PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conway
vs
Perry

177 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 16 - 0

180 cm
25
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Perry!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Conway with that takedown attempt.
Perry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conway.

Perry clinches with his opponent.

Conway manages to break the clinch.

Conway gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Perry to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Conway is breathing heavily.
Conway wants to get back to his feet but Perry passes into half guard.
Perry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Perry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Conway defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Conway defending well though.
Conway regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Perry.
Perry slips nicely into half guard.
Ground and pound from Perry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Perry working Conway over with strikes.
Perry lands with a punch from half guard.
Perry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Perry uses his free foot to push down on Conway's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Conway.
Conway tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Conway is bucking up trying to escape but Perry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Perry breaks from Conway's wrist control and lands an elbow.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Perry looking to secure an arm triangle but Conway defends it well.
Perry with shots to the head and body - Conway looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Conway can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Perry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Perry landing strikes from the mount and Conway is in trouble!
Perry scoring with strikes but Conway is staying in there.
Perry with good strikes from the mount here!
Perry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Perry landing strikes from the mount.
Perry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Perry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Perry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Conway hang on?
Perry landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Perry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Conway wants to hold on but Perry pushes him away.
Perry dominating with strikes here.

Perry looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Perry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Perry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Conway's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Perry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Perry throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Conway was covering up waiting for the punch and Perry finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Perry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Conway working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Perry.
Perry stands up over Conway, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Perry works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nice strikes from Perry there.
Conway is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Perry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Perry prevents Conway from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry 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.
Sean Perry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perry is nestled in close to Conway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Perry works his foot free and advances to mount.
Conway tries to lock up and control but Perry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Perry is landing with some decent strikes but Conway is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Conway is bucking up trying to escape but Perry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Perry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Conway hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry with shots to the head and body - Conway looks very uncomfortable down there.
Perry with a couple of short strikes.
Conway taking shots to the head.
Conway can't escape the position.
Perry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Conway in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Perry lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Conway that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Perry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Conway that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Perry prevents Conway from getting the reversal.
Perry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Perry working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Conway regains half guard.

Perry is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Conway doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Perry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Conway reverses the position - he's now on top in Perry's guard.
Perry is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Perry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Perry throws a series of punches but Conway moves out of range.
Perry throws a head kick but Conway moves out of range.
Perry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conway.
Conway fails to land with a series of punches.
Perry scores with a spinning back kick!
Sean Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Perry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Perry working over Conway with some ground and pound. Conway looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Perry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conway taking some punishment here, with Perry in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Perry.
Perry wants to pass the guard but Conway is defending well.
Perry winds up and cracks Conway with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Conway wants to get back to his feet.
Perry working the head and body with strikes.
Perry working over Conway with some ground and pound. Conway looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Perry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

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.
Perry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Perry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Perry working Conway over with strikes.
Perry is pressing down on Conway's thigh, looking to free his foot. Conway is holding on for now.
Perry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perry wants to free his trapped foot but Conway is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Conway avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Perry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Perry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Perry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Conway looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Conway on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

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.
Perry lands strikes from half guard.

Perry is looking for a kimura here.
Perry trying to mount his opponent but Conway defends it.
Jimmy Conway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Perry is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Conway with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Perry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Perry 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Perry!