PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thybault Paredes (ranked 2957 p4p, 293 weight class) and Conor McGregor (ranked 3056 p4p, 305 weight class). Conor McGregor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paredes
vs
McGregor

175 cm
20
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thybault Paredes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conor McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paredes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McGregor's head backwards.
Paredes misses with an uppercut.
Paredes throws a series of punches but McGregor moves out of range.
Paredes lands with a good body shot.
Paredes throws a body shot but no joy.
McGregor tries a head kick but it misses.
Paredes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McGregor. That did some damage!
Paredes cracks McGregor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McGregor tries a head kick but it misses.
Paredes digs a good hook to McGregor's body.
McGregor ducks under a wild hook from Paredes.
Paredes misses with a takedown attempt - McGregor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paredes throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes avoids the head kick by McGregor.
Paredes misses with a leg kick
and McGregor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Paredes lunges at McGregor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McGregor's hand.
Paredes tests McGregor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGregor checks the leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Paredes as McGregor shoots in.
Paredes scoring well with a low kick there.
McGregor fails to land with a series of punches.
Paredes swings widly with a right hand
and McGregor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Paredes throws a good cross that connects.
Paredes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Paredes clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Paredes is leaning against McGregor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Paredes has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
McGregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Paredes keeps control of McGregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McGregor is looking for a takedown.
Paredes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paredes slows down the pace here.
Paredes has McGregor pushed against the cage.
Paredes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paredes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paredes lands a body punch in the clinch.
McGregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Paredes stalling.
Paredes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paredes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paredes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

McGregor is rocked!
Paredes pushes McGregor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGregor is still on wobbly legs! Can Paredes finish him?
Paredes lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
Nice body punch from Paredes - that landed with a thud.
Paredes lands with a right to the head.
Paredes lands a big right hand that drops McGregor! The killer instinct kicks in and Paredes finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Paredes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thybault Paredes!
An out of breath Thybault Paredes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.