PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dariush Reinald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor's entrance music is You'll Never Beat The Irish. 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.

O Connor
vs
Reinald

183 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Tidal Wave Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam O Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dariush Reinald!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinald tries to clinch up but O Connor circles away and keeps his distance.

O Connor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Connor lands a nice shot to the body.

O Connor manages to break the clinch.
Reinald shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. O Connor defends it nicely.

O Connor has Reinald up against the cage in a clinch.
Reinald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Connor lands a nice uppercut.
O Connor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reinald.

O Connor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Connor digs a good hook to Reinald's body.

O Connor moves into range and clinches up with Reinald.

O Connor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

O Connor darts in and clinches Reinald up against the cage.
O Connor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Reinald up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Connor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinald wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reinald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Connor's elbow.
O Connor lands a shoulder strike.
Reinald can't find room to land a body shot as O Connor controls the action.
O Connor prevents Reinald from breaking the clinch.
Reinald letting O Connor take a breather here.
O Connor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reinald.

O Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A cross from O Connor lands.
O Connor connects with a single shot there.

O Connor gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Reinald looks winded!
O Connor wants to get back to his feet but Reinald passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Connor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Reinald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reinald trying to control the position from guard on top but O Connor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

O Connor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reinald gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Reinald is sitting in close to O Connor's body. O Connor has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Reinald is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Reinald is tapping! That was a very nice submission by O Connor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Liam O Connor!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Liam O Connor waved his t-shirt featuring Tidal Wave Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.