PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Concha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louden Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hurley's choice of entrance music: self starter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Concha
vs
Hurley

167 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

164 cm
26
139 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernesto Concha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louden Hurley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Concha gets a double leg takedown into Hurley's guard.
Concha throwing strikes from guard but Hurley blocks nicely.
Concha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hurley wants to stand but Concha is controlling the position.

Hurley has his feet on Concha's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A right-left combo lands from Hurley.
Concha swats away the attempt to clinch by Hurley.
Hurley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Concha misses the jab.
Hurley throws a counter combo.
Hurley misses with a few strikes there.
Ernesto Concha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Concha shoots for a double leg takedown but Hurley sprawls well. He's pushed Concha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hurley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Concha circles away.
Concha shoots in for a takedown but Hurley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hurley shoots in looking for a takedown but Concha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hurley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hurley moves out of range as Concha strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concha throws out a loose jab but Hurley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Concha throws an overhand right that lands on Hurley's shoulder, as Hurley tries to avoid the shot.

Hurley gets the takedown into side control.

Hurley decides to stand back up. Hurley steps back and let's Concha get back to his feet.
Hurley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Concha swivels and escapes.
Ernesto Concha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louden Hurley.

Concha closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Concha lands in his opponent's guard.
Concha wants to control from the top but Hurley keeps moving.
Concha throws a big right hand that misses.
Concha prevents Hurley from getting back to his feet.
Concha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hurley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Concha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hurley on the ground.
Concha makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Concha stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hurley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Concha content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hurley kicks Concha off and gets to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Concha shoots in but no luck this time.
Hurley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hurley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurley fails with a takedown attempt.
Hurley fails with a takedown attempt.
Concha darts in looking for a takedown but Hurley gets double underhooks and turns Concha into the cage.
Concha throws a body punch but Hurley moves out of range.
Concha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hurley as he avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Hurley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hurley throws a right and a left that Concha avoids nicely.

Concha scores with a takedown into Hurley's guard.
Hurley wants to get back to his feet but Concha is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concha content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Concha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Concha landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Concha is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Hurley kicks Concha off and gets to his feet.
Hurley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Concha sprawls well. Concha wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hurley gets slowly back to his feet.
Concha appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hurley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Concha throws out the jab.
Concha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hurley moves away.
Concha misses with a hook.
Concha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Concha throws a right hand that Hurley ducks under and follows up with a left that Hurley also avoids with ease.
Hurley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Concha pinned against the cage. Concha gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hurley gets caught flat footed, as Concha shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Concha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Concha with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hurley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Concha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hurley keeping full guard, as Concha tries to pass.
Concha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Hurley has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Concha off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hurley shoots for a double leg takedown but Concha sprawls well. He's pushed Hurley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Concha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hurley manages to avoid it.
Hurley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Concha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ernesto Concha will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Concha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hurley circles away quickly and effectively.
Concha misses with a looping right.
Concha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hurley as he avoids it easily.
Concha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hurley.
Hurley moves out of range as Concha strikes.
Concha fails to land the takedown.
Concha throws a predictable looking body shot

and Hurley counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hurley.
Hurley wants to stand but Concha is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hurley decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Concha as he avoids it easily.
Louden Hurley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hurley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Concha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Concha. Hurley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Concha throws the left hand but Hurley avoids the punch easily.
Hurley is looking to land body kicks.
Hurley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Concha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ernesto Concha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louden Hurley.
Hurley is breathing heavily.
Hurley closes the distance and clinches up with Concha, looking for a takedown. Hurley pushes Concha against the cage but Concha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ernesto Concha is winning the standup battle so far.
Concha keeps the fight on the outside.

Concha shoots in and bounces Hurley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hurley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Concha is controlling him.
Concha scoring with punches to the head and body.
Concha cracks Hurley with a solid left hand.
Concha distracts Hurley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Concha is in close to Hurley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Concha stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hurley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley wants to get back to his feet but Concha is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Concha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Concha prevents Hurley from getting back to his feet.
Concha working some strikes from top position.
Hurley keeping moving, preventing Concha from controlling successfully.
Concha won't allow Hurley to get back to his feet.
Concha lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Concha won't allow Hurley to get back to his feet.
Concha trying to control but Hurley is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hurley shoots in looking for a takedown. Concha tries to sprawl out of it but Hurley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Concha manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Concha.

Concha shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hurley napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ernesto Concha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hurley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Concha asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Concha working the head and body with strikes.
Hurley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Concha working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Concha working the ground and pound from side control.
Hurley wants to get back to his feet but Concha drags him back down.
Concha scoring with punches and elbows.
Hurley taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concha connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hurley some visible discomfort.
Concha lands an elbow.
Concha cracks Hurley with a big right hand but Hurley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hurley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Concha cracks Hurley with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Concha working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hurley is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Concha working the ground and pound.
Hurley taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hurley is trying to buck Concha off.
Concha trying to control the action but Hurley is working from the bottom.
Hurley pushes Concha away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Concha gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Concha dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Horrible takedown attempt by Hurley or perhaps it was just good defense by Concha, which made it look bad.
Concha changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Concha shoots in looking for a takedown but Hurley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Concha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hurley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hurley moves out of range as Concha strikes.
As Concha backs off Hurley throws a huge counter combo but Concha manages to avoid it all.
Hurley shoots in looking for a takedown but Concha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hurley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ernesto Concha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louden Hurley.

Hurley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hurley won't allow Concha to get back to his feet.
Hurley wants to get up but he can't break Concha's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Concha wants to sweep here but Hurley controlling him for the moment.
Hurley wants to stand but Concha is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hurley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hurley stands and steps away. Concha gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Horrible takedown attempt by Concha or perhaps it was just good defense by Hurley, which made it look bad.
Concha looks to land a right hand but Hurley moved out of range.
Concha throws a body punch but Hurley moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Hurley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hurley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hurley leaves Concha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hurley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A big left from Concha misses.
A head kick misses from Hurley.
Concha throws a body punch but Hurley moves out of range.
Hurley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Concha missing with a left hand there. Hurley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Concha takes a swing at Hurley's ribcage but misses.
Concha throws a shot from downtown. Hurley moves away and avoids it.
Concha misses with a straight left.
Nice sprawl there from Hurley as Concha shoots in.
Horrible takedown attempt by Concha or perhaps it was just good defense by Hurley, which made it look bad.
Hurley shoots in looking for a takedown but Concha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hurley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Concha feinted with a counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concha shoots for a takedown but Hurley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hurley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Concha shoots in for a takedown but Hurley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hurley shoots in but Concha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Concha throws a looping overhand right but Hurley ducks down to avoid it.
Hurley dives in and grabs Concha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Concha pushes down on Hurley's head and hops out.
Concha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hurley but Hurley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hurley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Concha is fending him off so far but Hurley persists. Nope, Concha circles away and we're back to standing.

Concha closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hurley's guard.
Hurley wants to get back to his feet but Concha is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hurley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concha scoring with punches to the head and body.
Concha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hurley can do to turn this around?
Concha is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hurley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Concha is controlling him.
Concha with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hurley keeping moving, preventing Concha from controlling successfully.
Hurley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hurley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Concha.
Concha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hurley manages to avoid it.

Concha throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hurley was covering up waiting for the punch and Concha finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Louden Hurley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ernesto Concha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Concha stands up over Hurley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Concha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Concha 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Concha!
Ernesto Concha decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Louden Hurley stepped up to the mic, saying 'the fuck man'.