PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mcgregor Conor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Conor
vs
Leo

200 cm
23
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mcgregor Conor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Leo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Leo enables Conor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Leo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Conor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Conor forces his way into half guard.
Conor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Leo is looking to improve his position.
Conor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Conor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Leo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Leo is looking for a sweep. Conor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Conor seems to be working for a kimura but Leo defends the submission attempt.
Leo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Leo wants to improve his position but Conor is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Conor.
Conor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Leo wants to get back to full guard.
Conor 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.
Conor is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Leo avoids a series of strikes thrown by Conor.
Conor thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conor scoring with strikes but Leo is staying in there.
Leo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Conor misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Conor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leo is looking to escape.
Conor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Bobby Leo has been cut.
Conor looking to control but Leo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conor throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Leo blocking the ground and pound.
Leo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Conor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Conor throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Conor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Leo is looking to improve his position but Conor isn't that keen on the idea.
Conor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Leo really wants to buck Conor off and get back to his feet.

Conor is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Conor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mcgregor Conor!