PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Condit has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Pope
vs
Condit

200 cm
26
157 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
34
158 lbs
10 - 20 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Trevor Condit!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condit swats away the attempt to clinch by Pope.
Pope moves in looking to clinch but Condit pushes him off.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Pope moves in looking to clinch but Condit pushes him off.
Pope tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Condit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Condit.
Pope misses with a body shot.
Condit misses with an uppercut. Pope saw that one coming.
Condit throws a nice looking combination but Pope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch but Condit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pope tries to clinch but Condit is having none of it.
Condit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pope fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Condit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pope tries to clinch but Condit moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Condit throws a body punch but Pope moves out of range.
Pope misses with a wild combination.
Condit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pope lands with an uppercut that bounces Condit off the ropes and back into range.
A shot to the liver by Condit. Beautiful body shot.
Pope has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pope wants to clinch.

Condit moves into the clinch.
Condit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Condit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pope is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Condit's brow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pope really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pope lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Trevor Condit has been cut.
Condit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Condit is trying to push Pope away but Pope has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Condit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Condit managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Condit avoiding damage as Pope throws knees to the body.
Condit working aggressively here.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Condit avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit misses with a punch to the body.
Pope lands an elbow inside.
Condit blocks the elbow strike.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Condit in his tracks for a moment.
Pope trying to control the position but instead, Condit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pope into the ropes.
Pope lands a nice elbow.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Condit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pope wants to stall.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Condit in his tracks for a moment.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Condit tries to throw a body punch but Pope avoids it by throwing Condit back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Pope is trying to stall.
Condit takes an elbow to the temple.
Condit misses with a punch on the inside.
Pope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Condit.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Condit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Condit wants to stall.
Pope lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pope lands a damaging elbow.
Pope missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Condit avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Condit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Pope dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Condit's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pope doesn't manage to clinch there - Condit circles away.
Condit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Condit lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pope fails to land with a series of punches.
Pope misses with a head kick.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Condit takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.
Condit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Condit.
Pope tries to clinch up.
John Pope is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pope misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John Pope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Condit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pope.
Condit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pope.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit throws a series of punches but Pope avoids them all with ease.
Condit is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pope rather than just go for the knockout.
Condit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Condit misses with a two punch combination.
Condit slips a jab from Pope.
Pope tries to clinch there but Condit circles away.
Condit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Condit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big right from Condit misses.
Pope tries to clinch up.
Pope is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope tries to clinch up but Condit circles away and keeps his distance.
Pope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Condit moves away.
A big right from Condit misses.
Pope wants to clinch.
Condit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pope fails to land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Pope.
Pope throws a head kick but Condit moves out of range.
A big right from Pope misses.
Pope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pope tries to clinch there but Condit circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope throws a right and a left that Condit avoids nicely.
Condit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Condit darts in and clinches Pope up against the ropes.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Condit misses with the head strike.
Condit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
Condit misses with some punches.
Pope is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Condit blocks the elbow strike.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Condit avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Condit dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Condit is trying to force a seperation but Pope has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
Pope lands a damaging elbow.
John Pope has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pope is trying to maintain a safe position but Condit gets an underhook and turns Pope into the ropes.
Condit avoiding damage as Pope throws knees to the body.
Condit tries to work over Pope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Condit tries to work over Pope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Condit avoiding damage as Pope throws knees to the body.
Pope prevents a body shot from Condit.
Condit avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the ropes.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side 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!
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Condit is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Pope looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Pope dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Condit's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Condit throws a nice looking combination but Pope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pope takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pope tries to clinch there but Condit circles away.
Pope throws a sloppy head kick and Condit moves out of range easily.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch but Condit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Pope throws a poor cross that misses
and Condit counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick misses from Pope.
John Pope is winning the standup battle so far.
Condit lands a jab to the head.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Condit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pope tries to clinch but Condit is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Pope.
Pope wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pope looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Condit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Condit lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pope throws a big shot that misses.
Pope throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Condit.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up but Condit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pope wants to clinch.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pope tries to clinch there but Condit circles away.
Condit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pope misses with a double jab.
Condit looks to throw the jab but Pope is out of range.
Condit misses with a double jab
and Pope counters with a big head kick but Condit shrugs it off.
Condit swats away the attempt to clinch by Pope.
Condit throws a series of punches but Pope avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pope lands a jab to the nose.
Condit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Condit keeps the fight on the outside.
Pope tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Condit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Condit does no damage.
Condit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pope makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Condit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Condit swats away the attempt to clinch by Pope.
Pope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Condit misses with the combination.
Pope doesn't manage to clinch there - Condit circles away.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Condit stalks Pope and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pope's face. Pope staggers backwards, shaken.
Pope fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pope throws a head kick that misses.
Pope tries to clinch but Condit is having none of it.
Pope misses with the combination.
Trevor Condit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Condit fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Pope showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pope has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Pope!