PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guido Gloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Conner's choice of entrance music: The Man Who Sold The World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gloom
vs
Conner

192 cm
23
222 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

189 cm
25
221 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Guido Gloom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Conner!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Conner.
A telegraphed right hand from Conner misses the target.
Conner has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gloom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Conner's sensitive parts.
Conner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gloom throws a low kick, looking for Conner's leg but Conner calmly moves out of range.
A big right from Conner misses.
Conner misses with an uppercut. Gloom saw that one coming.
Conner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gloom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conner.
Gloom moves out of range of the strikes.
Conner throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Gloom decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Conner's guard.
Gloom pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Conner is keeping the position for now.
Conner trying to control the position here.
Gloom tries to free his leg and advance position but Conner is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gloom is pushing down on Conner's leg trying to pass to half guard. Conner is fighting to maintain full guard but Gloom has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gloom throws a strike but Conner avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gloom wants to pass the guard but Conner is keeping the position.
Gloom prevents Conner from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gloom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gloom with a flurry of punches that miss.
Conner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gloom looking to pass the guard.
Gloom sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Conner's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Conner is defending against the submission attempts here by Gloom.
Gloom not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Gloom is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gloom wants to pass the guard but Conner is defending well.
Gloom not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Conner trying to control but Gloom postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gloom wants to work for an arm triangle but Conner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gloom prevents Conner from improving his position.
Gloom wants to pass to mount but Conner is defending the position.
Gloom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Conner's head.
Gloom is looking to advance position but Conner won't allow it.
Gloom thows a huge punch but Conner dodges it nicely.
Gloom wants to pass to mount but Conner is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Conner wants to control but Gloom is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gloom staying out of range there.
Gloom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Conner. That did some damage!
Conner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gloom pivots, looking for a leg kick but Conner is out of range and Gloom settles back down.
Conner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gloom throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Conner on the side of the head.
Gloom throws a body shot but no joy.
Gloom shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Conner defends it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gloom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guido Gloom dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Conner stuns Gloom with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gloom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Conner throws a body punch but Gloom moves out of range.
Conner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conner throws an off balance right hand

and Gloom counters with a shoot takedown. Conner fights it but they end up in guard.
Conner has Gloom pulled in close to control his posture.
Gloom wants to pass the guard but Conner is keeping the position.
Gloom slips nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gloom is looking to take a break and control but Conner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Conner is in trouble now - Gloom has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gloom.
Conner is looking to improve his position but Gloom isn't that keen on the idea.
Conner wants to hold on but Gloom pushes him away.
Gloom thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gloom misses with a head shot.
Gloom looking to ground and pound but Conner is blocking nicely.

Conner defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gloom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gloom jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Conner is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Conner and Gloom has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Conner parries the strikes from Gloom easily there. Gloom is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Conner to escape.
Gloom is looking to take a break and control but Conner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Conner struggling a bit here.
Conner is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gloom advances to full mount.
Gloom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conner can do to turn this around?
Gloom throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Gloom looking to secure an arm triangle but Conner defends it well.
Gloom sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Gloom looking to secure an arm triangle but Conner defends it well.
Conner is squirming around, avoiding Gloom's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gloom throwing strikes here but Conner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gloom wants to take his opponent's back but Conner doesn't allow it.
Gloom punching from mount but Conner doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Conner is looking to get to half guard.
Gloom working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gloom punching from mount but Conner doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Gloom jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Conner manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guido Gloom dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Conner ducks under a wild hook from Gloom.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gloom.
Conner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gloom tests Conner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Conner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gloom connects with a looping right hand.
Gloom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conner.

Gloom gets a takedown into half guard.
Conner is not content to let Gloom control the position.
Gloom works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner prevents Gloom from moving into mount.
Gloom misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Gloom throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Conner works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Gloom throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Conner is staying active underneath Gloom, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Guido Gloom overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Conner won't allow Gloom to pass to mount.

Conner is defending against the submission attempts here by Gloom.
Wayne Conner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Gloom is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gloom tries to pass the half guard into mount. Conner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Gloom is working for a submission of some sort.

Gloom is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Conner doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gloom.
Gloom 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gloom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Conner's head.
Conner keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Gloom is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gloom wants to free his trapped foot but Conner is holding on for dear life with his legs.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Gloom is working for a submission of some sort.
Gloom tries to pass the half guard into mount. Conner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gloom throws a lazy head kick
and Conner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Guido Gloom has been cut.
Gloom with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gloom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guido Gloom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gloom, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guido Gloom!
Guido Gloom thanked the fans post fight for their support.