PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keithy Konrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Konrad
vs
Parker

180 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keithy Konrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Parker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker throws a solid leg kick but Konrad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Parker.
Parker's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Parker duly obliges.

It looks like Keithy Konrad has been cut.
Parker throws a leg kick but Konrad sees it coming and moves out of range.
Konrad will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Konrad shoots for a takedown but Parker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Konrad shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keithy Konrad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Konrad fails to land the takedown.
Parker stalks Konrad and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Konrad's face. Konrad staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab-cross combination lands for Parker and sends Konrad crashing to the mat! Parker follows him down to the mat - Konrad regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Konrad avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parker.
Parker looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Konrad punching from the bottom.
Konrad misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Konrad flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Parker trying to pass the guard but Konrad defending well.
Konrad on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Konrad tries to get out of the position.
Konrad is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konrad is not content to let Parker control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Konrad looks for a takedown but Parker sprawls well.
Konrad is breathing heavily.
Parker looks to land a combination. Konrad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Konrad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Parker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Parker tries a head kick but it misses.
Parker stuffs the takedown.
Parker looks to land a combination. Konrad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Konrad is looking to clinch.
Parker lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad moves in looking to clinch but Parker pushes him off.
Parker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Konrad throws a combination that misses
and Parker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Parker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Konrad blocks a head kick by Parker.
A combination from Parker does no damage.
Konrad is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Parker lands with a nice combination. Konrad backs away looking to recover.
Parker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Parker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Konrad looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parker keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Konrad winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is trying to control but can't.
Konrad drops an elbow to the side of Parker's head.
Konrad trying to control the action but Parker is working from the bottom.
Konrad looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Konrad winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Konrad slips a nice elbow through Parker's hands, connecting with Parker's forehead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Konrad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Konrad is nestled in close to Parker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Konrad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parker is trying to stand.
Konrad trying to control the action but Parker is working from the bottom.
Konrad with the ground and pound but Parker uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Parker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Konrad.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Konrad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Konrad showed some decent athleticism there.
Parker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Konrad is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Konrad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Parker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keithy Konrad's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Konrad tries to clinch but Parker is having none of it.
Good shot there by Parker.
Konrad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parker counters with a nice uppercut.
Parker throws a front kick aimed at Konrad's knee but Konrad avoids it well.
Parker fails to land with a series of punches.
Konrad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Konrad has taken the fight to the clinch.

Konrad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Konrad lands with a nice combination. Parker backs away looking to recover.
Konrad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Parker as he avoids it easily.
Parker misses with a two punch combination.

Konrad closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Konrad lands in his opponent's guard.

Parker is looking for a triangle but Konrad pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is trying to hold Konrad in close to prevent damage but Konrad has managed to pass into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker taking some punishment here, with Konrad in his half guard.
Konrad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Konrad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Parker is trying to get back to full guard.
Parker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Konrad connects with a nice short shot to Parker's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Konrad lands strikes from half guard.
Konrad takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Konrad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Konrad works his way into side control.
Konrad working the ground and pound.
Konrad in side control lands a decent elbow.
Konrad lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Konrad scoring with punches from side control.
Konrad lands a nice forearm strike.
Parker can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konrad lands an elbow.
Parker is looking to regain half guard here but Konrad keeps moving and retains side control.
Konrad scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Parker to see if he's OK.
Konrad working the ground and pound.
Konrad trying to control the action but Parker is working from the bottom.
Konrad is putting a hurting on Parker here, landing some big shots from side control.
Parker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Konrad. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Konrad throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Parker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

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.
Konrad looks up at the clock and then as Parker takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Konrad smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Parker tries to buck Konrad off but Konrad is having none of it.
Konrad lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Parker down.
Konrad lands a nice forearm strike.
Konrad is working Parker over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Konrad's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Parker is trying to improve his position.
Konrad lands a few punches from side control.
Konrad cracks Parker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Konrad looks up at the clock and then as Parker takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Konrad smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keithy Konrad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keithy Konrad's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Parker misses with a series of wild punches.
Konrad doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Parker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peter Parker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Parker fails to land with a series of punches.
Parker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Konrad doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Good work by Konrad as he checks the leg kick.
Konrad doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Parker counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Konrad gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Parker counters with a good, hard body kick but Konrad shrugs it off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keithy Konrad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker fails to land with a series of punches.

Konrad shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parker has control of Konrad's left arm, preventing Konrad from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konrad connects with a couple of short punches.
Konrad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Konrad preventing the sweep.
Konrad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Parker 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.
Parker wants to stand and escape but Konrad is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Konrad shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Konrad was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Parker is in a horrible position here. Konrad smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Parker looks a forlorn figure.
Parker wants to hold on but Konrad pushes him away.
Konrad is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Parker can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Konrad connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Konrad lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Parker hang on?
Konrad working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Konrad lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Parker tries to reverse the position but Konrad maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konrad is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Parker can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Konrad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Konrad lands with some strikes.
Konrad lands with some strikes.
Konrad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Konrad with shots to the head and body - Parker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Konrad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Parker can't escape the position.
Parker is trying to stand up.
Konrad landing shots from mount.
Parker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Konrad postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Parker looks a forlorn figure.
Parker is trying desperately to improve position.
Konrad looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Parker is looking to improve his position but Konrad isn't that keen on the idea.
Parker is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Konrad can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Parker is looking to escape.
Konrad lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keithy Konrad showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Konrad has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keithy Konrad!