PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Conger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey The Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Conger
vs
The Dude

180 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Attliction

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Conger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeffrey The Dude!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conger misses with a series of wild punches.

Conger moves into the clinch successfully.

The Dude pulls Conger into guard.
Conger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Conger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The Dude throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Conger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Conger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed The Dude's guard.
Conger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Dude on the ground.
Conger wants to take a breather but The Dude is having none of it.

Conger is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Conger is keen to just control but The Dude is a slippery customer.
The Dude tries to roll over but Conger keeps him under control.
Conger wants to control but The Dude is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Conger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The Dude does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Conger lands with an uppercut that bounces The Dude off the cage and back into rage.

Conger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The Dude is trying to control but can't.

The Dude actively working from the bottom here.
The Dude gets full guard.
Conger trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Conger looking to pass the guard.
Conger is stalling in the full guard.
Conger is breathing heavily.

The Dude escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Conger gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Conger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dude looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The Dude working for a triangle but Conger defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Conger stopping the sweep attempt from The Dude.
Conger trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The Dude is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Conger controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Conger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Dude swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Dude wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Conger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Conger wants to control from the top but The Dude keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conger is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because The Dude is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Conger content to stall in guard here.

The Dude throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Conger won't allow The Dude to sweep him here.
Conger works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Conger wants to control but The Dude is keeping him busy.
The Dude moves into full guard.
Conger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Dude swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Dude will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The Dude keeping moving, preventing Conger from controlling successfully.
Conger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Conger wants to control from the top but The Dude keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conger with a flurry of punches that miss.
Conger trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Conger just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Conger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Dude.

Conger instigates a clinch.
Conger is looking to control The Dude's arms but The Dude gets an underhook and turns him. Now Conger has his back to the cage.

Conger pulls guard successfully.

Conger manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The Dude tries to clinch up
and Conger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid body kick from Conger.

The Dude gets caught flat footed, as Conger shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conger looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conger trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Conger will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Conger tries to clinch up.
Conger shoots in for a takedown but The Dude shows good takedown defense.
Conger misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The Dude fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Dude looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Conger is fending him off so far but The Dude persists. Nope, Conger circles away and we're back to standing.
Conger misses with a takedown attempt

so The Dude counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Conger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conger wants to sweep but no luck.

The Dude drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Dude jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The Dude preventing the sweep.
The Dude is pushing down on Conger's leg trying to pass to half guard. Conger is fighting to maintain full guard but The Dude has managed to sneak the leg through.

The Dude is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Conger has managed to free his arm - good work.
Conger is trying to stand up here but The Dude is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Dude trying to control from half guard but Conger is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of The Dude's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take The Dude's back!
The Dude wants to escape the position.
The Dude is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The Dude prevents Conger from getting a body triangle.
The Dude takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Conger's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
The Dude manages to reverse the position and now he's in Conger's guard. Nice work there by The Dude.
The Dude wants to control from the top but Conger keeps moving.

The Dude is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Conger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Conger striking off his back.
Conger looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The Dude drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Dude jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Conger darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The Dude tries to roll over but Conger keeps him under control.

Conger stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Conger shoots and misses

and The Dude counters with a takedown into side control.
The Dude wants to lay and pray for a moment but Conger keeps working.
Conger regains half guard.
Conger works his way to full guard. Good work.

Conger kicks The Dude off and gets to his feet.

Conger shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in The Dude's guard.

The Dude looking for a guillotine here but Conger defends easily.
The Dude tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conger looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Dude keeping moving, preventing Conger from controlling successfully.
The Dude looking to control.
Conger tries to free his leg and advance position but The Dude is retaining full guard.

The Dude looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Conger wants to control from the top but The Dude keeps moving.
Conger wants to pass the guard but The Dude is keeping the position.

Conger gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The Dude takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Dude wants to clinch.
Conger fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conger throws a series of punches but The Dude moves out of range.
Conger shoots in for a double leg but The Dude sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Conger.
Conger avoids a kick to the body.
Conger shoots and misses

so The Dude counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The Dude sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Conger's guard.
The Dude missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Conger is trying to maintain the position but The Dude is very close to passing his half guard.
Conger holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

The Dude is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Conger defends it well.
Conger is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conger is trying to stand up here but The Dude is controlling him well.
Conger misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Conger tries to roll over but The Dude keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey The Dude showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Conger throws a front kick that sends The Dude stumbling back into the cage.
Conger tries for a takedown but The Dude sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Dude is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Conger.

Conger looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

The Dude escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Conger gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

The Dude looking for a guillotine here but Conger defends easily.

Conger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Dude not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Dude lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Conger!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conger is looking to improve his position but The Dude isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conger tries to lock up and control but The Dude gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

The Dude looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Conger wants to control but The Dude is having none of it.

The Dude wants to finish this one by submission but Conger is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from The Dude.
Conger regains half guard.

The Dude seems to be looking for submissions.
The Dude looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Conger wants to control but The Dude is keeping busy.
Jeffrey The Dude has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Dude prevents Conger from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Dude is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

The Dude is working for a submission of some sort.
Conger is trying to get back to full guard.
Conger wants to control but The Dude is keeping busy and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Conger closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Dude to the mat! The Dude manages to get full guard.
The Dude is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Conger lands a couple of digs.
Conger wants to control from the top but The Dude keeps moving.

The Dude has his foot on Conger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Conger works his way back into a safe position though.
The Dude not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dude is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Conger won't allow The Dude to pass to mount.
Conger throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

The Dude is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The Dude is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Conger!
Conger has given up his back here. Will The Dude look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Conger is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Conger is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if The Dude gets his way!

The Dude is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Conger has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but The Dude has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Conger taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. The Dude doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jeffrey The Dude!