PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Quinten Cuevas (ranked 3192 p4p, 4086 weight class) and Joseph Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cuevas
vs
Conner

175 cm
25
145
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinten Cuevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joseph Conner!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner moves forwards but Cuevas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Conner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cuevas scores with a body shot.
Cuevas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Conner but Conner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Conner shoots for a double leg takedown but Cuevas sprawls well. He's pushed Conner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cuevas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cuevas catches Conner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cuevas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conner circles away.
Conner feints the counter takedown.
Nice jab there from Cuevas.
Cuevas lands a jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Conner or perhaps it was just good defense by Cuevas, which made it look bad.
Cuevas lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner shoots in looking for a takedown. Cuevas tries to sprawl out of it but Conner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cuevas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Quinten Cuevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Conner.
Conner stuffs the takedown attempt from Cuevas. Cuevas gets slowly back to his feet.
Conner shoots in for a double leg but Cuevas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Conner throws a looping overhand right but Cuevas ducks down to avoid it.
Cuevas moves out of range of the body kick.
Cuevas jabs at Conner's body.
Cuevas wants to clinch.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conner feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cuevas.
Conner goes for a double leg but Cuevas avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cuevas continues to drive forward.

Cuevas has closed the distance and engaged Conner in a clinch.
Cuevas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuevas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cuevas works on Conner's body with a couple of short punches.
Cuevas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cuevas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuevas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Conner.
Cuevas lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cuevas.
Still in the clinch, Cuevas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Conner wants to break free but Cuevas has control.
Still in the clinch, Cuevas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Cuevas.
Cuevas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conner backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cuevas after a bit of a struggle.
Cuevas lands with a left to the head.
Cuevas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Conner wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from Cuevas.
Conner wants to take the fight to the mat but Cuevas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Conner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Conner tries for a takedown. No joy.
Conner looks winded!
Cuevas pushes Conner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cuevas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cuevas digs a right hand underneath Conner's ribcage. Conner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cuevas lands a body punch.
Cuevas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Conner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuevas lands with a right to the head.
Cuevas digs a right hand into Conner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Conner's gas tank.
Conner looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cuevas digs a right hand underneath Conner's ribcage. Conner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Cuevas lands a right hand.
Cuevas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cuevas lands a nice uppercut.
Cuevas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Cuevas lands an uppercut.
Cuevas pushes Conner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conner looking for a takedown.
Cuevas lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Cuevas.
Cuevas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Cuevas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cuevas.
Cuevas works on Conner's body with a couple of short punches.
Cuevas lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quinten Cuevas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cuevas has Conner up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuevas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conner wants a takedown.
Conner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cuevas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cuevas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Cuevas.

Conner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cuevas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cuevas cracks a nice hook into Conner's ribs.
Conner is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuevas lands a slapping body shot.
Cuevas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Conner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cuevas half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conner swats away the attempt to clinch by Cuevas.

Cuevas clinches up against the cage.
Cuevas lands with a short shot to the head.
Cuevas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Cuevas.
Cuevas pushes Conner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cuevas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cuevas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cuevas lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Cuevas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Conner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cuevas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Conner doesn't seem bothered though.
Cuevas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And Conner tries to counter it with a takedown but Cuevas pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Cuevas gets a clinch.
A short right from Cuevas on the inside.
Quinten Cuevas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Conner tries for a takedown but Cuevas manages to get underhooks.
Quinten Cuevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Conner.
Cuevas lands a left hand.
Conner wants to take the fight to the mat but Cuevas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cuevas lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Cuevas.
Conner is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cuevas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conner can do to turn this around?
A short uppercut from Cuevas.
A left hand lands to the body for Cuevas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Cuevas lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Cuevas.
Cuevas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cuevas presses Conner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cuevas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Conner lands a takedown into guard.
Cuevas is looking to stand up but Conner isn't so interested in that idea.
Conner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Conner won't allow Cuevas to get back to his feet.
Cuevas wants to get back to his feet but Conner passes into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Conner is pressing down on Cuevas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cuevas is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas is trying to stand.
Cuevas scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Conner manages to mount him!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conner with good strikes from the mount here!
Conner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cuevas is looking to escape.

Conner has hold of Cuevas's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cuevas manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Conner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cuevas trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quinten Cuevas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cuevas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Conner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cuevas moves in looking to clinch but Conner pushes him off.
Cuevas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conner circles away.
Conner slips a straight right by Cuevas.
Cuevas wants to clinch but Conner slips to the side

and Conner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Conner.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conner prevents Cuevas from getting back to his feet.
Conner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Conner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Conner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conner is in close to Cuevas's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Conner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Conner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conner trying to control the position from guard on top but Cuevas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Conner dives into side control.
Conner advances to mount.
Cuevas is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Cuevas trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
BOOM! Conner connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Conner is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Conner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Joseph Conner!