PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kook Connor (ranked 3291 p4p, 2545 weight class) and Zahir Harden (ranked 417 p4p, 333 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Connor
vs
Harden

180 cm
25
182
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
180
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Brawler
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kook Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zahir Harden!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Connor.

Connor closes the distance and clinches.
Connor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Connor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Connor scores with a hook to the body.
Connor is trying to stall.
Harden is working for takedown but Connor is calmly controlling the position for now.
Connor is looking to control Harden's arms but Harden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Connor has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harden throws an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Connor.
Connor struggles to land a body shot inside as Harden controls his hands.

Harden manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Connor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Harden closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Connor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harden slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden wants to stand but Connor has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Harden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Connor tries to kick Harden off but Harden keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Harden performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Harden wants to work for an arm triangle but Connor is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harden not doing much here.
Harden prevents Connor from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harden lands a nice short elbow.
Harden wants to stand but Connor has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Harden looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Connor is trying to maintain the position but Harden is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harden in particular looking to stall.
Connor tries to kick Harden off but Harden keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Connor is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connor is working hard here to advance position.
Harden scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Connor wants to improve his position but Harden is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Harden seems content to control.
Harden looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Connor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Connor has hold of Harden's hands but Harden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Connor is trying to get back to full guard.
Harden working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harden is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harden trying to control the pace.
Connor pushes Harden off looking to stand but Harden dives back in and keeps control.
Connor is trying to control but can't.
Harden slows the pace down in half guard.

Connor is trying to control Harden's posture. Harden takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Connor! Harden is rotating here... this could be the end... Connor is out! Harden has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Zahir Harden!