PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Tinker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tinker comes to the cage accompanied by Stranglehold. Connor has chosen Dropkick Murphys-Rocky Road To Dublin as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Tinker
vs
Connor

184 cm
26
217 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
223 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Tinker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willie Connor!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tinker throws a leg kick
and Connor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tinker misses with a kick to the body
and Connor counters with a leg kick.
Connor scores with a nice body kick.
Connor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinker thows a leg kick but Connor checks it
and Connor counters with a leg kick.
Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tinker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tinker misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Connor tries to clinch
and Connor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor misses with a shot to the body
and Tinker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Connor's knee momentarily.
Connor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tinker cracks the inside of Connor's front leg.
Connor loads up on a big right hand but Tinker slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connor tries to clinch
and Tinker counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tinker throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tinker swats away the attempt to clinch by Connor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Connor thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tinker if he has to take too many more of those.
Connor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tinker throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tinker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tinker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Connor throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tinker counters with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Connor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tinker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinker misses with a hook.
Tinker looks for a takedown but Connor sprawls well.
Connor throws a push kick but Tinker slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Connor throws a leg kick
and Tinker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Connor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tinker counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connor misses with a kick to the body
and Tinker counters with a stiff right hand.

Connor is rocked!

Tinker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Connor is still in real trouble! Can Tinker finish him?
Tinker controlling from side mount.
Connor seems to have recovered his senses.
Sloppy strikes there by Tinker.
You can see the frustration on Connor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tinker throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connor prevents Tinker from improving position.
Tinker happy to just control the position for now.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Tinker landing strikes.
The ground and pound from Tinker seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Connor prevents Tinker from moving into mount.
Tinker looks up at the clock and then as Connor takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tinker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tinker is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Connor's shoulder. That is not cool.
Connor tries to bench press Tinker off him but Tinker keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Connor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tinker wants to control but Connor is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Tinker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Connor defending well as Tinker loads up on a big left hand.
Connor looks to clinch
and Tinker counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Connor throws a poor cross that misses
and Tinker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinker misses with a leg kick
and Connor counters with a nice body shot.
Tinker throws a wild body kick that Connor sees coming a mile off.
Connor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tinker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Connor manages to avoid it.

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.
Tinker throws a jab when Connor was well out of range.
Willie Connor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tinker looks to land a right hand but Connor moved out of range.
Tinker missing with a left hand there. Connor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tinker throws a right hand that misses
and Connor counters with a series of strikes. Tinker will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tinker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tinker counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tinker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Connor.
Tinker misses with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Connor tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Tinker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tinker has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Tinker!