PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Echlin O Conarain (ranked 4487 p4p, 4601 weight class) and Wolfgang Pauli (ranked 532 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

O Conarain
vs
Pauli

182 cm
25
202
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
192
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Echlin O Conarain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wolfgang Pauli!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Conarain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
O Conarain scores with a nice strike.

O Conarain has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
O Conarain works on Pauli's body with a couple of short punches.
O Conarain scores with a nice hook to the head.

Pauli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
O Conarain shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pauli eats them both and turns towards O Conarain to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
O Conarain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Conarain scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pauli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Pauli misses the target.
Pauli misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from O Conarain.
Nice uppercut there from O Conarain.
Good shot there by O Conarain.
O Conarain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pauli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pauli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pauli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Conarain lands a right hook to the body.
O Conarain throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters circling - Pauli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Conarain connects with a body shot that sends Pauli's belly button to the back.
O Conarain lands a slapping body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for O Conarain. That snapped Pauli's head back.
O Conarain connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pauli momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pauli looks to land a right hand but O Conarain moved out of range.
Pauli misses with a hook. O Conarain ducked under it nicely.
It looked like O Conarain wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
O Conarain cracks a nice hook into Pauli's ribs.
Pauli looks to throw the jab but O Conarain is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Conarain punishes Pauli's body with a nice straight punch.
O Conarain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pauli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O Conarain dips to his left and cracks Pauli with an uppercut!
A cross from O Conarain lands.
Jab, jab by O Conarain - just one landing.
O Conarain is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pauli misses with a body punch
and O Conarain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pauli throws a hook but O Conarain blocks it.
O Conarain lands the left hand.
O Conarain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
O Conarain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
O Conarain jabs Pauli right on the nose. Pauli blinks but takes it well.
O Conarain uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
O Conarain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pauli moves away.
O Conarain digs a good body shot into Pauli's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Conarain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
O Conarain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pauli.
Nice jab there from O Conarain.
O Conarain staying out of range there.
O Conarain scores with a decent looking hook.

O Conarain has managed to clinch.
O Conarain blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Pauli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Conarain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pauli takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A big left from Pauli misses.
O Conarain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pauli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pauli takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A cross from O Conarain lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Conarain lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
O Conarain looks to clinch
and Pauli counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Echlin O Conarain has been cut.
O Conarain slips under a jab.
O Conarain cracks Pauli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the liver by O Conarain. Beautiful body shot.
Pauli sizes up O Conarain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pauli lands a lovely overhand right.

O Conarain is rocked!
Pauli misses with a left hand
and O Conarain counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Oh O Conarain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A lazy left from O Conarain finds it's target.
Pauli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting O Conarain counter with a right hand.
O Conarain seems to have got his legs back now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Conarain connects with a body shot.
O Conarain staying out of range there.
Pauli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Conarain.
Jab, jab by O Conarain - just one landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Echlin O Conarain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Echlin O Conarain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pauli scores with a jab to the body.
Pauli looks to land a right hand but O Conarain moved out of range.
O Conarain scores with a jab to the head.
Pauli takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Pauli.
O Conarain lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pauli at a distance.
Pauli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pauli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Conarain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Conarain stalks Pauli and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pauli's face. Pauli staggers backwards, shaken.
Pauli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Conarain bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pauli's head backwards.
O Conarain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pauli was well out of range. Poor timing from O Conarain.
O Conarain digs a good body shot into Pauli's ribs.
O Conarain lands with a right hand.
Echlin O Conarain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pauli gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pauli misses with a looping right.
O Conarain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pauli throws out the jab.
O Conarain swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
O Conarain with a hook.
O Conarain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pauli was well out of range. Poor timing from O Conarain.
O Conarain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Conarain staying out of range there.
Pauli is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pauli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Conarain, as that shot connected.
O Conarain's corner calls for a 1-2. O Conarain obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
O Conarain scores with the left hand. Pauli knows he should have avoided that one.
O Conarain connects with the punch.
Pauli throws a hook but O Conarain avoids it easily.
O Conarain lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pauli loads up on a big right hand but O Conarain slips the punch.
Pauli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
O Conarain throws out a loose jab but Pauli uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Conarain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pauli can do to turn this around?
Pauli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and O Conarain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pauli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pauli lands a glancing blow to the side of O Conarain's head.
Pauli misses with a hook
and O Conarain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pauli throws a shot to the body.
O Conarain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for Pauli.
Pauli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Conarain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pauli defending well as O Conarain loads up on a big left hand.
O Conarain fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pauli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pauli swings for the body but O Conarain moves out of range.
O Conarain tries to clinch but Pauli is having none of it.
O Conarain digs a good body shot into Pauli's ribs.
Pauli swings widly with a right hand
and O Conarain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Conarain lands with a straight right. Pauli didn't see that one coming.
O Conarain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
O Conarain fails to land with a series of punches.
Pauli misses with a wild body shot.
O Conarain misses with a right hand
and Pauli counters with a nice body shot.

Pauli lands a big uppercut and O Conarain crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but O Conarain looks OK. Pauli waves O Conarain back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Conarain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pauli moves away.
Pauli misses with a body shot
and O Conarain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pauli throws the left hand but O Conarain avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from O Conarain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Conarain wants to clinch.
O Conarain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pauli throws a poor cross that misses
and O Conarain makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pauli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Conarain.
O Conarain looks to score with a jab to the body but Pauli is just out of range.
Pauli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Conarain misses with a body shot
and Pauli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Echlin O Conarain's cut is getting worse.
Pauli moves away from the strike by O Conarain.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Pauli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pauli lands with a big left! O Conarain is wobbled badly! Pauli comes in with a flurry of punches and drops O Conarain to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wolfgang Pauli!
Wolfgang Pauli seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.