PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harri Faithful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Conte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Faithful
vs
Conte

186 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harri Faithful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Conte!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faithful uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conte.
Faithful moves away from the strike by Conte.
Faithful fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Conte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Conte misses.
Conte throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Faithful shoots in but Conte avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Conte swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Faithful.
Faithful shoots in and drives through. Conte sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harri Faithful. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faithful moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Conte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Faithful tries to clinch there but Conte circles away.
Faithful wants to clinch up but Conte keeps it at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Conte.
A big left from Conte misses.
Faithful wants to clinch up but Conte keeps it at a distance.
Conte misses with a looping left.
A cross from Conte lands.
Faithful tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Conte as Faithful shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte lands a slapping body shot.
Faithful is breathing heavily.

Conte drops Faithful with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Faithful looks back up at him and smiles so Conte waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Conte misses the jab.
Conte's corner calls for a 1-2. Conte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Faithful is rocked!
Conte 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.
Conte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Faithful is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Faithful moves out of range as Conte strikes.
Conte keeps the fight on the outside.
Faithful fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faithful uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conte.
Faithful seems to have got his legs back now.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Faithful. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Conte rushes Faithful with punches - Faithful moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Faithful goes down! Conte follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Conte!