PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and carl conditt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bisping
vs
conditt

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

157 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 London, Tyler Bisping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, carl conditt!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
conditt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bisping fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bisping stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from conditt.
Bisping shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with conditt but conditt pushes him off and we're back to square one.

conditt closes the distance and pushes Bisping back into the cage.

conditt has hold of one of Bisping's legs. Bisping is fighting the takedown attempt but conditt gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

conditt gets to his feet. Bisping looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

conditt closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bisping tries to roll over but conditt keeps him under control.
Bisping makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bisping.
Bisping wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
conditt distracts Bisping with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
conditt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bisping swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bisping looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
conditt slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Let's hope that conditt 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.
conditt wants to pass the guard but Bisping is keeping the position.

conditt gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bisping with a poor takedown

and conditt counters with a shoot takedown. Bisping fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Bisping. That's going to take a lot out of him.

conditt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bisping is breathing heavily.
Bisping being controlled here, momentarily.
Bisping is trying to keep conditt in close.
conditt is pushing down on Bisping's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bisping is fighting to maintain full guard but conditt has managed to sneak the leg through.
conditt moves into full mount! Bisping won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

conditt stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Bisping tries to keep at a distance but conditt has taken the fight into the clinch.

conditt has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bisping uses from the top position.
conditt managing to control the position.
conditt looking for a sweep. Not yet conditt, not yet.
conditt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bisping's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
conditt advances to half guard.
Bisping has hold of conditt's hands but conditt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bisping keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
conditt is figuring out what he wants to do next.
I looks like conditt might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

conditt is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
conditt prevents Bisping from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carl conditt 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.

Bisping with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bisping tries to clinch but conditt moves away

and conditt counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bisping keeping full guard, as conditt tries to pass.
conditt controlling from the top position.
conditt's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bisping avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
conditt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bisping trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
conditt with a flurry of punches that miss.
conditt pushing down on Bisping's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
conditt tries to pass to full mount but Bisping defends it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bisping is staying active underneath conditt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Well, if conditt is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
conditt working Bisping over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
conditt controlling the action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by carl conditt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bisping!

Bisping gets caught flat footed, as conditt shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
conditt tries to free his leg and advance position but Bisping is retaining full guard.

Bisping is working an open guard so conditt takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bisping looks to clinch

and conditt counters with a nice double leg into guard.
carl conditt has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
conditt slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping tries to roll over but conditt keeps him under control.
conditt slows the pace down in half guard.
Bisping is trying to stand.
conditt is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
conditt works his way into full mount!
conditt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carl conditt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

conditt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bisping did well to prevent conditt getting side control.
Bisping is looking for a sweep. conditt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

conditt seems to be looking for submissions.
conditt wants to pass to mount but Bisping is defending the position.
conditt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
conditt perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
conditt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bisping is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

conditt wants to work for an arm triangle but Bisping is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bisping wants to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A head kick misses from conditt.
Bisping shoots and misses

and conditt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
conditt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bisping has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. conditt is working away from the top position though.
Bisping is trying to defend against the ground and pound but conditt scores with a couple of nice shots.
conditt trying to control the pace.
Bisping is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
conditt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
conditt controlling the action here.

conditt is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
conditt tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bisping knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
conditt prevents Bisping from improving his position.
Bisping pushes conditt off looking to stand but conditt dives back in and keeps control.
conditt frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
conditt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bisping really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
conditt looking to finish Bisping with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bisping!
conditt landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bisping tries to hold on but conditt postures up.
conditt controlling the position easily from mount.
conditt landing strikes from the mount and Bisping is in trouble!

And that's the end of the fight!
carl conditt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well conditt 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... carl conditt!