PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ana Conda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arga Buarga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Conda
vs
Buarga

181 cm
23
163 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

185 cm
28
164 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ana Conda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arga Buarga!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buarga misses with a straight left.
Buarga is looking to clinch.
Buarga takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Conda throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Conda throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Conda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Conda lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Conda.
Conda has a couple of punches blocked by Buarga.
Conda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buarga lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Conda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Conda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Buarga dodges an elbow strike from Conda.
Conda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buarga tries to pull guard but Conda holds him up against the cage and eventually Buarga drops back down to his feet.

Buarga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Conda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buarga misses the shot to the body.
Buarga takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Buarga cracks Conda with a good jab.
Buarga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buarga connects with a crisp jab.
Buarga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conda blocks a jab.
Buarga throws a big shot that misses.
Buarga tries to clinch up but Conda circles away and keeps his distance.
Arga Buarga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conda lands a jab to the head.
Conda lands with a straight right. Buarga didn't see that one coming.
Conda lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conda cracks Buarga with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Buarga tries to bum rush Conda with a series of wild strikes but Conda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buarga takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buarga on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conda lands a nice shot that snaps Buarga's head back.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Buarga tries to clinch but Conda is having none of it.
Conda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buarga.
Conda tests Buarga's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conda lands with a kick to the ribs.
Buarga misses with a straight left.
Buarga shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Conda counters with a right hand to the body.
Conda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Conda - that will leave a mark!
Buarga looks gassed!
Conda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Conda connects with a good right hand that stumbles Buarga. Buarga circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conda lands with an overhand left.
Conda fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Buarga misses the target.
Conda lands a nice looking body shot.
Conda lands with a kick to the ribs.
Conda is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Conda drives through and clinches with Buarga against the cage.
Buarga tries to throw a body punch but Conda avoids it by throwing Buarga back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Conda.
Conda misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Conda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buarga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Buarga misses with some punches.

Buarga ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Buarga no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Conda sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Conda wants to control from the top but Buarga keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Buarga is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conda is trying to keep Buarga in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Conda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buarga is one step ahead there.

Conda looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Conda is looking for a triangle here but Buarga uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buarga creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Conda sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ana Conda dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Conda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buarga.
Conda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buarga.
A slapping leg kick lands for Conda.
Ana Conda is winning the standup battle so far.
Conda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buarga.
Buarga misses with an uppercut
and Conda counters with a right hand to the body.
Conda slips under a jab.
Buarga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conda.
Conda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buarga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Conda lands with a shot to the body.
Conda connects with a single shot there.
Conda moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Conda tests Buarga's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Conda drives through with a takedown into guard.
Conda trying to control the position from guard on top but Buarga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Buarga looking to hit a scissor sweep but Conda is one step ahead there.
Conda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conda with a nice head shot there.
Conda trying to control but Buarga is working from the bottom.
Buarga looking for a sweep. Not yet Buarga, not yet.
Conda working some strikes from top position.
Conda trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Buarga keeping moving, preventing Conda from controlling successfully.
Buarga wants to sweep here but Conda controlling him for the moment.
Buarga is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conda trying to control here.
Conda is pressing down on Buarga's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Buarga stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Conda swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Conda has an active guard here but Buarga has managed to pass into half guard.
Ana Conda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Conda slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conda wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Buarga avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Buarga pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Conda is keeping the position for now.
Conda striking off his back but it's not causing Buarga any problems.
Buarga is looking to advance position but Conda has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Conda dominating with strikes here.
Conda dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conda controlling the pace for now.

Conda goes for an armbar but Buarga turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Buarga.

Conda looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Conda isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Buarga stacks Conda on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Buarga!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conda tries to buck Buarga off but Buarga is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ana Conda dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Buarga throws the left hand but Conda avoids the punch easily.
Conda moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Buarga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conda moves away.
Buarga tests Conda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Buarga just misses with a punch to the body.
Conda tries to bum rush Buarga with a series of wild strikes but Buarga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Conda - that will leave a mark!
Buarga just misses with a punch to the body.
Buarga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Conda darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Buarga misses with a body shot.
Buarga on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buarga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conda can pounce on him.
Conda swinging wildly here.
Buarga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conda.
Buarga has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Conda.
Conda closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buarga misses with a hook to the body

and Conda counters by moving into the clinch.
Conda scores with a shoulder strike.
Buarga tries to work over Conda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buarga tries a body shot but Conda blocks it.
Buarga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Buarga tries to pull guard but Conda holds him up against the cage and eventually Buarga drops back down to his feet.
Conda has Buarga pressed against the cage, preventing Buarga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buarga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conda's elbow.
Buarga prevents the takedown attempt.
Good body shot from Conda.
Buarga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Buarga is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Conda to keep the fight standing.
Conda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buarga backwards.
Conda scores with a shot to the side of Buarga's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conda.
Conda blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buarga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conda's elbow.
Conda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Conda on the inside.
Buarga jumps guard but Conda turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ana Conda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arga Buarga.
Buarga swings wildly with an uppercut but Conda uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conda.

Buarga pulls guard.
Conda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Conda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Buarga keeping moving, preventing Conda from controlling successfully.
Conda controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conda won't allow Buarga to sweep him here.
Conda postures up in Buarga's guard and throws a big left but Buarga blocks it.
Conda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Buarga works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Conda controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Conda is in close to Buarga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Conda controls from within his opponent's guard.
Buarga can't keep his opponent in guard - Conda advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Conda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Arga Buarga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conda wants to take a breather but Buarga is having none of it.
Conda controlling the action here.
Conda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Buarga keeps working.
Buarga tries to roll over but Conda keeps him under control.
Conda is trying to control the action in half guard but Buarga is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps 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.

We're going to have a standup here because Ana Conda wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Buarga shoots in and drives through. Conda sprawls well.
Ana Conda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buarga.
Conda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buarga.
Good shot there by Conda.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conda connects with a looping right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ana Conda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ana Conda!
A very excited looking Ana Conda made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.