PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Butch Thighpunch (ranked 1309 p4p, 1818 weight class) and Conor OShea (ranked 185 p4p, 263 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thighpunch
vs
OShea

185 cm
36
180
15 - 6 - 0

210 cm
34
180
11 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Butch Thighpunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor OShea!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thighpunch cracks OShea with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thighpunch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by OShea.
OShea swings for the body but Thighpunch moves out of range.
Thighpunch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
OShea throws a poor cross that misses
and Thighpunch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

OShea drives through with a takedown into Thighpunch's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Thighpunch working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from OShea.
OShea wants to control from the top but Thighpunch keeps moving.
OShea controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

OShea drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and OShea jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
OShea tries to free his leg and advance position but Thighpunch is retaining full guard.
Thighpunch on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thighpunch tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OShea throws an elbow that misses. Thighpunch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in OShea's guard. Nice move by Thighpunch!

Thighpunch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thighpunch trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
OShea is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
OShea has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thighpunch trying to control the position from guard on top but OShea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thighpunch knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for OShea on the ground.

OShea throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
OShea lands some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thighpunch not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
OShea has his hands on Thighpunch's head, controlling the position.
Thighpunch wants to control from the top but OShea keeps moving.

OShea looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Thighpunch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

OShea looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
OShea keeping moving, preventing Thighpunch from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thighpunch stops OShea from standing up.

OShea working for a triangle but Thighpunch defends it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
OShea is trying to control the position but Thighpunch postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Conor OShea dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from OShea misses the target.
Thighpunch looks to land a right hand but OShea moved out of range.
Thighpunch staying out of range there.
Thighpunch moves away from the strike by OShea.
An attempted straight right counter from Thighpunch misses the target.
Thighpunch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
OShea is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thighpunch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thighpunch looks to land a left hand but OShea moved out of range nicely.
Thighpunch misses with a body shot.
Thighpunch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OShea slips under a jab from Thighpunch.
OShea looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
OShea tries a head kick but it misses.
Thighpunch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thighpunch lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thighpunch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but OShea moves away.
OShea unleashes a big counter combination but Thighpunch bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Thighpunch lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch combination from Thighpunch misses.
Thighpunch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thighpunch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thighpunch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thighpunch cracks OShea with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice straight punches there by Thighpunch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thighpunch.
OShea avoids the body shot from Thighpunch.
OShea throws out a counter right but Thighpunch avoids it with no problem.
OShea lands a right hook to the body.
OShea looks to score with a jab to the body but Thighpunch is just out of range.
Butch Thighpunch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
OShea throws a body punch but Thighpunch moves out of range.
Thighpunch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
OShea shoots in for a takedown but Thighpunch shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
OShea doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thighpunch counters with a straight right hand.

OShea moves into the clinch.
Thighpunch keeps control of OShea as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thighpunch misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thighpunch lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
OShea has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thighpunch tries a body shot but OShea blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for OShea.
A short right hand to the side of the head by OShea.
Thighpunch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thighpunch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
OShea misses with the head strike.
OShea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
OShea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thighpunch backwards.
Thighpunch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
OShea lands with a right to the head.
OShea is trying to break the clinch but Thighpunch is controlling him.
Thighpunch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite OShea's efforts to push away.
Thighpunch lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thighpunch lands a body punch.
OShea misses with the head strike.
OShea jumps guard but Thighpunch turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Butch Thighpunch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conor OShea.

Thighpunch breaks from the clinch.
Thighpunch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Thighpunch backs off OShea throws a huge counter combo but Thighpunch manages to avoid it all.
Thighpunch lands a body shot.
Thighpunch lands with a nice body punch.
Thighpunch lands a head shot.
Thighpunch closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks OShea out cold! OShea corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Butch Thighpunch!
A very excited looking Butch Thighpunch rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.