PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Conford (ranked 1683 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borrachinha Costa (ranked 4298 p4p, 431 weight class). Andrew Conford has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Conford
vs
Costa

190 cm
27
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrew Conford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Borrachinha Costa !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa with a poor takedown

and Conford moves into the clinch.
Conford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Costa backwards.
Costa tries to pull guard but Conford holds him up against the cage and eventually Costa drops back down to his feet.
A short right from Conford.
A right hook to the body lands for Conford.
Costa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Conford is defending well.
Andrew Conford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Borrachinha Costa .
Conford lands a shot to the body.
Conford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costa s head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Conford smiles and moves away.
Conford cracks a nice hook into Costa 's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Conford connects with a body shot that sends Costa 's belly button to the back.
Horrible takedown attempt by Costa or perhaps it was just good defense by Conford, which made it look bad.
Conford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conford cracks a nice hook into Costa 's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Conford.
Costa gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Conford gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Costa is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Conford!
Andrew Conford decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.