PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Conan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palhares comes to the cage accompanied by Awaken (Mustakrakish). Ronaldo Palhares could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Walter Conan's chin.

Palhares
vs
Conan

185 cm
26
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Conan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares closes the distance but Conan moves to the side
and Conan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Ronaldo Palhares has been cut.
Palhares has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Palhares throws the left hand but Conan avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Conan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Palhares misses the jab.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. Palhares moves away and avoids it.
Palhares ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Conan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A decent looking cross lands there for Conan.

Conan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Palhares's guard.

Palhares is looking for a triangle but Conan pushes his legs off easily.

Palhares is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Conan defends well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palhares trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palhares looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Palhares looking for a guillotine here but Conan defends easily.
Palhares is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Conan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Conan wanted to stand there but Palhares had control of the position.

Palhares looking for a guillotine here but Conan defends easily.
Conan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Palhares's guard.

Palhares escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Conan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Palhares has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Conan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Palhares is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Conan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Palhares. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Conan gets to his feet. Palhares looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ronaldo Palhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Palhares moves into range and clinches up with Conan.

Conan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Palhares is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palhares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Conan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Palhares makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Palhares.

Conan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Palhares has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Conan has managed to get both his arms back between Palhares's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Conan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Palhares had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Conan defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Palhares has a closed guard, preventing Conan from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Walter Conan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronaldo Palhares's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Palhares needs to keep his hands up - Conan had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Palhares is defended easily by Conan.
A little jabbing left from Conan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Conan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Palhares looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan prevents Palhares from improving his position.
Conan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares regains full guard. Nicely done.
Conan wants to get up but he can't break Palhares's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Conan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Palhares is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Palhares lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Conan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Palhares is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Conan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Conan is controlling Palhares's posture.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Conan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares advances position into side control!

Palhares tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Palhares has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Conan is trying to control Palhares's posture but Palhares avoids it.

Palhares thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Palhares is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Conan has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Palhares is looking to take a break and control but Conan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Palhares is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Conan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sloppy strikes there by Palhares.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Conan is not content to let Palhares control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ronaldo Palhares will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronaldo Palhares's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Palhares is just out of range.
Palhares shoots in but no luck this time.
A little jabbing left from Conan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Conan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Palhares.

Conan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Palhares regains half guard.
It looks like Conan is going to stand back up.

Palhares looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares wants to improve his position but Conan is controlling well.
Conan wants to stand up but Palhares is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palhares has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Conan escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Conan!
Palhares is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Conan looks to get to his feet but Palhares has hold of an arm. He's persisting with trying to stand up and Palhares certainly isn't letting go of the arm! Palhares seems to be the aggressor now - he's rolled into the armbar and extended it - Conan is clearly in a lot of pain. He's tapping! He's tapping! What an ending! One minute you're in a dominant position, the next you've got a notch in the loss column - that's why we all love this sport!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ronaldo Palhares!
Ronaldo Palhares seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Walter Conan had this to say: 'If you never lose in you career you never fought against the right opponents.'.