PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Saol Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor has chosen El Chapo by The Game as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Conor McGregor acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rex
vs
McGregor

174 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Saol Rex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Conor McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rex avoids the head kick by McGregor.
Rex fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGregor manages to avoid it.
McGregor goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Rex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McGregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rex fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Rex manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Rex has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Rex looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rex has McGregor pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rex has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think McGregor should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Rex has tightened it up now! McGregor should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Saol Rex!
Conor McGregor was interviewed post fight and said 'Sometimes you lose sometimes you win. I am sorry the Irish but I will comeback and prove why I am the p4p number one.'.