PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Amade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner's entrance music is Godsmack - Time Bomb. A fine choice. Amade comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Red- Already Over kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Conner
vs
Amade

186 cm
25
182 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

172 cm
26
164 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 13 - 5 - 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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Amade!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conner tries to keep at a distance but Amade has taken the fight into the clinch.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Conner avoids the elbow strike from Amade, against the cage.
Conner is pushing Amade up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Amade tries to land a knee to the head but Conner blocks with his arms.
Conner avoiding damage.
Amade tries to stall but Conner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Amade trying to land knees to the body.
Amade with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Conner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amade pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Conner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Conner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Amade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Conner avoids it.
Amade trying to stall but Conner improves his position.
A short left from Conner.
Conner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner managing to block the knees to the body from Amade.
Amade trying to land knees to the body.
Conner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Conner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Amade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Conner doesn't seem phased though.
Sloppy strikes from Amade. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick by Amade misses
and Conner counters with a left and a right that stings Amade.
Conner throws a combination. Amade tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Amade throws a sloppy head kick and Conner moves out of range easily.
Amade walks into a jab.
Conner misses with a series of wild punches.
Amade misses with a leg kick.
Conner's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Conner duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amade moves out of range of the strikes.
Conner scores with a sloppy right hand. Amade should have avoided that one.
Conner takes a swing at Amade's ribcage but misses.

Amade gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner tries to throw a body punch but Amade avoids it by throwing Conner back against the cage.
Amade missing with knees to the body.
Conner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Amade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Conner lands a shoulder strike.
Amade pushes off an throws an elbow but Conner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Amade tries to land a knee to the head but Conner blocks with his arms.
Amade lands a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Amade just misses with a elbow thrown towards Conner's brow.
Amade tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Conner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Amade trying to land knees to the body.
Conner is trying to maintain a safe position but Amade gets an underhook and turns Conner into the cage.
Amade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Conner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Conner lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner tries a body shot but Amade blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conner.
Amade pushes off an throws an elbow but Conner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Conner pushes Amade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Amade lands a knee to the body.
Amade pushes Conner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Amade looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Conner.
Conner has Amade pressed against the cage.
Conner tries to work over Amade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Conner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Amade throws a lazy right hand but Conner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conner blocks a head kick by Amade.
Amade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Amade gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Amade misses with an elbow over the top.
Amade working Conner over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amade landing knees to the head.

Conner breaks from the clinch.
Conner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Amades jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Conner clinches.
Conner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Amade tries to land knees in the clinch but Conner avoids the damage to the body.
Amade misses with an elbow strike.
Amade tries to land a knee to the head but Conner blocks with his arms.
Amade tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Amade throws a knee to the head but misses.
Conner manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Amade misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Andre Amade will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Conner explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Amade takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Amade takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Amade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Conner is looking to slow Amade down with leg kicks.
Tim Conner is winning the standup battle so far.
Amade tries to clinch but Conner is having none of it.
Amade walks into a straight right hand from Conner.
Amade misses with a lunging right hand
and Conner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Amade thinking.
Conner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amade tries a head kick but it misses.
Conner is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A head kick misses from Amade.
Amade throws a lazy head kick
and Conner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Amade instigates a clinch.

Conner breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by Amade misses
and Conner counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Conner looks at the referee who does nothing so Conner lands a crushing right that sends Amade to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Conner!
After winning the bout, Tim Conner thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.