PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaspar Cono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crown Royal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cono kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sword of the Witcher. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cono
vs
Royal

184 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaspar Cono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crown Royal!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royal misses with a looping left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Royal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cono looks for a takedown but Royal sprawls well.

Cono moves into range and clinches up with Royal.
A frustrated look appears on Royal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cono is trying to drag Royal to the mat but Royal just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Cono manages to pull guard.
Royal wants to stand but Cono has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Royal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Cono wriggles free and stands up.
Cono takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Royal throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Royal scores with a sloppy right hand. Cono should have avoided that one.
Cono takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Cono rushes Royal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cono tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Royal smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspar Cono. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cono takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Cono clinches up with Royal and pushes him back against the cage.
Cono prevents Royal from breaking the clinch.
Cono is working for takedown but Royal is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cono prevents Royal from breaking the clinch.
Cono drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Royal gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cono is breathing heavily.
Royal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cono is keeping busy.

Cono breaks the clinch.
Crown Royal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Royal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cono's head.
Crown Royal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Royal goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Royal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Royal is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A right-left combo lands from Royal.
Royal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Royal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Royal tries to clinch up but Cono circles away and keeps his distance.
Royal cracks a nice hook into Cono's ribs.
Royal doesn't manage to clinch there - Cono circles away.
Cono has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Royal finds it's way round the side to connect with Cono's head.
Royal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Royal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Danga de danga de dang - Royal scores with a four punch combination!
Cono looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Royal with a jab.
Royal lands a nice hook to Cono's body. Cono takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Royal stuns Cono with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Royal throws a nice looking combination but Cono bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Royal tests Cono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Royal misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cono is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Royal.
Royal lands with a right hand.
Royal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cono doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Royal scores with a body shot.
Royal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cono.
Royal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cono looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Royal tests Cono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left and a right from Royal both land. Nice combination.
Royal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cono's hands.
Royal goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cono moves in looking to clinch but Royal pushes him off.
Royal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Royal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cono at a distance.
Royal's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Royal duly obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Royal.
Royal stalks Cono and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cono's face. Cono staggers backwards, shaken.
Royal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Cono had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Royal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Royal moves in looking to clinch but Cono pushes him off.
Royal scores with a body shot.
Royal scores with a shot to the body.
Royal lands a glancing blow to the side of Cono's head.
Royal scores with a sloppy right hand. Cono should have avoided that one.
Royal scores with a jab.
Royal lunges at Cono with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cono's hand.
Royal misses with a wild combination.
Cono is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royal scores with the left hand. Cono knows he should have avoided that one.
Royal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crown Royal dominated that round.
That's time! Cono's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Royal scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Royal wants to clinch.
Cono misses with a double jab
and Royal counters with a right hand to the body.
Royal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Royal looks to land a combination but Cono avoids it well.
Royal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cono is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Royal.
Royal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Royal thuds his right hand into Cono's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cono throws a shot from downtown. Royal moves away and avoids it.
Royal scores with a nice strike.
Royal misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Royal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Royal lands a jab to the nose.
Royal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cono clinches but Royal breaks the clinch
and Royal counters with a left and a right that stings Cono.
Royal wants to clinch

and Cono decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Royal's guard.
Cono preventing the sweep.
Royal wants to stand but Cono is controlling the position.
Royal trying to keep a closed guard but Cono is proving a slippery customer.
Royal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cono stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cono has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Royal has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cono off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royal throws a series of punches but Cono avoids them all with ease.
Royal throws a right hand that Cono ducks under and follows up with a left that Cono also avoids with ease.
Gaspar Cono is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Royal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, jab by Royal - just one landing.
Royal is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cono tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cono looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Royal throws a right and a left that Cono avoids nicely.
Cono falls off balance throwing a combination
and Royal counters with a series of strikes. Cono will be more careful next time no doubt.
Royal is looking to clinch but Cono is avoiding it.
Royal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cono looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Royal lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Royal misses with a double jab.
Cono misses with a combination
and Royal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crown Royal seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royal lands with a hook. Cono tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Royal punishes Cono's body with a nice straight punch.
Royal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Royal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Royal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cono throws a right and a left that Royal avoids nicely.
Royal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cono takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cono takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cono takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
No luck for Cono with that takedown attempt.
Cono walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Royal scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royal goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Royal thuds a left hand into Cono's body.
Royal jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Royal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Royal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cono tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cono takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Royal falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cono counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cono.

Cono decides to pull guard.
Cono controls Royal momentarily but Royal frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Royal trying to control but Cono is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crown Royal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Royal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cono in his tracks.
Cono uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Royal.
Royal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cono takes one on the button.
Cono wants to clinch.

Cono moves into the clinch.
Cono tries to pull guard but Royal won't allow it.

Cono breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Royal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cono doesn't seem phased though.
Royal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Royal slips a jab and a cross from Cono.
Cono is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cono misses with an uppercut. Royal saw that one coming.
Royal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royal scores with a jab.
Royal displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cono.
A lazy left from Royal finds it's target.
Royal lands with a nice combination. Cono backs away looking to recover.
Royal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cono's head backwards.
Royal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Royal closes the distance but Cono moves to the side

and Cono counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Royal regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Cono.
Cono knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Royal on the ground.

Royal has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cono off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Cono walks into a straight right hand from Royal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Royal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Royal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cono throws a left and a right that both miss
and Royal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cono thinking.
No joy there for Royal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Royal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Royal lands a nice shot to the body.
Royal tests Cono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Royal lands a nice shot that snaps Cono's head back.
Royal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Royal lands with a straight right. Cono didn't see that one coming.
Royal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Royal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Royal.
Cono fails with an attempt to clinch.
Royal lands with a right hand.
A big right from Cono misses.
Royal darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Royal scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Royal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by Royal as he connects with a hook.
Royal dips to his left and cracks Cono with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Royal - just one landing.
Cono walks into a straight right hand from Royal.
Royal scores with a hook to the body. Cono takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Royal misses with a few strikes there.
Royal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Royal throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cono wants to clinch.
Jab, jab by Royal - just one landing.
Royal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cono throws a head kick but Royal moves out of range.
Royal wants to clinch.
Royal scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Royal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cono takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Royal dips to his left and cracks Cono with an uppercut!
Cono takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gaspar Cono has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crown Royal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Left hook, right uppercut from Royal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crown Royal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Royal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crown Royal!