PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor Bird (ranked 3433 p4p, 3130 weight class) and James Mcintyre (ranked 408 p4p, 381 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bird
vs
Mcintyre

182 cm
26
165
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
171
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conor Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Mcintyre!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcintyre staying out of range there.
Mcintyre is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mcintyre slips under a jab.
Mcintyre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mcintyre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bird.
Bird throws a hook to the side of Mcintyre's head but Mcintyre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mcintyre steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bird.
Bird misses with an uppercut.
Mcintyre steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bird.
Mcintyre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bird.
Bird attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mcintyre dodges the punch combination from Bird.
Mcintyre tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird connects with a right hand. Mcintyre shakes it off.
We've been told by Bird's head coaches at Rackz MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mcintyre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bird to score with a decent uppercut.
Bird scores with a decent looking hook.

Mcintyre is rocked!
Bird fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Mcintyre square on the jaw! Damn, Mcintyre is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Conor Bird!