PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked (ranked 2903 p4p, 3913 weight class) and Ibrahim Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibrahim Conrad is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

To Find Out Who Asked
vs
Conrad

150 cm
18
130
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
135
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ibrahim Conrad!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
To Find Out Who Asked avoids a kick to the body.
Ibrahim Conrad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conrad pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Conrad tries to get set, To Find Out Who Asked tries to push him back and clinch up but Conrad manages to avoid the attempt.
To Find Out Who Asked keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
As Conrad tries to get set, To Find Out Who Asked tries to push him back and clinch up but Conrad manages to avoid the attempt.
Conrad looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Conrad fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conrad throws a body kick that misses.
Conrad shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has To Find Out Who Asked pinned against the cage. To Find Out Who Asked gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Conrad.
Conrad throws a head kick that misses.
As Conrad tries to get set, To Find Out Who Asked tries to push him back and clinch up but Conrad manages to avoid the attempt.
Conrad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Conrad misses with a kick to the body.
To Find Out Who Asked wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A left and a right from Conrad both land. Nice combination.
Conrad misses with a takedown attempt - To Find Out Who Asked sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ibrahim Conrad.
Conrad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Conrad shoots in but To Find Out Who Asked avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad misses with a jab, cross combination.
To Find Out Who Asked is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Conrad.
Conrad tries to close the distance and clinch but To Find Out Who Asked swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
To Find Out Who Asked is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Conrad.

Conrad gets the takedown into side control.
To Find Out Who Asked trying to control but Conrad flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
To Find Out Who Asked tries to escape but Conrad has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
To Find Out Who Asked trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands strikes to the head.
Conrad is punishing To Find Out Who Asked with strikes - can he finish him?!
Conrad throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting To Find Out Who Asked!
To Find Out Who Asked trying to control the action but Conrad just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conrad is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Conrad gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Conrad gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Conrad apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Conrad clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
To Find Out Who Asked has a couple of punches blocked by Conrad.
To Find Out Who Asked comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Conrad effectively controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Conrad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Conrad misses with a low kick as To Find Out Who Asked jumps back.
To Find Out Who Asked seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Conrad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
To Find Out Who Asked wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conrad scores with a head kick. To Find Out Who Asked tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Conrad moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
To Find Out Who Asked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Conrad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conrad fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
To Find Out Who Asked tries to counter by clinching up but Conrad breaks away and moves out of range.
Conrad misses with the combination.
To Find Out Who Asked wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Conrad dives in and grabs To Find Out Who Asked's left leg, looking for a takedown. To Find Out Who Asked pushes down on Conrad's head and hops out.
A combination from Conrad does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad tries to bum rush To Find Out Who Asked with a series of wild strikes but To Find Out Who Asked uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
To Find Out Who Asked seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conrad shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. To Find Out Who Asked defends it nicely.
To Find Out Who Asked is looking to counter the offense by Conrad and move into the clinch.
Me On A Journey To Find Out Who Asked has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ibrahim Conrad.
To Find Out Who Asked defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Conrad.
Conrad throws a wild body kick that To Find Out Who Asked sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conrad gets the takedown into side control.
To Find Out Who Asked tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Conrad is working for a rear naked choke. To Find Out Who Asked is not defending it well and Conrad has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! To Find Out Who Asked refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of To Find Out Who Asked's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ibrahim Conrad!