PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor comes to the ring accompanied by Parkway Drive - Feed them to the pigs. Harry Rutten is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

O Connor
vs
Rutten

188 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jia O Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Connor throws a body punch but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Connor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rutten's knee momentarily.
O Connor misses with a lunging right hand
letting Rutten counter with a right hand.
Jia O Connor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Connor thuds a left hand into Rutten's body.
A punch combination from O Connor misses.
O Connor dips to his left and cracks Rutten with an uppercut!

It looks like Harry Rutten has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

O Connor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. O Connor showed some decent athleticism there.
O Connor wants to pass the guard but Rutten is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Connor trying to control from half guard but Rutten is working away.

O Connor is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

O Connor is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
O Connor is keen to just control but Rutten is a slippery customer.
O Connor is really struggling to control Rutten but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rutten avoiding damage under a succession of punches from O Connor.
O Connor prevents Rutten from standing back up.
O Connor is trying to control. Rutten wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rutten tries to get to full guard but O Connor has control of the leg.

O Connor has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Rutten defend it? O Connor steps over the head and cranks it - Rutten is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for O Connor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jia O Connor!
Jia O Connor seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.