PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between A. Mere Con (ranked 653 p4p, 1112 weight class) and Cestmir Cejka (ranked 83 p4p, 144 weight class). Con's entrance music is Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Con
vs
Cejka

184 cm
35
171
23 - 12 - 1

181 cm
24
176
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, A. Mere Con!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cestmir Cejka!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Steve Erwin and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Con connects with the punch.
Cejka takes a swing at Con's ribcage but misses.
Con defending well as Cejka loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cejka throws a jab but it's blocked by Con.
Con lands a nice hook to Cejka's body. Cejka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Con showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cejka.
Con moves away from the strike by Cejka.
Con swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cejka.
Con takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cejka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Con counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Con scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cejka doesn't seem bothered though.
Cejka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Con.
Cejka tries to counter with a clinch but Con shakes him off and moves away.
Cejka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Con.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Con slips under a jab from Cejka.
Cejka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Con works Cejka's body with a nice hook.
Cejka tries to clinch up but Con circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Con.
Con fails to land with a series of punches.
Cejka rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Con counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cejka misses with a looping left.
Cejka moves to clinch but Con breaks away
enabling Con to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cejka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Con manages to avoid it.
Cejka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Con.
Con is looking to wear down Cejka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Con steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cejka.

Cejka clinches.
Con blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Con doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Con swings wildly with an uppercut but Cejka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cejka stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cejka.
Con misses with the head strike.
Cejka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Con misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cejka.
Con lands an uppercut.
Cejka blocking some punches.
Cejka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Con's elbow.
Cejka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cejka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cejka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Con on the inside.
I was talking to Con's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Con throws a head punch that misses.
Con lands a nice uppercut.
Cejka throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cejka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cejka fails to land.
Con misses with a hook from the clinch.
Con tries to throw a body punch but Cejka avoids it by throwing Con back against the cage.
Cejka's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cejka has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Con seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cejka can turn it around.
Con can't find room to land a body shot as Cejka controls the action.
Cejka has a couple of punches blocked by Con.
Cejka leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cejka.
Con blocking some punches.
Con lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cejka looking to stall.
Con lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cejka misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cejka has a couple of punches blocked by Con.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Con.
Con misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Con.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Con.
Cejka looks winded!
Cejka misses with a punch on the inside.
Cejka working aggressively here.
Cejka working aggressively here.
Cejka blocks an uppercut.
Cejka takes a shot to the head.
Cejka swings wildly with an uppercut but Con uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cejka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Con blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Con throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
Con lands a body punch in the clinch.
Con lands a left hand.
Con tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Con lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con gets through Cejka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cejka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cejka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Con swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
Cejka has a couple of punches blocked by Con.
Cejka pushes Con back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Con lands a body shot.
Con lands a shoulder strike.

Cejka is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Con.
Cejka is still on wobbly legs! Can Con finish him?
A right hook to the body lands for Con.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Con creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Con cracks Cejka with a nice body shot.
Con lands a nice uppercut.
Con pushes Cejka against the cage. Con is working some dirty boxing. Con pushes off with a quick right hook! Cejka goes down! Cejka tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Con moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). A. Mere Con!
Our winner, A. Mere Con, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.