PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herleifr Conchobhar (ranked 610 p4p, 901 weight class) and Banana Republic (ranked 102 p4p, 137 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Conchobhar
vs
Republic

190 cm
28
265
18 - 7 - 1

191 cm
28
270
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Herleifr Conchobhar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Banana Republic!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conchobhar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Republic counters with a straight right hand.
Republic moves out of range as Conchobhar strikes.
Conchobhar misses with a straight right.
Conchobhar throws a poor cross that misses
and Republic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Republic slips a straight right by Conchobhar.
Conchobhar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Republic throws out a counter right but Conchobhar avoids it with no problem.

Republic moves into range and clinches up with Conchobhar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Republic manages to break the clinch.
Conchobhar throws an off balance right hand
and Republic counters with a nice uppercut.
Conchobhar cracks Republic with an open hand slap.
Conchobhar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at New York Public Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Conchobhar misses with a lunging right hand
and Republic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Republic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conchobhar throws out the jab.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Conchobhar.
Republic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conchobhar throws the left hand but Republic avoids the punch easily.
Republic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Conchobhar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Republic tries to counter by closing the distance.
Republic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Conchobhar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conchobhar misses with a jab to the body
and Conchobhar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Herleifr Conchobhar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conchobhar misses with a shot to the body
and Republic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conchobhar misses with a body shot.
Conchobhar looks to throw the jab but Republic is out of range.
It seemed like Republic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Conchobhar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Conchobhar lands with a good body shot.
Conchobhar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Republic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar takes a swing at Republic's ribcage but misses.
Republic wants to counter the offense by Conchobhar and move into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conchobhar jabs Republic right on the nose. Republic blinks but takes it well.
Conchobhar throws a head kick but Republic moves out of range.
A nice side step and Republic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conchobhar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conchobhar just misses with a punch to the body.
Republic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Republic moves in looking to clinch but Conchobhar pushes him off.
Conchobhar misses with a lunging right hand
and Republic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conchobhar throws a hook but Republic blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Republic.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Republic slips under a jab.
Republic throws out a counter right but Conchobhar avoids it with no problem.
Conchobhar throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar looks to land a right hand but Republic moved out of range.
Republic slips under a jab from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar misses with a hook
letting Republic counter with a right hand.
Republic moves out of range as Conchobhar strikes.
Conchobhar throws a right hand that misses
and Republic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conchobhar throws a lazy body kick
and Republic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conchobhar misses with an uppercut. Republic saw that one coming.
Republic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Conchobhar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Conchobhar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Republic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Herleifr Conchobhar will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Republic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Republic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Conchobhar throws a jab but it's blocked by Republic.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conchobhar scores with a decent looking hook.
Conchobhar throws a hook but Republic avoids it easily.
Republic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Conchobhar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Republic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Conchobhar thinking.
Conchobhar misses with a left hand
and Republic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Republic moves out of range as Conchobhar strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conchobhar misses the body punch
and Republic counters with a stiff right hand.
Conchobhar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Conchobhar takes a swing at Republic's ribcage but misses.
Republic unleashes a big counter combination but Conchobhar bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchobhar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Republic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conchobhar looks to land a right hand but Republic moved out of range.
Republic throws out a counter right but Conchobhar avoids it with no problem.
Republic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conchobhar misses with a hook. Republic ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Republic! But no joy.
Conchobhar throws a jab but it's blocked by Republic.
Conchobhar throws a hook to the side of Republic's head but Republic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Republic moves out of range as Conchobhar strikes.
Republic walks into a left hand.
Conchobhar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Republic.
It seemed like Republic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar looks to throw the jab but Republic is out of range.
A head kick misses from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Republic manages to avoid it.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conchobhar throws a poor cross that misses
and Republic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Conchobhar.
Republic throws out a counter right but Conchobhar avoids it with no problem.
Conchobhar throws an off balance right hand
and Republic counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Conchobhar throws a shot from downtown. Republic moves away and avoids it.
Conchobhar throws a right hand that misses
and Republic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conchobhar misses with a body shot.
Republic looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Republic avoids the head kick by Conchobhar.
Conchobhar throws a good cross that connects.
Conchobhar misses the body punch
and Republic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Republic moves out of range of the strikes.
Republic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A swing and a miss from Conchobhar.
Republic lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Conchobhar misses with a looping left.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conchobhar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Republic counters with a nice body shot.
Republic ducks under a wild hook from Conchobhar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conchobhar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Republic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Republic slips a jab from Conchobhar.
Republic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conchobhar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Republic can do to turn this around?
Conchobhar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conchobhar misses with a left hand
and Conchobhar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conchobhar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Republic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Conchobhar throws a lazy uppercut
and Republic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conchobhar looks to throw a body kick
and Republic counters with a left to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Herleifr Conchobhar 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Republic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Republic! But no joy.
Conchobhar misses with a straight left.
Conchobhar gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Republic counters with a nice uppercut.
Conchobhar misses with a jab to the body
letting Republic counter with a right hand.
Republic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Republic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conchobhar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conchobhar misses with a few strikes there.
Republic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Republic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Conchobhar throws an off balance right hand
and Republic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchobhar misses with a body shot.
Republic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Conchobhar with a body shot.
Conchobhar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Republic momentarily.
Herleifr Conchobhar is winning the standup battle so far.
Conchobhar throws a body shot but no joy.
Republic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conchobhar throws a leg kick but Republic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Conchobhar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conchobhar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Republic throws out a counter right but Conchobhar avoids it with no problem.
Banana Republic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Republic walks into a straight right hand from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Conchobhar misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Republic misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Conchobhar.
Conchobhar misses the shot to the body.
Conchobhar misses with a right hand
and Republic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conchobhar misses with a double jab
enabling Republic to counter with a crisp jab.

Republic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Conchobhar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Republic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conchobhar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Republic misses with some punches.

Conchobhar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Conchobhar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Conchobhar misses with a hook. Republic ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conchobhar sizes up Republic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Conchobhar misses with a jab to the body
and Republic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Republic is looking to clinch but Conchobhar is avoiding it.
A jab from Conchobhar finds it's way through Republic's defenses.
Conchobhar swings widly with a right hand
and Republic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conchobhar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Republic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conchobhar misses with a hook
and Republic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Republic tries to clinch but Conchobhar moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Republic clinches.

Republic breaks the clinch.
Republic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conchobhar throws out the jab.
Herleifr Conchobhar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conchobhar scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conchobhar throws a looping overhand right but Republic ducks down to avoid it.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conchobhar throws a lazy uppercut
and Conchobhar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conchobhar misses with an uppercut.
Republic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Conchobhar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Conchobhar misses with a lunging right hand
and Republic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Conchobhar thinking.
Conchobhar misses with a straight left.
Republic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Herleifr Conchobhar.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Conchobhar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herleifr Conchobhar!
A relieved looking Herleifr Conchobhar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.