PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tam Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Conti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conti has chosen Shake Ya Tailfeather as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Conway
vs
Conti

180 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

174 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

GETSWOLE

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tam Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Conti!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conti throws a right and a left that Conway avoids nicely.
Conway throws a right hand that Conti ducks under and follows up with a left that Conti also avoids with ease.
Conti throws a series of punches but Conway avoids them all with ease.
Conti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Conway cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conway checks the leg kick.
Conti throws a hook to the side of Conway's head but Conway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conti is looking to score with low kicks.
Conti swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Conway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conway moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Conti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conway works Conti's body with a nice hook.
Conti tried to score with a low kick but Conway checks it.
Conti misses with a body shot.
Conti tries to bum rush Conway with a series of wild strikes but Conway uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway checks the leg kick.
Conti looks to score with a jab to the body but Conway is just out of range.
Conti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Conti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Conti misses with a double jab.
Conti misses with a two punch combination.
Conway fails to land with a series of punches.
Conti dodges the punch combination from Conway.
Conti misses with a wild combination.
Conti throws a series of punches but Conway avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conti throws a series of punches but Conway avoids them all with ease.
Conway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conti.
Conti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conway.
Conti misses with the combination.
Thiago Conti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Conway thuds a left hand into Conti's body.
Conway darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Conway misses with a double jab.
Conti scores with the left hand. Conway knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conti looks to land a combination but Conway avoids it well.
Conway misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Conway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conway misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Conti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conway counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Conway misses with a few strikes there.
Conti misses with a series of wild punches.
Conway scores with a hook to the body. Conti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Conway feints a jab promting Conti to slip. Conway then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Conti slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Conway works over Conti's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Conti misses with a combination
and Conway counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Conti thinking.
Conti looks winded!
Conti throws a series of punches but Conway avoids them all with ease.
Conway needs to keep his hands up - Conti had a free shot at his head there.
Good shot there by Conway.
Conti is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Conway rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conti dodges the punch combination from Conway.
Conway lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Conway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Conti 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.

Conti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Conway throws a series of strikes that have Conti backpedaling.
Conti thows a leg kick but Conway checks it
and Conway counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Conti misses with a combination
and Conway counters with a two punch combo.
Conti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Conti looks to land a combination but Conway avoids it well.
Conti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conway connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Conti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conway is able to avoid easily.
Conti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Conway counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Conti looks to score with a jab to the body but Conway is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Conti eats them both and turns towards Conway to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Conti misses with a double jab.
Conti is breathing heavily.
Conti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Conti throws a right hand that misses
and Conway counters with a series of strikes. Conti will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thiago Conti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conti throws a sloppy body shot

and Conway counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Conti is looking to escape.
Conway looks to land a strike but Conti avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conway wants to stand but Conti is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conti wants to stand up but Conway is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Conway is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Conway wants to control from the top but Conti keeps moving.
Conway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Conway throwing strikes but missing.
Conway throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Conway connects with a couple of short punches.
Conway trying to control the position from guard on top but Conti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Conway throwing strikes but missing.
Conti keeping moving, preventing Conway from controlling successfully.
Conway throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Conway has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Conway trying to control but Conti is working from the bottom.
Conti trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway trying to control the position from guard on top but Conti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Conway won't allow Conti to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tam Conway wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Conway swinging wildly here.
Conway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conti.
Conti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Conway counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conti is trying to keep Conway in close.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Conti can do anything to dispel that myth.
Conti 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tam Conway dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Conway defending well as Conti loads up on a big left hand.
Conway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conti misses with a combination

and Conway holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Conti manages to break the clinch.
Conti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch combination from Conti misses.
Conti misses with a double jab
and Conway counters with a two punch combo.
Conti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Conway counters with a nice body shot.
Conti walks into a straight right hand from Conway.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conway.
Conti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Conti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Conti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch combination from Conti misses.
Conti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Conway catches Conti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Conti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Conway counter with a right hand.
Conti misses with the combination.
A shot to the liver by Conway. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway lands a right hook to the body.
Conway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conti.
Conway moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Conti misses with a lunging right hand
and Conway counters with a stiff right hand.
Conti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Conway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conway throws a one two combo.
Conway looks to land a combination but Conti avoids it well.
Conway misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conway lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Conti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Conway backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conti throws a right and a left that Conway avoids nicely.
Conway misses with a few strikes there.
Conti misses with a lunging right hand
and Conway counters with a two punch combo.
Conway lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Conway is working the combinations to good effect here.
Conti misses with a wild combination.
Conway connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Conway lands with a hook. Conti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Conway lands a nice hook to Conti's body. Conti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Conway slips a jab and a cross from Conti.
Conti thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conti throws a body kick that misses.
Conway bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Conti's head.
Conti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab, jab by Conway - just one landing.
Conti throws a sloppy body shot
and Conway counters with a series of strikes. Conti will be more careful next time no doubt.
Conti throws a right hand that misses
and Conway counters with a right hand to the body.
Conway throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conti takes a jab right on the kisser.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conway connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Conti's hands.
Tam Conway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conti throws a lazy uppercut
and Conway counters with a stiff right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tam Conway showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conway 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tam Conway!