PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Furious George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lamb of God - Descending kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conrad
vs
George

172 cm
25
153 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucas Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Furious George!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conrad has his takedown stuffed
and George counters with a right hand to the body.
Conrad scores with a nice strike.
Conrad tries to close the distance and clinch up but George swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Conrad gets caught flat footed, as George shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
George throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
George landing with the ground and pound.
George is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
George lands a couple of decent looking shots.
George postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Conrad knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for George on the ground.
George is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Conrad trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conrad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst George is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

George drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Conrad dives on top into guard.
George doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Conrad won't allow George to sweep him here.

George looking for a guillotine here but Conrad defends easily.
George trying to control the position.
Conrad trying to stand up but can't free himself from George's guard.

George is looking for a triangle but Conrad pushes his legs off easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now George is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
George throwing strikes from guard but Conrad blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
George trying to control the position from guard on top but Conrad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
George has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
George is in close to Conrad's body, working some short punches and elbows.
George showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
George prevents Conrad from getting back to his feet.
George working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
George landing some decent shots from guard.
George sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
George chips away with some ground and pound.
George is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
George slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
George happy to just control the position for now.
George lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Conrad down.

George is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Conrad knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Conrad dodges the ground and pound from George.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad tries to improve position but can't.
George taking a breather here.
An elbow from George crashes against the mat.
Conrad is working to avoid the ground and pound but George connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
George lands an elbow.
Conrad is trying to get back to half guard.

George is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Conrad has escaped the position, nice work there.
George is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Conrad will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
George lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Conrad down.
George is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Conrad's shoulder. That is not cool.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furious George dominated that round.
That's time! Conrad's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

George circles away from the clinch attempt.
Conrad with a poor takedown

and George counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by George.
Conrad working a defensive guard here.
George throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Conrad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
George scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
George controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
George landing some decent shots from guard.
Conrad looking to control.
George slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
George's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
George missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
George postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
George trying to control the position from guard on top but Conrad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
George controlling from the top position.

Furious George has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
George fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
George pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
George lands a jab to the nose.
No joy there for Conrad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by George.

George is trying to get an arm triangle but Conrad is defending well.
Conrad struggling a bit here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conrad takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
George working the head and body with strikes.
George in side control lands a decent elbow.
George landing a few strikes.
George in side control, just content to control the action for now.
George lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
George working the ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on George's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

George tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
George is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
George lands an elbow.
George is working Conrad over with some ground and pound from side control.
Conrad struggling a bit here.
Conrad defending against the ground and pound.
Conrad on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
George creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
George happy to just control the position for now.
George is looking to take a break and control but Conrad is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Conrad is working to avoid the ground and pound but George connects with a decent elbow.
George scoring with punches and elbows.

George looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

George has an Americana. Conrad didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! George is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if George hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Furious George!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Furious George waved his t-shirt featuring Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent!'s logo in front of the cameras.