PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Pettipas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettipas comes to the cage accompanied by Mull River Shuffle. The crowd seem to be enjoying Connor's choice of entrance music: Dropkick Murphys-Rocky Road To Dublin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pettipas
vs
Connor

189 cm
19
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois Pettipas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Connor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Connor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pettipas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Connor tries to close the distance and clinch but Pettipas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pettipas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Connor rushes Pettipas and presses him up against the cage.
Pettipas can't break the clinch.

Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Connor tries to clinch there but Pettipas circles away.
Pettipas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Connor looks for the body kick but Pettipas saw that one coming.
Pettipas misses with the combination.
Connor scores with a leg kick.

Connor has closed the distance and engaged Pettipas in a clinch.
Pettipas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Connor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pettipas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Connor throws a series of punches but Pettipas moves out of range.
Connor throws a leg kick which misses Pettipas's front leg but catches the back leg as Pettipas tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettipas tries to clinch up.
Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pettipas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Connor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Connor tries to clinch but Pettipas moves away

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettipas wants to break free but Connor has control.

Connor breaks from the clinch.

Connor clinches up against the cage.

Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pettipas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pettipas is breathing heavily.
Connor wants to clinch
and Pettipas counters with a two punch combo.
Pettipas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Connor.
Connor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Connor lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pettipas will feel that in the morning.
Pettipas dodges the punch combination from Connor.
Connor moves in looking to clinch but Pettipas pushes him off.

Pettipas clinches up with Connor and pushes him back against the cage.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Connor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pettipas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pettipas lands a right hook to the body.
Connor throws a sloppy body shot
and Pettipas counters with a left and a right that stings Connor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettipas lands a nice shot that snaps Connor's head back.
Pettipas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Connor.
Connor throws a nice looking combination but Pettipas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pettipas lands a high kick to the side of Connor's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Pettipas dives into guard, looking to finish.

Connor is rocked!

Pettipas gets to his feet. Connor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Connor is still on wobbly legs! Can Pettipas finish him?
Pettipas lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Connor falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Francois Pettipas!