PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Conlon (ranked 5152 p4p, 572 weight class) and Mike Patton (ranked 8989 p4p, 722 weight class). Patton has chosen Imperial March (L.O.D. Rage Mix) as his entrance music. Tommy Conlon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Conlon
vs
Patton

195 cm
33
210 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

180 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Conlon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Patton!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Conlon shoots in but no luck this time.

Conlon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Patton's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Conlon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Conlon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Conlon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Conlon is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Patton is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Patton has escaped and now he's on top!

Patton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Conlon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Conlon 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.
Patton has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Conlon is proving hard to escape from.

Conlon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Conlon working for a triangle but Patton defends it easily.

Conlon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Patton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Patton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Patton is looking to stand up but Conlon won't let him.

Patton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Conlon looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Patton is defending well. Conlon quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Patton has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Conlon celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Conlon!
Tommy Conlon was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
The defeated Mike Patton had this to say: 'He cheated! Check his gloves, they've got chloroform on them!'.