PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keeko Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Conway
vs
Kang

200 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harvey Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keeko Kang!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kang pushes Conway up against the cage in a clinch.

Conway manages to pull guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Conway is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Conway works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kang wants to control from the top but Conway keeps moving.
Conway can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kang controls the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Keeko Kang was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Conway wants to clinch up but Kang keeps it at a distance.
Kang tries to clinch but Conway moves out of range.
Kang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Conway swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway wants to clinch but Kang slips to the side
and Kang counters with a nice body shot.

Kang manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Conway on his heels. He'll look to pass Conway's guard now, I'm sure.
Kang is looking to work some ground and pound but Conway has wrist control.
Kang advances to half guard.
Kang tries to stand and escape but Conway is controlling the position.
Kang has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Conway that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kang takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conway tries to lock up and control but Kang gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Conway is squirming around, avoiding Kang's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Conway haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Kang looking for a guillotine from mount but Conway is having none of it.
Conway holds on for dear life.
Kang cracks Conway with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Conway tries to lock up and control but Kang gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kang wants to control the pace but Conway is squirming around nicely.
Conway throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Conway wants to control but Kang is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kang sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kang trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Conway tries to control Kang's body but Kang pushes him off. Conway squirms to his side and now Kang has his back!
Kang punishes Conway with strikes from the back mount.

Kang looking for the RNC.
Kang cracks Conway with a big right hand from the back mount! Conway immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Kang takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keeko Kang!