PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bilabong Conrad (ranked 3598 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slick Minard (ranked 8997 p4p, 0 weight class). Conrad's entrance music is BonieM. A fine choice. Minard has chosen D.N.A. by Kendrick Lamar as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Conrad
vs
Minard

188 cm
29
220 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

194 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Blue Moon

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 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bilabong Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Slick Minard!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minard throws a hook but Conrad avoids it easily.
Conrad connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Conrad tries to keep at a distance but Minard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Minard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Minard looking to throw knees to the head but Conrad is blocking nicely.
Conrad lands a body shot.
Conrad works on Minard's body with a couple of short punches.
Minard throws a head punch that misses.
Conrad avoids the elbow strike from Minard, against the cage.
Conrad digs a right hand into Minard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Minard's gas tank.

Conrad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Minard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Conrad.
Minard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Minard there as he acknowledges the shot.
Conrad connects with a leg kick. Minard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Slick Minard 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!
Minard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Conrad thumps Minard with a low kick.
Minard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Conrad.
Conrad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Minard's calf.
Minard moves in looking to clinch but Conrad pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad throws a head kick that half lands.
Conrad lands a body shot.
Conrad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Minard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Conrad throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Minard was covering up waiting for the punch and Conrad finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Minard is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Conrad is aware though and is defending well.
Minard looks winded!
Minard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Conrad decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Minard, up you get!
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Conrad with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Conrad there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conrad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conrad tried to counter with a leg kick but Minard avoided it.
Minard has a takedown stuffed.
Bilabong Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slick Minard.
Conrad scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Minard dives in for a single leg takedown but Conrad sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Conrad connects with a solid leg kick.
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Conrad's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Conrad thumps Minard with a low kick.
Minard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Conrad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Minard.
Conrad connects with a leg kick. Minard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Conrad lands a leg kick that knocks Minard off balance momentarily.
Conrad swats away the attempt to clinch by Minard.
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Minard fails with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Minard. Conrad does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conrad circles away.
Conrad connects with an inside leg kick.
Minard doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Conrad counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Conrad fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Conrad connects with an inside leg kick.
Conrad scoring well with a low kick there.
Conrad looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Conrad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Minard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Minard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conrad is able to avoid easily.
Minard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
You can see that Minard has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Conrad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Minard's calf.
Conrad throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Conrad connects with a solid leg kick.
Conrad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Minard. That did some damage!
Minard has his takedown stuffed
and Conrad counters with a thumping low kick.
Conrad lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Conrad. No joy for Minard on that attempt.
Conrad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Conrad. That's going to slow Minard down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Conrad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Minard shoots in but no luck this time.
It looked like Conrad was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Minard.
Conrad lands a slapping body shot.
Minard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Conrad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Conrad.
Minard fails with the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Conrad scores with a leg kick.
Conrad scores with a leg kick.
Minard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bilabong Conrad dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Conrad closes the distance and clinches.
Conrad gets through Minard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Minard tries for a takedown. No joy.
A right hand to the body from Conrad.
Minard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Minard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Minard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Minard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Conrad gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conrad.
Conrad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conrad cracks Minard with a nice body shot.
Conrad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Minard backwards.
Conrad works on Minard's body with a couple of short punches.

Conrad manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Conrad there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conrad connects with a solid leg kick.
Conrad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Minard is breathing heavily.
Conrad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Minard.
Minard moves in looking to clinch but Conrad pushes him off.
Conrad throws a leg kick which misses Minard's front leg but catches the back leg as Minard tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Conrad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minard can do to turn this around?
Minard shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Conrad but Conrad pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bilabong Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slick Minard.

Minard tries to sprawl but Conrad drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Conrad is trying for a kimura here. Minard looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Conrad wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bilabong Conrad!
A relieved looking Bilabong Conrad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Slick Minard spoke after the fight, saying 'When you have already lost everything there is no reason to fear defeat. Let's GO!!'.