PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Albrecht (ranked 23096 p4p, 567 weight class) and Conor OMalley (ranked 3601 p4p, 378 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Albrecht
vs
OMalley

180 cm
21
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
28
176 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Albrecht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor OMalley!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OMalley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
OMalley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OMalley wants to counter the offense by Albrecht and move into the clinch position.
Albrecht scores with a jab. OMalley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
OMalley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Albrecht throws a combination but it was largely blocked by OMalley.
Albrecht scores with a nice head shot.
Albrecht displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from OMalley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OMalley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Albrecht counters with a crisp one two that drops OMalley! Albrecht thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves OMalley to his feet! OMalley is in big trouble!
Stefan Albrecht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conor OMalley.
Albrecht lands a jab to OMalley's midsection.
We've been told by Albrecht's head coaches at Fight Hard that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albrecht wobbles OMalley with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Albrecht dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts OMalley to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stefan Albrecht!