PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Damien Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taran Chula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Conner
vs
Chula

179 cm
19
157 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Max Octane Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taran Chula!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chula lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chula throws a low kick, looking for Conner's leg but Conner calmly moves out of range.
Conner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chula paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conner backing away here, and Chula unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Chula with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conner to score with a decent uppercut.
Chula lands a right hook to the body.

Conner closes the distance and clinches.
Conner stalling the fight.
Chula misses with some punches.
Conner cracks Chula with a nice body shot.
Chula taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Conner throws an elbow but misses.
Chula misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Conner - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conner gets through Chula's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Conner.
Chula misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Chula's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Conner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chula backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chula lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Conner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chula misses with a body punch.
Chula has a couple of punches blocked by Conner.
A short right from Conner.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conner prevents a body shot from Chula.
Chula is trying to push Conner away but Conner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chula misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conner.
Conner slowing the pace effectively.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conner.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chula trying to land knees to the body.
Conner lands an elbow just above Chula 's eye.

It looks like Taran Chula has been cut.
Chula dodges an elbow strike from Conner.
Conner has Chula pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chula looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chula wants to stall.
Chula is trying to stall.
Chula taking a breather.
Conner lands a hook that snaps the head of Chula backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conner misses with an elbow strike.
Conner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chula wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chula tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Conner avoids it.
Conner is working Chula over against the cage.
Chula stalling.
Conner lands a right hand.
Chula misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conner lands a nice shot to the body.
Chula tries to land knees in the clinch but Conner avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chula is trying to break the clinch but Conner is controlling him.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Conner has Chula pressed against the cage, preventing Chula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Conner avoiding damage as Chula throws knees to the body.
Chula tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conner.
Conner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chula backwards.
A short left from Conner.
Conner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulas head.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner managing to block the knees to the body from Chula.
Chula tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chula up against the cage.
Conner managing to block the knees to the body from Chula.
Conner scores with a shoulder strike.
Conner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chula or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chula tries to work over Conner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner has Chula pressed against the cage, preventing Chula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chula is looking to break free of the clinch but Conner has double underhooks.
Chula misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chula misses with some punches.
Chula's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chula looking to stall.
Conner lands with a left to the head.
Chula has a couple of punches blocked by Conner.
Chula blocks the elbow strike.
Chula tries to stall but Conner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Conner avoiding damage as Chula throws knees to the body.
Conner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chula or not.
Chula trying to land knees to the body.
Conner lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Conner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taran Chula's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chula shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chula lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chula has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Chula takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Conner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A shot in the inside from Chula.
Conner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chula's efforts to push away.
Conner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Conner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chula's defenses.
Conner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conner stalling the fight.
Chula struggles to land a body shot inside as Conner controls his hands.
Damien Conner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Conner pushes Chula back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner leaning his opponent against the cage.
Conner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chula is trying to break free.
Chula tries to stall but Conner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chula tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chula can do to turn this around?
Chula wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Conner has Chula pressed against the cage.
Chula misses with some punches.
Chula misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chula misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conner.
Conner avoiding damage as Chula throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Conner.
Chula misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Conner.
Chula tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Conner avoids it.
Conner lands with a short shot to the head.
Conner blocks an uppercut.
Chula swings wildly with an uppercut but Conner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chula working hard to break the clinch.
Conner lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Conner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chula up against the cage.
Chula misses with some punches.
Chula can't find room to land a body shot as Conner controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conner.
Chula trying to land knees to the body.
Conner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Conner working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chula is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chula.
Conner has Chula pressed against the cage, preventing Chula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chula wants to get back to striking at distance but Conner won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chula dodges an elbow strike from Conner.
Chula gets through Conner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Conner lands a shot to the body.
Come on Conner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Conner lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Conner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chula's brow.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Conner is struggling to control the position.
Conner lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chula lands with a left to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Conner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chula tries to break free but Conner pushes him back against the cage.
Conner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Conner.
Conner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Conner.
Chula missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conner misses with an elbow strike.
Conner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chula misses with a punch to the body.
Conner lands a body punch.
Conner lands a left hand.
Chula fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Conner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Taran Chula's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Conner connects with a body shot that sends Chula's belly button to the back.
Conner lands with an uppercut that bounces Chula off the cage and back into range.
Chula takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by Conner.
Conner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chula's hands.
Chula feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Conner's calf.
Chula dodges the punch combination from Conner.
Conner walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chula throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chula swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chula lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Conner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chula tries a body shot but Conner blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chula lands with a left to the head.
Chula is trying to force a seperation but Conner has the dominant position.
Conner lands a right hand.
Chula wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chula tries to land knees in the clinch but Conner avoids the damage to the body.
Conner lands a shot to the body.
Chula wants to get back to striking at distance but Conner won't allow it.
Conner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Conner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Conner.
Conner is struggling to control the position.
Chula tries a body shot but Conner blocks it.
Chula is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Conner is defending well for now.
Chula trying to stall but Conner improves his position.
Taran Chula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Damien Conner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chula is looking to break free of the clinch but Conner has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Conner.
Chula trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Conner.
Conner blocking some punches.
Chula tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Conner.
Chula wants to break free but Conner has control.
Chula misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chula wants to get back to striking at distance but Conner won't allow it.
Conner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chula struggles to land a body shot inside as Conner controls his hands.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner pushes Chula back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chula missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chula blocks an elbow strike.
Conner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chula working aggressively here.
Conner lands a nice shot to the body.
Conner gets through Chula's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chula misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Conner throws an elbow but misses.
Conner lands a body shot.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chula pushes Conner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Conner lands a right hand.
Conner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Conner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Conner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conner blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner pushes Chula back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Conner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulas head.
A left hand lands to the body for Conner.
Chula has a couple of punches blocked by Conner.
Chula wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Conner has him pressed against the cage.
Conner misses with an elbow strike.
Chula lands with a light punch inside.
Conner lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conner.
Conner scores with a hook to the body.
Chula takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conner throws an elbow that misses.
Conner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chula tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Conner avoids it.
Conner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chula's defenses.
Chula misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conner.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Conner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conner 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Conner!
Damien Conner decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.