PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William OConnor (ranked 6306 p4p, 4947 weight class) and Chang Lang (ranked 670 p4p, 579 weight class). Chang Lang looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

OConnor
vs
Lang

183 cm
28
190
5 - 8 - 1

200 cm
18
187
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, William OConnor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chang Lang!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OConnor misses with a body shot.
Lang looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

OConnor moves into the clinch.
OConnor dodges an elbow strike from Lang.
Lang told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Lang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lang can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by OConnor.

It looks like Chang Lang has been cut.
OConnor lands a body shot.
OConnor working Lang over with knees to the body.

OConnor breaks from the clinch.

OConnor closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from OConnor on the inside.
Knees to the body from OConnor.
Lang takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by OConnor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
OConnor takes control of his opponent's neck and spins him into the ropes. Lang is off balance and as he stumbles, OConnor throws a jumping knee that lands flush on Lang's chin, knocking him out cold! Oh my word - what a knockout! Definitely one for his highlight reel! If he ever decides to rob a bank and run off to Morocco, that moment is defintely worthy of a tacky mural!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). William OConnor!