PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dinga Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnica Conor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ling might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wuhanhua. Dinga Ling has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ling
vs
Conor

175 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

174 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dinga Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donnica Conor!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ling fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conor keeps the fight on the outside.
Conor keeps the fight on the outside.
Ling wants to clinch.
Conor throws a low kick but Ling avoids it.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ling tries to clinch up.
Conor keeps the fight on the outside.
Ling tries to clinch but Conor is having none of it.
A nice combination there by Ling.
Ling tries to clinch but Conor is having none of it.
Ling tries to clinch there but Conor circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ling fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ling checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dinga Ling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ling tries to clinch up.
Conor swats away the attempt to clinch by Ling.
Conor circles away from the clinch attempt.

Conor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Conor showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor stops Ling from getting back to his feet.

Conor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ling is in trouble now - Conor has advanced to mount!
Conor controlling the pace for now.
I looks like Conor 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Conor's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Conor jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ling manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ling is trying to control Conor's posture but Conor avoids it.
Conor wants to control but Ling is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conor decides to stand back up. Conor steps back and let's Ling get back to his feet.
Conor keeps the fight on the outside.
Ling wants to clinch.

Conor darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ling is breathing heavily.
Ling is trying to maintain the position but Conor is very close to passing his half guard.
Ling is trying to stand.
Conor prevents Ling from improving his position.
Conor with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Ling is defending against the submission attempts here by Conor.
Conor tries to pass to full mount but Ling defends it.
Conor keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Conor swats away the attempt to clinch by Ling.
A combination from Ling does no damage.
Conor throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnica Conor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Conor waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ling.
Ling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ling scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ling moves in looking to clinch but Conor pushes him off.
Conor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ling doesn't manage to clinch there - Conor circles away.
Ling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conor.
Ling tries to clinch but Conor moves out of range.
Dinga Ling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ling tries to clinch up.
Ling fails in his attempt to clinch.
Conor tries to clinch there but Ling circles away.
Ling tries to clinch up
and Conor counters with a head kick. That will keep Ling thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A bone on bone clash there as Ling blocks the leg kick.
Conor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ling tries to clinch up

and Conor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ling looking to hit a scissor sweep but Conor is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Conor stands up and waves to Ling to follow him.

Conor closes the distance and clinches.
Ling scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ling.
Ling scores with a knee to the head.
Ling scores a nice knee to the body.
Ling misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conor.
Conor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ling looking to slow down the pace here.
Ling lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Conor stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conor.
Ling lands a knee to the head.
Ling using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ling is trying to stall.
Ling tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Conor gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ling regains guard.
Conor controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Conor wants to control from the top but Ling keeps moving.
Conor is looking to work some ground and pound but Ling has wrist control.
Conor is in close to Ling's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Conor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ling is keeping the position for now.
Conor looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Conor is looking to work some ground and pound but Ling has wrist control.
Conor sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Donnica Conor just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ling closes the distance but Conor moves to the side

and Conor counters with a single leg into guard. Ling didn't expect that.
Conor scoring with some ground and pound.
Conor trying to control the position from guard on top but Ling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ling is on top in guard.
Ling has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Conor is proving hard to escape from.
Ling stopping the sweep attempt from Conor.
Ling wants to stand but Conor is controlling his posture from full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ling wants to control from the top but Conor keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnica Conor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ling tries to clinch

and Conor counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ling has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Conor is working away from the top position though.
Ling keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Conor content to control rather than advance.
Ling regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Conor.
Ling working a defensive guard here.
Conor showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ling keeping moving, preventing Conor from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ling looking to control.
Conor tries to free his leg and advance position but Ling is retaining full guard.
Ling keeping moving, preventing Conor from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ling closes the distance looking to clinch
and Conor makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ling tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Conor counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Conor tries to free his leg and advance position but Ling is retaining full guard.
Dinga Ling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Let's hope that Conor 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.
Ling has a closed guard, preventing Conor from standing up.
Conor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ling is keeping the position for now.
Conor throws and elbow that misses. Ling uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Conor's guard. Nice move by Ling!
Ling is looking to work some ground and pound but Conor has wrist control.
Conor managing to control the position.
Ling wanted to stand there but Conor had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling wants to control from the top but Conor keeps moving.
Conor wants to sweep here but Ling controlling him for the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ling tries to clinch but Conor moves away

and Conor counters with a shoot takedown. Ling fights it but they end up in guard.

Ling throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Conor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ling swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Conor stands and throws Ling's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ling struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Conor decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ling to his feet.
Ling wants to land a leg kick but Conor is out of range.
Ling moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ling closes the distance looking to clinch

and Conor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Donnica Conor has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ling is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Conor is controlling him.
Conor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Conor passes Ling's left leg - he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Conor lands with a punch from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donnica Conor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Conor winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnica Conor!