PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto Graf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner comes to the cage accompanied by The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider. Tim Conner could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Otto Graf's chin.

Conner
vs
Graf

186 cm
20
182 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
183 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Otto Graf!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graf misses with a body shot.
Graf looks to land a left hand but Conner moved out of range nicely.
Graf misses with a straight left.
A big left from Graf misses.
Conner ducks under a wild hook from Graf.
Danga de danga de dang - Conner scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Otto Graf has been cut.
Graf throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graf thows a body shot but no joy.
Graf scores with a jab to the jaw.
Graf misses the jab.
Graf throws out a loose jab but Conner uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left and a right from Graf both land. Nice combination.
Graf missing with a left hand there. Conner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Conner scores with a jab. Graf acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
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!
Conner lands a jab.
Graf misses with a few strikes there.
Graf looks to land a right hand but Conner moved out of range.
Graf lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Graf swings for the body but Conner moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graf throws a jab when Conner was well out of range.
Graf lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Graf throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conner counters with a straight right hand.
Graf throws a jab but it's blocked by Conner.
A left and a right from Conner both land. Nice combination.
Conner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Graf's hands.
Graf misses with an uppercut. Conner saw that one coming.
Otto Graf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graf misses with a body shot

and Conner moves into the clinch.
Conner has Graf pressed against the cage, preventing Graf from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Graf looks gassed!
Graf is trying to break the clinch but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Conner.
Conner throws a head punch that misses.
Conner avoiding damage.
Conner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conner pushes Graf back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graf is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Conner lands with a left to the head.
Graf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Conner is leaning against Graf and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conner.

That has opened up Otto Graf's cut even more.
Graf tries to circle away but Conner has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Conner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Graf is rocked!
Conner swings wildly with an uppercut but Graf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conner working aggressively here.
Graf wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Conner leaning against his opponent.
Conner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graf tries to break free but Conner pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Conner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conner.
A left hand lands to the body for Conner.
Graf scores with a hook to the body.
Conner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Conner stalling.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conner.
Conner stalling against the cage.
Conner keeps control of Graf as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Conner leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Conner.
Stalling in the clinch from Conner.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Conner.
Graf is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conner.
Graf throws a left and a right that both miss
and Conner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conner digs a good hook to Graf's body.
Graf walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Conner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Graf scores with a punch to the head.
Graf looks to land a left hand but Conner moved out of range nicely.
Graf tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Conner is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A left and a right from Conner both land. Nice combination.

The cut above Otto Graf's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Graf swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Conner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Conner.
Conner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Conner pushes Graf up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Conner as the two fighters clinch.
Conner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conner lands with a short shot to the head.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graf is trying to push Conner away but Conner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Graf is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Graf is trying to break the clinch but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Conner is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A short left from Conner.
Conner lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Conner.
Conner dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Conner seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Graf wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Conner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Otto Graf's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Conner's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Conner duly obliges.
Conner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Graf lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Conner.
Tim Conner is winning the standup battle so far.
Conner throws a right and a left that Graf avoids nicely.
Graf throws a combination that misses

and Conner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Graf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Graf tries to circle away but Conner has him pinned against the cage.
Graf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Conner has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Conner lands a right hand.
Conner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Conner.
Graf tries to break free but Conner pushes him back against the cage.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Graf's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Conner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graf is trying to break free.
Graf is breathing heavily.
Graf is trying to break the clinch but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Conner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grafs head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Conner.
Graf blocking some punches.
Conner prevents Graf from breaking the clinch.
Conner swings wildly with an uppercut but Graf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conner slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conner.
Graf is trying to break the clinch but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Graf's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graf has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Conner digs a right hand into Graf's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graf's gas tank.
Tim Conner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Conner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Graf up against the cage.
Conner lands a nice uppercut.

Otto Graf's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Conner controlling the action here for a moment.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Conner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conner just leaning against Graf, taking a breather.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Conner scores with a shot to the side of Graf's head.
Conner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Conner.
Conner lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conner.
Conner throws a head punch that misses.
Conner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Graf is still on wobbly legs! Can Conner finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conner is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Graf tries to circle away but Conner has him pinned against the cage.
Graf seems to have recovered his senses.
Graf working hard to break the clinch.
Conner throws a punch but it's blocked by Graf.
Graf is trying to break the clinch but Conner has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Conner.
Conner digs a right hand underneath Graf's ribcage. Graf let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Conner is pushing Graf up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Conner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Conner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Conner on the inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Otto Graf's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tim Conner!