@krusmir fixed the 'buttonup' and 'onmotion' event listeners for me. If you have downloaded the code already, you might want to re-download it. If you don't, every event listener will be treated like a 'buttondown' event.
Anyone willing to help is certainly welcome. Everything that I've done so far is here:https://github.com/LionK1tty/moai-dev/tree/OUYA
As it stands, the buttons on the controller are now recognized by MOAI via an event listener and that's about it.