PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Bambang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conrad kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rider Part II. Bambang comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Suicidal Tendencies - Nobody Hears kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Conrad
vs
Bambang

195 cm
33
218 lbs
21 - 13 - 1

177 cm
33
212 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arto Bambang!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bambang cracks Conrad with a good jab.
Bambang has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Conrad scores with a leg kick.

Bambang forces Conrad back against the cage and clinches.
Conrad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bambang struggles to land a body shot inside as Conrad controls his hands.
Bambang misses with the head strike.
Bambang trying to stall but Conrad improves his position.

Bambang drags the fight down to the ground.
Conrad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bambang keeping moving, preventing Conrad from controlling successfully.
Conrad advances to half guard.

Bambang looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bambang is looking for a sweep. Conrad is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bambang keeping control of the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bambang is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Conrad scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bambang looking for submissions off his back.
Bambang is looking to control Conrad's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bambang avoid being mounted?
Bambang tries to get to full guard but Conrad has control of the leg.
Conrad working over Bambang with some ground and pound. Bambang looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Conrad lands a nice short elbow.
Bambang is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Conrad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bambang preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Still in half guard, Conrad seems content to control.
Conrad trying to pass the guard but Bambang defending well.
Conrad thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bambang actively working from the bottom here.
Bambang is looking to control Conrad's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bambang avoid being mounted?
Conrad working the head and body with strikes.
Conrad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bambang manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Conrad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Conrad postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Conrad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bambang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Conrad.
Conrad postures up in Bambang's guard and throws a big left but Bambang blocks it.
Bambang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad distracts Bambang with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Conrad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Bambang has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Conrad is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Bambang.
Bambang is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Conrad landing a few strikes.
Conrad takes a little break here. Bambang wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Conrad will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Conrad scores with punches from side control.
Conrad tries to advance to mount but Bambang denies him.
Bambang is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bambang sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bambang moves into full guard.
Conrad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bambang's head.
Bambang wants to hit a switch here but Conrad passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bambang there!
Bambang takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bambang tries to reverse the position but Conrad maintains control.
Conrad pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bambang takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bambang is bucking up trying to escape but Conrad cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bambang is bucking up trying to escape but Conrad cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bambang slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bambang has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Conrad is working away from the top position though.
Conrad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice defenses there by Conrad.
Conrad lands a body shot.
Arto Bambang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conrad slaps away a takedown attempt from Bambang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bambang misses with a low kick as Conrad jumps back.
Bambang misses with a looping right.
Bambang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conrad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conrad swings for the body but Bambang moves out of range.
Conrad throws a big shot that misses.
Bambang checks a low kick from Conrad.
Bambang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bambang throws a series of punches but Conrad moves out of range.
Bambang shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bambang fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bambang misses with a left hand
and Conrad counters with a thumping low kick.
Bambang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bambang doesn't seem bothered though.
Bambang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conrad counters with a head kick. That will keep Bambang thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Conrad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bambang moves away.
Bambang is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bambang misses with a few strikes there.
Conrad misses with a leg kick.
Conrad scores with a shot to the body.
Conrad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bambang.
Conrad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bambang's sensitive parts.
Conrad lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conrad throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bambang's head.

It looks like Arto Bambang has been cut.
Conrad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conrad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bambang.
Bambang connects with a body shot.
Bambang throws a shot from downtown. Conrad moves away and avoids it.
Conrad staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad scores with a leg kick.
Bambang ducks right into an uppercut from Conrad.
Jack Conrad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bambang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bambang tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Conrad defends well and Bambang ends up having to push Conrad into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jack Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arto Bambang.
Conrad pushes Bambang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bambang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conrad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conrad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bambang.
Conrad lands a right hand.
Bambang takes a shot to the head.
Bambang fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Conrad.
Conrad blocks an uppercut.
Bambang tries to pull guard but Conrad forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad just leaning against Bambang, taking a breather.

Conrad gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bambang taking some punishment here, with Conrad in his half guard.
Conrad content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bambang has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Conrad is working away from the top position though.
Conrad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conrad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bambang is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Conrad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Conrad working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conrad seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Conrad is nestled in close to Bambang, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Conrad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Conrad has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad trying to control from half guard but Bambang is working away.
Bambang moves into full guard.
Conrad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bambang can do to turn this around?
Conrad cracks Bambang with a solid left hand.
Jack Conrad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bambang isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Conrad stacks Bambang 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 Conrad!
Conrad cracks Bambang with a big right hand but Bambang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Conrad's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Conrad lands an elbow.
Conrad lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bambang down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conrad trying to control the action but Bambang is working from the bottom.
Bambang is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Conrad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arto Bambang's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Bambang throws a shot from downtown. Conrad moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Bambang misses the target.
Bambang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Conrad at a distance.
Conrad throws a body punch but Bambang moves out of range.
Conrad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bambang.
Conrad throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bambang counters with a head kick.
Conrad is looking to wear down Bambang with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Conrad swings for the body but Bambang moves out of range.
Bambang takes one to the chin there.
Bambang thows a body shot but no joy.
Conrad lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Conrad.
Conrad misses with a series of wild punches.
Bambang looks to land a right hand but Conrad moved out of range.
Bambang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambang tries to clinch but Conrad is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Conrad. No joy for Bambang on that attempt.
Conrad slaps away a takedown attempt from Bambang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Conrad displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bambang.
Jack Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arto Bambang.
Bambang tries for a takedown but Conrad sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bambang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conrad misses with a low kick as Bambang jumps back.
Bambang misses with a hook.
Conrad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conrad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conrad connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Conrad is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Conrad looks for the body kick but Bambang saw that one coming.
Bambang tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Conrad defends well and Bambang ends up having to push Conrad into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Conrad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jack Conrad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad stalling in the clinch.
Bambang drops down looking for an ankle pick but Conrad pulls his leg out and moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bambang, as that shot connected.
Conrad misses with a low kick.
Conrad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conrad lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bambang misses with a straight left.
Arto Bambang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conrad lands a body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bambang crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Conrad - the referee stops the clock and Bambang gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Conrad. Bambang manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bambang misses with a looping right.
Bambang misses with a straight left.
Conrad slips a jab from Bambang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad staying out of range there.
Bambang misses with a right hand
and Conrad counters with a stiff right hand.
Bambang might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bambang tries to clinch up.
Jack Conrad is winning the standup battle so far.
Conrad scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Conrad jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bambang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bambang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Conrad changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Conrad lands a leg kick that knocks Bambang off balance momentarily.
Bambang throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Conrad lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bambang at a distance.
Conrad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Conrad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Conrad scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bambang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conrad lands a nice shot to the body.
Conrad throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bambang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conrad.
Bambang wants to clinch up but Conrad keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conrad. Bambang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conrad is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bambang steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Conrad. That one must have hurt.
Bambang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conrad counters with a straight right hand.
Conrad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bambang.
Bambang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conrad.
Conrad digs a good body shot into Bambang's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conrad on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conrad's corner calls for a 1-2. Conrad obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bambang misses with an uppercut. Conrad saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Conrad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conrad 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Conrad!
Our winner, Jack Conrad, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.