PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Deven King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Conners (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, monster. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Conners

172 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Deven King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Conners!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conners gets a clinch.

Conners gets control of King's arms and successfully pulls guard. Conners will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Conners has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Conners looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Conners controlling King's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Conners fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Conners, pushing him back against the cage.
Conners is looking for a takedown up against the cage. King gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Conners escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Conners or perhaps it was just good defense by King which made him look bad.
Deven King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Conners.

King moves into the clinch.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Conners looks for a takedown but King sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King gets caught napping as Conners dives in and scores a takedown. King manages to retain guard.
Conners stands and throws King's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Conners slows the pace down.
Conners working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Conners tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Conners has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conners in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Conners has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for King!
Conners landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
King is bucking up trying to escape but Conners cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conners controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Conners dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

King tries to keep at a distance but Conners has taken the fight into the clinch.
Conners is trying to work for a single leg takedown but King pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King stops a takedown attempt from Conners.
Conners fails to pull guard.
Deven King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Conners.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conners jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as King walks away with a smile on his face. Conners gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

King has closed the distance and engaged Conners in a clinch.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Conners displaying some good clinch control by pressing King up against the cage.

Conners wants the takedown. King is fighting it off but Conners persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in King's guard against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conners engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Conners's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Let's hope that Conners has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brian Conners wasn't active enough on the ground.
Conners throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around King's waist but King gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Conners off to one side.
Conners fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

King rushes Conners and presses him up against the cage.
Conners keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King wants to break free but Conners has control.
King prevents a takedown attempt there.

Conners successfully pulls guard.
Conners pulls King in to control the position.
Conners will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Conners has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Conners is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Conners showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Conners shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Conners closes the distance and clinches.
Conners keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conners stalling.
King can't break the clinch.
King is trying to break the clinch but Conners has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conners tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Conners back against the cage.

Conners jumps into guard, dragging King to the mat.
Conners 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.
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Conners on the ground.
Conners seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Deven King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Conners instigates a clinch.
King is trying to break the clinch but Conners is controlling him.

Conners pulls King into guard.
Conners looking for a sweep. Not yet Conners, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conners wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Conners bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in King's guard.
Conners sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Brian Conners.

Conners drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
Brian Conners is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Conners comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Conners has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Josh West scores the fight for Brian Conners!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Brian Conners!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Brian Conners!

Brian Conners wins by unanimous decision!