PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bill Connoly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matias Orava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Connoly
vs
Orava

176 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

172 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ace of Spades Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Bill Connoly!
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, Matias Orava!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connoly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Connoly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Connoly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orava throws out a counter right but Connoly avoids it with no problem.
Orava avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Connoly misses with an uppercut.
Orava looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Connoly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 10th Planet Islanders in the buildup to the fight.
Connoly throws a looping overhand right but Orava ducks down to avoid it.
Orava staying out of range there.
Orava lands a nice shot to the body.
Orava uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Connoly.
A jab from Orava does it's job there.
Orava displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Connoly throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Connoly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orava as he avoids it easily.
Orava defending well as Connoly loads up on a big left hand.
Connoly misses with a wild combination.
Connoly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connoly takes one to the chin there.
Orava lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Orava clobbers Connoly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Connoly misses the shot to the body.
Connoly wants to clinch
and Orava makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bill Connoly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Connoly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Orava sprawls well. Orava wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Connoly gets slowly back to his feet.
Connoly misses with a body punch
and Connoly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Orava scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Connoly takes one on the button.
Connoly just misses with a punch to the body.
Orava lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Connoly throws a right hand that misses
and Connoly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orava scores with a punch to the head.
Orava comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Orava lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Connoly is rocked!
Connoly takes one to the side of the head.
Oh Connoly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Connoly finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Orava's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Connoly falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matias Orava!
In his post fight interview, Matias Orava started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.