PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maxime Oppong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor MacLeod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacLeod has chosen Battle Hymn as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oppong
vs
MacLeod

174 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maxime Oppong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Connor MacLeod!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oppong has his takedown stuffed
and MacLeod counters with a nice body shot.

Oppong shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. MacLeod manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Oppong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oppong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oppong throws a big elbow that misses.

MacLeod is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Oppong wants a takedown but no success here.
MacLeod prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxime Oppong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacLeod lands a nice uppercut.
MacLeod has a couple of punches blocked by Oppong.
MacLeod has a couple of punches blocked by Oppong.
MacLeod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
MacLeod lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Oppong.
Oppong tries for a takedown. No joy.
MacLeod lands a body shot in the clinch.
MacLeod pushes Oppong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from MacLeod.
Oppong is breathing heavily.
MacLeod lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacLeod lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from MacLeod.
MacLeod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oppong backwards.
MacLeod lands an uppercut.
MacLeod scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Oppong is rocked!
MacLeod has a couple of punches blocked by Oppong.
Oh Oppong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
MacLeod swings wildly with an uppercut but Oppong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oppong seems to have got his legs back now.
MacLeod throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, MacLeod creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from MacLeod.
MacLeod lands a right hand.
MacLeod scores with a shot to the side of Oppong's head.
MacLeod misses with the head strike.
MacLeod dips a shoulder and cracks Oppong with a mighty uppercut! Oppong falls back against the cage and MacLeod unloads with a barrage of strikes! Oppong is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - MacLeod screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Connor MacLeod! Connor MacLeod retains his lightweight title!
Connor MacLeod bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.