PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Carioca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor comes to the cage accompanied by Parkway Drive - Feed them to the pigs. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

O Connor
vs
Carioca

188 cm
25
215 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
29
215 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jia O Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Carioca!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carioca lands with a nice combination. O Connor backs away looking to recover.
Carioca cracks the inside of O Connor's front leg.
Carioca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Connor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carioca tried to score with a low kick but O Connor checks it.
Carioca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carioca misses with a double jab.
O Connor misses with a series of wild punches.
Carioca scores with a nice head shot.
Carioca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Connor.
Carioca throws a sloppy head kick and O Connor moves out of range easily.
A left and a right from O Connor both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carioca misses with a head kick.
Carioca is looking to clinch but O Connor is avoiding it.
O Connor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Connor misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioca misses with a head kick.
Carioca lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
O Connor misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Connor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Carioca tries to avoid it but O Connor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Carioca to the ground. Carioca escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Paulo Carioca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carioca throws a left and a right that both miss

and O Connor counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Carioca!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Carioca is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carioca pushes O Connor away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, O Connor gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
O Connor lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carioca down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Connor landing a few strikes.
O Connor slows the pace down.
O Connor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
O Connor working the body and head with strikes.
Check out the look on O Connor's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Carioca wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
O Connor working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioca is looking for a sweep.
Carioca is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but O Connor is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
O Connor landing strikes from the mount and Carioca is in trouble!
O Connor scoring with strikes but Carioca is staying in there.
O Connor looking to ground and pound but Carioca is blocking nicely.
O Connor with good strikes from the mount here!
Carioca is bucking up trying to escape but O Connor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
O Connor working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Carioca is rocked!

O Connor working for a submission but Carioca is keeping him at bay.
O Connor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
O Connor punishing his opponent with strikes.
O Connor landing shots from mount.
Carioca is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca is in a horrible position here. O Connor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Carioca tries to reverse the position but O Connor maintains control.
O Connor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carioca is trying to escape the mount.
Carioca's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O Connor with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carioca tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carioca is still trying to improve position.
O Connor lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
O Connor postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Carioca is out cold - huge knockout for O Connor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jia O Connor!
After winning the bout, Jia O Connor thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.