flyweights scramble back up. Pettis goes upstairs with another head kick and this time defends Moreno's attempt to convert the caught leg into a takedown. Now it's Pettis beginning to show off, winding up his right hand before flicking it onto Moreno's grill. Sherdog Scores

Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Pettis
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Pettis
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Pettis

Round 3

Pettis snaps off a hard jab and follows with yet another left high kick that slaps Moreno's face. Moreno tries to catch a kick, can't, but does manage to counter over the top with a glancing left hand. Moreno scores with a kick to the body; Pettis walks him down on the outside, catches a kick from the Mexican and trips him to the mat. "S.P." wants Moreno back on his feet, as the flyweights continue circling with 3:30 on the clock. Moreno dives on Pettis' legs and gets clipped by a short elbow that knocks out his mouthguard and forces him to abandon the attempt. Pettis gets Moreno off balance with another left high kick and follows up with a whipping right hand. Moreno looks to be in trouble momentarily but soon regains his footing. Still, it's Pettis coming forward with renewed aggression as they hit the midway point of the round and the bout. Moreno grabs for Pettis' legs from way out and nearly gets a knee to the jaw for his trouble. Pettis is controlling the center of the cage now, cutting off Moreno's angles and landing some clean right hands in the process. Another left high kick and a jab sting Moreno in the closing 20 seconds, and the Tijuana native heads back to his corner with a cut over his right eye. Sherdog Scores

Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Pettis
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Pettis
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-8 Pettis

[dvb02]

that definitely did not deserve a point deduction

[firekillex]

glad others agree round 3 i think would be 10-8 pettis if you think round 1 is 10-8 moreno

[yisman]

Pettis took rounds 2-4 clearly

[Hugo de Naranja]

Pettis' striking is so technical. I'd give Moreno a better chance against DJ if they both fought him though

[GoBlue77]

moreno can steal the fight if he rides sergio on the ground in round 5

[Hugo de Naranja]

glad others agree round 3 i think would be 10-8 pettis if you think round 1 is 10-8 moreno

Very interested to see how they score it. Really hope we don't end up with a draw

[yisman]

Moreno on his way to taking round 5

[turbozed]

Bad idea to go for a guillotine instead of angling out and just defending the TD

[Hugo de Naranja]

Huge upkick but Pettis ought to get up

[yisman]

moreno knocking on pettis's head

[GoBlue77]

sh1t they just mentioned a draw...

[Hugo de Naranja]

Bad idea to go for a guillotine instead of angling out and just defending the TD

Pettis has been known to do that

[firekillex]

Huge upkick but Pettis ought to get up

moreno has hell of a chin that upkick was fckin massive and he just ate it like a tic tac

[yisman]

Pettis had opportunities to get up and didn't

[GoBlue77]

get on your FEET pets and you win.

[GoBlue77]

Pettis had opportunities to get up and didn't

might cost him the fight

[yisman]

wtf was that?

why did mccarthy step in between them after Pettis threw him off?

[STAY STRONG]

Nice hit. A good way to end the night.

[JIBBBY]

Can we get one more robbery in Mexico please? .. Could be a draw..

[Hugo de Naranja]

I have it 48-46 for Pettis but who knows how Mexican judges scored it

[firekillex]

mma judging/scoring needs a change ASAP if Pettis ends up losing this

[GoBlue77]

who else smells a dirty mexican draw!

[dvb02]

Nice hit. A good way to end the night.

Yes in deed!!!!!

[firekillex]

I have it 48-46 for Pettis but who knows how Mexican judges scored it

have the same score

[STAY STRONG]

I'm out. Have a good one fellas.

[yisman]

Pettis won that, IMO

don't trust these judges though

[bjpenn85]

mma judging/scoring needs a change ASAP if Pettis ends up losing this

MMA judging has developed a ton. In mexico and Brazil and Canada they are biased as fakk and is nothing you cand o about it

[intermission]

would be lame if moreno win this

[Kermit]

Pettis won that, IMO

don't trust these judges though

Yeah

[Hugo de Naranja]

They got it right. Nice!