PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Oconner (ranked 4359 p4p, 488 weight class) and Witun Wittu (ranked 5485 p4p, 548 weight class). The key to victory for Riley Oconner has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Oconner
vs
Wittu

190 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Riley Oconner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Witun Wittu!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wittu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Oconner. Oconner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big right from Wittu misses.
Wittu lunges at Oconner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Oconner's hand.
Wittu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riley Oconner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wittu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oconner avoids the body shot from Wittu.
No joy there for Oconner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Oconner. Beautiful body shot.
Oconner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oconner cracks Wittu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oconner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wittu swings for the body but Oconner moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wittu tries to move into range but Oconner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wittu lands a lovely overhand right.
Oconner looks to land a right hand but Wittu moved out of range.
Wittu misses the shot to the body.
Oconner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oconner throws a jab but it's blocked by Wittu.
Oconner lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wittu moves out of range of the strikes.
Oconner misses with a looping right.
Oconner looks to throw the jab but Wittu is out of range.
Wittu connects with a right hand. Oconner shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oconner. Wittu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wittu throws a body shot but no joy.
Wittu lands a right hook to the body.
Oconner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wittu under the eye.
Oconner connects with the punch.
Oconner throws a right hand that Wittu ducks under and follows up with a left that Wittu also avoids with ease.
Oconner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wittu loads up on a big right hand but Oconner slips the punch.
Oconner takes one to the chin there.
Wittu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wittu throws a hook but Oconner avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oconner throws a body punch but Wittu moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wittu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wittu jabs Oconner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oconner cracks Wittu with an open hand slap.
Oconner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittu moves away.
Oconner misses with an uppercut. Wittu saw that one coming.
Wittu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wittu takes a swing at Oconner's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Oconner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Oconner misses with a looping left.
Oconner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wittu manages to avoid it.
Oconner misses the shot to the body.
Oconner throws a shot to the body.
Oconner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittu moves away.
Oconner scores with a jab to the body.
Oconner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wittu was well out of range. Poor timing from Oconner.
Jab from Wittu.
Oconner scores with a hook to the body. Wittu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oconner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wittu connects with a jab.
Wittu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oconner takes a swing at Wittu's ribcage but misses.
Wittu scores with a jab.
Wittu throws a jab but it's blocked by Oconner.
Oconner throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wittu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oconner is looking to wear down Wittu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wittu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oconner was well out of range. Poor timing from Wittu.
Oconner throws a body punch but Wittu moves out of range.
Wittu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wittu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wittu throws a sloppy body shot
and Oconner counters with a nice body shot.
Oconner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wittu throws out the jab.
Oconner lands with a nice body punch.
Wittu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Oconner had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Oconner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wittu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oconner ducks under a wild hook from Wittu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oconner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oconner scores with the left hand. Wittu knows he should have avoided that one.
Oconner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut there from Oconner.
Oconner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oconner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oconner lands a nice hook to Wittu's body. Wittu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oconner cracks Wittu with a good jab.
Wittu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oconner to score with a decent uppercut.
Oconner looks to score with a jab to the body but Wittu is just out of range.
Oconner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wittu avoids the body shot from Oconner.
Wittu throws an off balance right hand
and Oconner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Oconner misses the target.
Wittu moves out of range as Oconner strikes.
Wittu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riley Oconner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Oconner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wittu manages to avoid it.
Wittu scores with a jab.
Oconner throws a looping overhand right but Wittu ducks down to avoid it.
Oconner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oconner. Wittu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oconner slips under a jab.
Oconner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wittu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oconner.
Wittu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oconner in his tracks.
Riley Oconner is winning the standup battle so far.
Wittu cracks Oconner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wittu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Oconners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oconner throws a lazy right hand but Wittu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wittu slips under a jab from Oconner.
Oconner misses with a body shot.
Wittu misses with a wild body shot.
Wittu misses with a right hand
and Oconner counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Wittu. That snapped Oconner's head back.
Wittu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oconner thuds a left hand into Wittu's body.
Wittu throws a jab when Oconner was well out of range.
Oconner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oconner just misses with a punch to the body.
Oconner moves in looking to clinch but Wittu pushes him off.
Donk. Oconner catches Wittu right on the button with a cross.
Wittu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good shot there by Oconner.
Wittu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oconner.
Oconner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittu moves away.
Wittu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oconner throws out the jab.
Wittu connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wittu misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Oconner misses the target.
Oconner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wittu.
Oconner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wittu throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oconner looks to throw the jab but Wittu is out of range.
Wittu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wittu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oconner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wittu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oconner throws a jab when Wittu was well out of range.
Wittu looks to score with a jab to the body but Oconner is just out of range.
Wittu lands with a good body shot.
Wittu misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Oconner.
Wittu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oconner was well out of range. Poor timing from Wittu.
Oconner swings for the body but Wittu moves out of range.
Wittu misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oconner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wittu. Wittu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wittu connects with a right hand. Oconner shakes it off.
Oconner misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oconner. Wittu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wittu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oconner scores with a shot to the body.
Oconner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wittu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wittu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Oconner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oconner walks into a straight right hand from Wittu.
Oconner defending well as Wittu loads up on a big left hand.
Oconner misses the shot to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Oconner here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wittu misses with a body shot.
Oconner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oconner cracks Wittu with an open hand slap.
Oconner misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oconner throws a looping overhand right but Wittu ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Oconner misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oconner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wittu moves forwards but Oconner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oconner misses with a body shot
and Wittu counters with a nice uppercut.
Wittu throws a sloppy body shot
and Oconner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wittu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oconner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wittu throws out the jab.
Wittu swings widly with a right hand
and Oconner counters with a nice uppercut.
Oconner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Oconner there.
Oconner connects with a looping right hand.
Oconner misses with a wild body shot.
Oconner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittu moves away.
Wittu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oconner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wittu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riley Oconner dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wittu punishes Oconner's body with a nice straight punch.
Oconner throws the left hand but Wittu avoids the punch easily.
Wittu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oconner.
Oconner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oconner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oconner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wittu was well out of range. Poor timing from Oconner.
Oconner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wittu can do to turn this around?
Wittu digs a good hook to Oconner's body.
Wittu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oconner.
Oconner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wittu missing with a left hand there. Oconner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wittu misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oconner, as that shot connected.
Wittu ducks under a wild hook from Oconner.
Oconner scores with a jab. Wittu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oconner tries to clinch but Wittu moves out of range.
Wittu takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oconner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oconner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oconner jabs Wittu right on the nose. Wittu blinks but takes it well.
Oconner cracks Wittu with a good jab.
Oconner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wittu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oconner at a distance.
Nice cross by Wittu.
Wittu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oconner.
Wittu swings for the body but Oconner moves out of range.
Wittu staying out of range there.
Oconner misses with a straight right.
Oconner lands with a nice body punch.
Oconner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oconner lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wittu tries to bum rush Oconner with a series of wild strikes but Oconner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wittu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oconner tries to clinch there but Wittu circles away.
Wittu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oconner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wittu on the side of the head.
Oconner moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oconner looks to score with a jab to the body but Wittu is just out of range.
Oconner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wittu throws a hook but Oconner avoids it easily.
Wittu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oconner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oconner seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Oconner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wittu misses the shot to the body.
Wittu lands an overhand right.
Wittu throws a lazy uppercut
and Oconner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wittu staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wittu defending well as Oconner loads up on a big left hand.
Wittu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oconner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wittu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oconner connects with a jab.
Good shot there by Oconner.
Wittu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oconner slips under a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Oconner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oconner lands a head shot.
Wittu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oconner momentarily.
Witun Wittu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
A jab from Oconner misses.
Oconner fails to land with a series of punches.
Wittu misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wittu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oconner connects with the punch.
Wittu takes a swing at Oconner's ribcage but misses.
Wittu throws a series of punches but Oconner moves out of range.
Wittu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oconner lands with an overhand left.
Oconner just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wittu! But no joy.
Oconner misses the shot to the body.
Wittu needs to keep his hands up - Oconner had a free shot at his head there.
Wittu takes a swing at Oconner's ribcage but misses.
Oconner cracks Wittu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oconner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oconner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittu moves away.
Riley Oconner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wittu missing with a left hand there. Oconner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wittu swings widly with a right hand
and Oconner counters with a left to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riley Oconner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oconner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riley Oconner!
Riley Oconner decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Witun Wittu stepped up to the mic, saying 'No voihan vitun vittu..'.