PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Connolly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thee Greatest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thee Greatest has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Connolly
vs
Greatest

172 cm
22
176 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
166 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Connolly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thee Greatest!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greatest tries to clinch up but Connolly circles away and keeps his distance.

Connolly scores a takedown into full mount!
Greatest tries to hold on but Connolly postures up.
Greatest manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Connolly controlling the pace.
Greatest wants to control but Connolly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Greatest pushes Connolly off but Connolly dives into side control.

Connolly thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Greatest is trying to get back to his feet.
Greatest wants to control but Connolly postures up.
Greatest is trying to escape the position but Connolly is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greatest struggling a bit here.
Greatest is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Connolly's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Greatest struggling a bit here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Greatest wants to clinch.
Greatest tries to clinch up but Connolly circles away and keeps his distance.
Greatest misses with a head kick.
Greatest tries to clinch up.
Greatest tries to clinch there but Connolly circles away.

Connolly has managed to clinch.
Greatest fails to pull guard.
Greatest missing with knees to the body.
Greatest misses with some punches.
Greatest throws an elbow that misses.
Greatest wants to stall.
Connolly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Greatest throws an elbow but it misses.
Greatest is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Greatest misses with an elbow strike.
Greatest wants to stall.

Connolly drags the fight down to the ground.
Greatest trying to stand up but can't free himself from Connolly's guard.
Greatest looks gassed!
Connolly seems keen to control Greatest's posture.
Connolly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Greatest trying to control but Connolly is working from the bottom.

Connolly wriggles free and stands up.

Connolly drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Connolly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Connolly sitting in guard here, content to control.
Greatest is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connolly sitting in guard here, content to control.
Greatest keeping moving, preventing Connolly from controlling successfully.
Connolly stays in close to Greatest's body and controls the position.
Greatest is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Connolly is controlling him.
Connolly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Greatest is looking to stand up but Connolly isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Connolly shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Greatest's guard.
Greatest bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Connolly's guard.
Greatest trying to control but Connolly is working from the bottom.
Connolly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greatest clinches but Connolly breaks the clinch

and Connolly counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Connolly is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Greatest will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greatest is trying to get back to half guard.
Check out the look on Connolly's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Connolly decides to stand back up. Connolly steps back and let's Greatest get back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Greatest clinches.
Greatest can't break the clinch.
Greatest tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Greatest throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Connolly drags the fight down to the ground.
Greatest scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Connolly has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Greatest off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Greatest wants to clinch up but Connolly keeps it at a distance.
Greatest fails with an attempt to clinch.
Greatest stuffs the takedown.

Connolly looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Connolly shoots for a takedown but Greatest saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Connolly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Greatest wants to clinch up but Connolly keeps it at a distance.
Greatest is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Connolly drives through with a takedown into guard.
Connolly won't allow Greatest to get back to his feet.
Patrick Connolly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Greatest looking to control.

Greatest is working an open guard so Connolly takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Connolly shoots in and drives through. Greatest sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Connolly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Greatest tries to close the distance and clinch but Connolly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Connolly scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Connolly controlling the action here.
Connolly's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Connolly escapes and gets back to his feet.
Connolly pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Greatest tries to keep at a distance but Connolly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Greatest fails to pull guard.

Connolly jumps into guard, dragging Greatest to the mat.
Connolly looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Connolly wants to sweep but no luck.
Greatest wants to control from the top but Connolly keeps moving.
Connolly is pulling down on Greatest's head. It's preventing any offense from Greatest, at least for the moment.

Connolly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Connolly is pulling down on Greatest's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greatest trying to control the position from guard on top but Connolly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Greatest avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Greatest wants to control from the top but Connolly keeps moving.
Greatest tries to stand but Connolly is controlling from the bottom.

Connolly is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Greatest rolls with it to try and escape but Connolly cranks on the arm and Greatest is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Patrick Connolly!