PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jake conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Calavar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Calavar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

conner
vs
Calavar

210 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jake conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Calavar!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Calavar.
Nice takedown defense from Calavar. No joy for conner on that attempt.
Johnny Calavar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
conner shoots in looking for a takedown. Calavar tries to sprawl out of it but conner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Calavar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Calavar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but conner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
conner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Calavar throws out the jab.
Calavar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calavar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but conner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Calavar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Calavar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but conner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Calavar misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
conner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Calavar throws a hook but conner avoids it easily.
Calavar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed conner momentarily.
Horrible takedown by conner or perhaps it was just good defense by Calavar which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jake conner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calavar throws a series of punches but conner avoids them all with ease.
Johnny Calavar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
conner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calavar.
Calavar throws a right and a left that conner avoids nicely.
conner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Calavar.

It looks like jake conner has been cut.
conner fails to land the takedown.
Calavar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Calavar as conner shoots in.
conner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calavar.
Horrible takedown by conner or perhaps it was just good defense by Calavar which made him look bad.
Calavar throws a right and a left that conner avoids nicely.
Horrible takedown by conner or perhaps it was just good defense by Calavar which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calavar tries to bum rush conner with a series of wild strikes but conner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Calavar misses with a two punch combination.
Calavar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calavar looks gassed!
conner shoots for a takedown but Calavar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
conner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
conner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Calavar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calavar lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
conner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Calavar throws a right and a left that both miss.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for conner. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

conner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Calavar is trying to stand up here but conner is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
conner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Calavar is defending against the submission attempts here by conner.

Calavar makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Calavar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

conner forces Calavar back against the cage and clinches.
conner is looking to break free of the clinch but Calavar has double underhooks.
conner prevents Calavar from breaking the clinch.
Calavar is trying to break the clinch but conner has him pressed against the cage.

Calavar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
conner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Calavar thows a body shot but no joy.
conner fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - conner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
conner fails with a takedown attempt.
Calavar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calavar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Calavar throws a right and a left that conner avoids nicely.
Calavar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calavar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but conner circles away quickly and effectively.

conner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

conner looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

conner working for a guillotine from mount but Calavar is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Calavar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on jake conner's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Calavar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Calavar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
conner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Calavar's waist but Calavar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing conner off to one side.
conner fails with a takedown attempt.
conner dodges the punch combination from Calavar.
Calavar stuffs the takedown attempt from conner. conner gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jake conner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calavar moves out of range of the body kick from conner.
Calavar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calavar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
conner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Calavar tries to avoid it but conner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Calavar to the ground. Calavar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Calavar throws a right and a left that conner avoids nicely.
Calavar lands with a hook. conner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A right-left combo lands from Calavar.
A lazy left from Calavar finds it's target.
conner avoids a punch combination nicely.
conner tries to clinch there but Calavar circles away.
Calavar misses with a two punch combination.
Calavar misses with a double jab.
jake conner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Calavar scores with a jab. conner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
conner avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calavar misses with a body shot.
Johnny Calavar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calavar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A punch combination from Calavar misses.
conner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Calavar misses with a double jab.
Calavar scores with a three punch combo!
conner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calavar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
conner looks for a takedown but Calavar sprawls well.
Calavar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
conner shoots in for a double leg but Calavar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Calavar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
conner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Calavar tries to avoid it but conner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Calavar to the ground. Calavar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Calavar fails to land with a series of punches.
Calavar misses with a wild combination.
Calavar stuffs the takedown.
Calavar fails to land with a series of punches.
Calavar misses with a wild combination.
Calavar stuffs the takedown attempt from conner. conner gets slowly back to his feet.
Calavar stuffs the takedown.
Calavar catches conner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Calavar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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 scores with a takedown into Calavar's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Calavar can do anything to dispel that myth.

Calavar kicks conner off and gets to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Calavar.
conner doesn't manage to clinch there - Calavar circles away.
Calavar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by conner.
conner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Calavar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calavar throws a series of punches but conner avoids them all with ease.
conner shoots in looking for a takedown. Calavar tries to sprawl out of it but conner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Calavar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Calavar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on jake conner's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Calavar misses.
Calavar misses with a series of wild punches.
Calavar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

conner shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than conner was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Calavar really wants to buck conner off and get back to his feet.
conner fails to move to back control.
conner breaks from Calavar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Calavar's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
conner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Calavar taking shots to the head.
Calavar wants to get back to his feet.

conner is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Calavar is surviving well by controlling conner's body position as best he can.
Calavar is trying to stand up.
conner pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Calavar is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

conner looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Calavar somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Calavar swings for the body but conner moves out of range.

conner changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Calavar looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Calavar bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Calavar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calavar throws a right and a left that conner avoids nicely.
conner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
conner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Calavar's waist but Calavar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing conner off to one side.
A jab from Calavar finds it's way through conner's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calavar throws a series of punches but conner moves out of range.

conner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - conner lands in his opponent's guard.
conner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Calavar on the ground.
conner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Calavar's head.
conner has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Calavar kicks conner off and gets to his feet.
conner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Calavar as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jake conner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calavar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

conner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Calavar bucks up and throws conner to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Calavar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calavar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but conner circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
conner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Calavar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
conner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
conner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from conner - that will leave a mark!
conner tries to close the distance and clinch but Calavar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Calavar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
conner shoots in looking for a takedown. Calavar tries to sprawl out of it but conner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Calavar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Calavar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to jake conner.
I think Calavar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Calavar!