PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Conan (ranked 149 p4p, 206 weight class) and Osiris Egyptian (ranked 19 p4p, 26 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Osiris Egyptian was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Conan
vs
Egyptian

178 cm
33
158
21 - 10 - 0

185 cm
40
157
37 - 19 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Urban Fighter

Voodoo Nutrition
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Osiris Egyptian!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Egyptian has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Conan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Conan throws a hook to the side of Egyptian's head but Egyptian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan backing away here, and Egyptian unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Conan moves away from the strike by Egyptian.
Egyptian is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Conan throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Conan throws a series of punches but Egyptian avoids them all with ease.

Conan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Conan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Conan working away.
Egyptian is looking to reverse the position.
Conan wants to control but Egyptian is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Conan easily slips into full mount!
Conan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Conan looking to finish with strikes here!
Conan controlling from mount.
Egyptian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan looking to finish with strikes here!
Conan lands a heavy elbow.
Conan looking to finish Egyptian with some ground and pound. This is bad for Egyptian!
Egyptian really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Conan controlling his opponent.
Conan looking to ground and pound but Egyptian is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Egyptian wants to control but Conan is having none of it.
Conan scoring with strikes but Egyptian is staying in there.

Conan is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Egyptian has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Egyptian!
Egyptian must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Conan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Egyptian can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian stopping the sweep attempt from Conan.
Egyptian looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Conan is looking for a triangle here but Egyptian uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Conan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A low kick from Egyptian misses
enabling Conan to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Egyptian misses the target.
Conan is looking to counter punch.
Conan swings widly with a right hand
enabling Egyptian to counter with a crisp jab.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Egyptian looks to throw the jab but Conan is out of range.
Egyptian moves away from the strike by Conan.
Conan misses the body punch
enabling Egyptian to counter with a crisp jab.
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Egyptian shapes to counter with a head kick.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan lands a lovely overhand right.
Conan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Egyptian can do to turn this around?
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from Conan.
A head kick misses from Egyptian.
Conan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conan works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Egyptian counters with a leg kick.
Egyptian swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
Egyptian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Conan.
Conan scores with a nice right hand.
Conan throws a lazy uppercut
and Egyptian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edward Conan is winning the standup battle so far.
Egyptian throws a right hand that misses
and Conan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Conan lands with a right hand.
Conan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egyptian.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Egyptian is trying to counter with his kicks.
A big right from Conan misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws an off balance right hand
and Egyptian counters with a leg kick.
Conan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egyptian.
Conan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conan misses with a right hand
and Egyptian makes him pay by landing a thudding low 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!
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Conan misses its intended target.
Egyptian looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conan throws out the jab.
Egyptian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Conan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Egyptian misses with an uppercut
letting Conan counter with a right hand.
Conan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Egyptian counters with a nice kick to the body.
Conan throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Egyptian misses
and Conan counters with a nice uppercut.
Conan needs to keep his hands up - Egyptian had a free shot at his head there.
Osiris Egyptian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Egyptian looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Conan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egyptian.
Nice shot by Conan.
Conan throws a right hand that Egyptian ducks under and follows up with a left that Egyptian also avoids with ease.
Egyptian's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Conan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Egyptian scrambles back to his feet.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Egyptian misses.
Conan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Egyptian.
Egyptian's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Conan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Egyptian scrambles back to his feet.
Conan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Egyptian throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Conan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Conan swings widly with a right hand
enabling Egyptian to counter with a crisp jab.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Egyptian throws a wild body kick that Conan sees coming a mile off.
Egyptian takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Egyptian! But no joy.
Conan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Conan throws a series of punches but Egyptian moves out of range.
Egyptian throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
Conan closes the distance and clinches up with Egyptian, looking for a takedown. Conan pushes Egyptian against the cage but Egyptian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Egyptian throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Egyptian was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Despite the aggression on Egyptian's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Conan shoots in and bounces Egyptian off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Conan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Conan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Egyptian throws out the jab.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Egyptian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conan misses with a jab to the body
and Egyptian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Egyptian counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Conan! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Osiris Egyptian!
A victorious Osiris Egyptian thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.