PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Price might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Twisted Sister - The Price. Conner has chosen Godsmack - Time Bomb as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Sean Price has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sean Price seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Price
vs
Conner

185 cm
25
185 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

186 cm
22
182 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sean Price!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Conner!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Conner.
Conner's corner calls for a 1-2. Conner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tim Conner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Conner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Conner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
Conner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Conner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Conner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price throws the left hand but Conner avoids the punch easily.
Conner misses with a jab to the body
and Price counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Price clobbers Conner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price lands with an uppercut that bounces Conner off the cage and back into rage.
Conner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big right from Price misses.
Price throws a leg kick but Conner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Conner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Price counters with a nice body kick.
Conner moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
A head kick by Conner misses
and Price counters with a thumping low kick.
Price throws a half hearted mid kick.
Price chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Conner throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Price to counter with a crisp jab.
Price checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner lands a right hook to the body.
Conner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Price rather than just go for the knockout.
Conner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Price.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conner was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Price throws a looping overhand right but Conner ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Price checks a leg kick.
Conner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Price was well out of range. Poor timing from Conner.
Price looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Price sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Price walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a straight right.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conner manages to avoid it.
Price connects with a body shot that sends Conner's belly button to the back.
Conner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Conner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Conner throws a poor cross that misses
and Price counters with a nice uppercut.

Price shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Conner is wriggling around trying to escape.
Price controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner tries to hold on but Price postures up.
Conner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Price looking to control but Conner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Price dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Conner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Price.
Conner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Price looks to land a left hand but Conner moved out of range nicely.
Conner thuds a left hand into Price's body.
Conner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conner throws an overhand right that lands on Price's shoulder, as Price tries to avoid the shot.
Price throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Price misses with a looping left.
Conner wants to land a leg kick but Price is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Conner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A bone on bone clash there as Price blocks the leg kick.
Price takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Conner scores with a hook.
Conner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conner misses with a wild combination.
Conner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Price's sensitive parts.
Price throws a looping overhand right but Conner ducks down to avoid it.
Conner throws a low kick, looking for Price's leg but Price calmly moves out of range.
Sean Price is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Conner misses with a double jab
enabling Price to counter with a crisp jab.
Conner throws a head kick that misses.
Conner throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
That kick from Conner tenderised Price's leg. Price is trying to keep his angry face on.
Conner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Price's hands.
Conner throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price thows a left - swing and a miss!
Price throws a body punch but Conner moves out of range.
Price scores with a nice body kick.
Price misses with the body kick
and Conner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Price listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Price walks forward, straight into a front kick from Conner.
Conner lands a head kick!
Price takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner misses with a head kick.
Price misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Price takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Conner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
Conner throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
Conner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Price looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Price misses with an uppercut. Conner saw that one coming.
Conner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Conner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Conner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Price.
Conner looks to land a combination. Price sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Conner throws a nice looking combination but Price bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Conner finds it's way through Price's defenses.
Price rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Conner counters with a stiff right hand.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Conner gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Conner breaks the clinch.
Price slips a straight right by Conner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Conner.
Conner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Price takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price misses with a lunging right hand
and Conner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Price throws a wild body kick that Conner sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Price.
Price takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Price connects with a leg kick. Conner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Price takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Conner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Price is out of range.
Price throws a right and a left that Conner avoids nicely.
Conner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Price throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Conner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price scores with a crisp jab that stopped Conner in his tracks.
Conner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Price misses
and Conner counters with a straight right hand.
Conner throws a quick inside leg kick.
A combination from Conner does no damage.
Conner pushes Price away with a front kick.
Conner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Price looks to land a combination but Conner avoids it well.
Conner throws a looping overhand right but Price ducks down to avoid it.
Conner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Sean Price has been cut.
Conner misses with a wild body shot.
Conner defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Conner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Price on the side of the head.
Conner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner throws a head kick but Price moves out of range.
Price shoots for a takedown but Conner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Conner throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Conner really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Price's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

That kick from Conner tenderised Price's leg. Price is trying to keep his angry face on.
Conner throws a quick inside leg kick.
A cross from Conner lands.
Price is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Conner just misses with a punch to the body.
Conner ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price tries to land a front kick but Conner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Conner looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range.
Price misses with an uppercut
and Conner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Price takes one on the button.
Crunch! Conner slams his shin into Price's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Price misses with a jab to the body
and Conner counters with a left to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Conner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Conner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Conner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Conner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Conner throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Conner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Conner, right into the meat.
Conner tried to score with a low kick but Price checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner moves into range and connects with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Conner.
Left hook, right uppercut from Conner.

Price is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Price is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice uppercut lands for Conner. That snapped Price's head back.
Conner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Conner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Price blocks a leg kick.
Conner connects with a body shot that sends Price's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a predictable looking body shot

and Conner holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Price seems to have got his legs back now.
Conner scores with a hook to the body.
Conner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Conner holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Conner manages to break the clinch.
Price takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A good leg kick by Conner.
Conner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Conner misses the shot to the body.
Price is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Conner.
A jab from Conner finds it's way through Price's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conner misses with an attempted mid kick.
A cross from Conner lands.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conner manages to avoid it.
Price looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Conner lands a nice looking body shot.
Conner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Conner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Conner throws a chopping leg kick but Price manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Conner dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sean Price's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Conner throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Conner misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Price counters with a solid body kick.
Conner throws a front kick aimed at Price's knee but Price avoids it well.
Conner throws an overhand right that lands on Price's shoulder, as Price tries to avoid the shot.
Conner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Conner misses with a wild body shot.
Conner throws a combination that misses
enabling Price to counter with a crisp jab.
Price lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Conner. Those never looked like landing.
Conner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Conner blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price lands a jab to Conner's midsection.
Price is trying hard to land a takedown here. Conner sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Price walks into a left hand.
Conner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Conner misses with a looping right.
Conner is looking to clinch.
Jab, jab by Price - just one landing.
Conner loads up on a big right hand but Price slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner is looking to score with low kicks.
Conner misses with a leg kick.
Conner misses with a leg kick
and Price counters with a nice leg kick.
Conner misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Price there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Price connects with a jab.
Conner scores with a jab. Price acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conner misses with a kick to the body.
Price tries to work over Conner's front leg with a kick but Conner checks it.
A jab from Conner finds it's way through Price's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Conner misses with a combination
and Price counters with a thumping low kick.
Conner fails to land with a series of punches.
Price lands a nice shot to the body.
Conner throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Conner is just out of range.
Conner misses with a hook
and Price counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Price.
Conner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sean Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Price scores with a hook.
Price uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conner.
Tim Conner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Price's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Conner misses the target.
Conner just misses with a punch to the body.
Conner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Price is out of range and Conner settles back down.
Price throws a leg kick but Conner sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Price showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Conner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 46:48
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 46:48
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 46:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Conner!
Tim Conner is the new welterweight champion!