PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Ghita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ghita
vs
Conner

197 cm
18
232 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Ghita!
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, John Conner!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ghita swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Conner looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Conner slips nicely into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Conner in particular looking to stall.
Conner frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conner controlling the position easily from mount.
Conner lands a big elbow.
Conner unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Conner stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Conner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ghita!
Conner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ghita in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ghita takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Ghita defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Conner.
Conner controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Conner working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Ghita turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Conner off and cradles Ghita's limp body as Conner celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). John Conner!